Jack Burns | The Free Thought Project Lexington, KY — Samuel Girod, an Amish farmer from Lexington, Kentucky, will go to trial on February 27th, charged with conspiracy, distributing misbranded drugs, and threatening a witness. The reason: he makes a healing salve, an ointment he’s been producing for over 20 years, and the Food and Drug … Read more
Claire Bernish | The Free Thought Project Boston, MA — A 76-year-old woman must pay $200 for the oh-so-serious transgression of not shoveling snow fast enough for the whims of the City of Boston. “I don’t think it was fair because it was icy and it was difficult to get up,” South Boston resident Lorraine … Read more
Matthew Renda | Courthouse News Service SAN DIEGO (CN) – The ACLU says the San Diego Police Department’s policy of collecting the DNA of minors violates the Constitution, citing a recent case that simultaneously raises concerns about racial discrimination. In its federal lawsuit filed Wednesday, the American Civil Liberties Union says the police department’s collection … Read more
Dionne Cordell-Whitney | Courthouse News Service CHICAGO (CN) – An elderly Illinois woman claims she suffered a heart attack while being interrogated by Chicago police for several hours, despite the fact that she was not suspected of any crime. Charlotte Brent-Bell, 68, sued the city of Chicago and two police officers, Joseph Struck and Pamela … Read more
Lorraine Bailey | Courthouse News Service ROCKFORD, Ill. (CN) – A freelance reporter claims police in an Illinois city targeted him for filming their activity, arresting him on false charges and releasing his mugshot along with suspects arrested in a prostitution sting. William Lund is a freelance reporter for The Rockford Scanner, a website that … Read more
Jack Burns | The Free Thought Project In the wake of President Trump’s announcement to withhold federal funding from so-called sanctuary cities, places where federal immigration laws are not enforced, one story coming out of Bel Air, Maryland is getting national attention. Bel Air, MD is approximately 90 percent White, with a spattering of races … Read more
Claire Bernish | The Free Thought Project 2017/01/28 Brookwood, AL — A Brookwood, Alabama, couple is facing a fight all too familiar to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota, after a Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy served them a restraining order prohibiting them from entering parts of their own property — because Big Oil … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Tampa, FL — When feeding willing hungry people becomes illegal, that is a telling sign of a bureaucratic police state. And, in the ostensible Land of the Free, the enforcers of such arbitrary and cruel laws have no problem kidnapping and locking people in a cage for helping those in need. In … Read more
Britain Eakin | Courthouse News Service WASHINGTON (CN) – A Los Angeles sheriff’s association wants a Missouri lawmaker to remove a painting displayed at the U.S. Capitol that depicts police officers as animals. The painting, hung in a tunnel in the Capitol complex by Democratic Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay, has sparked the ire of numerous … Read more
via FoxNews.com The largest police union in the U.S. demanded that Amazon remove a shirt from a third-party vendor that supports the Black Lives Matter movement. The Fraternal Order of Police wants the online retailer to follow Walmart and remove a shirt that sports the words “Bulletproof: Black Lives Matter” across the chest, The Guardian … Read more
Josie Wales | Zero Hedge Police departments across the country have been ramping up raids on the homeless, stealing coats, blankets, and other personal items and leaving those on the street with no protection from the cold and rain. The Homelessness San Diego Facebook page recently posted a video of city workers conducting an “encampment … Read more
The Houston Police Department targeted a group of homeless advocates who were attempting to hand out hot food and gifts to the homeless, according to reports. Jeramiah Jones | The Anti-Media Houston, TX — Local activists attempting to hand out food and gifts were shocked on Thursday afternoon when Houston police forced the homeless to … Read more