Insurance Company Proposes Dividing Traffic Lanes by Gender “to Increase Safety”

Brianna Acuesta | True Activist What are the implications of splitting lanes based on gender? Sheila’s Wheels, a self-described “female-focused car insurer,” has put together a proposal for UK roads that has shocked many and been met with both backlash and praise. After reviewing reports and statistics on road accidents and the major causes behind … Read more

Neighbors Furious After Video Shows Cops Take Laughing Selfie in Front of a Burning Home

Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project 2017/01/06 Long Island, NY — While a Long Island house was engulfed in flames, two police officers with the Nassau County Police Department were captured on video taking a smiling selfie right in front of it. And now the neighbors are furious. The fire, which raged on with … Read more

“I’m The Law Today [N-Word]” – Cop Fired After Making Racial Post Online

Claire Bernish | The Free Thought Project McKeesport, PA — An officer on the job for only a few weeks has been fired by the McKeesport, Pennsylvania, Police Department after an old social media post surfaced showing her in a uniformed selfie captioned with a racial slur. “I’m the law today n**ga,” now-former Officer Melissa Adamson, who … Read more

Judge to Rape Victim: “Why Couldn’t You Just Keep Your Knees Together?”

Brianna Acuesta | True Activist This Canadian judge has since undergone sensitivity classes. A judge in Canada is facing removal after comments he made during a rape case in 2014 surfaced. He recently underwent a week-long judicial council hearing, where council members questioned his motivation for speaking to an alleged rape victim in such a … Read more

Police Added 42 Infants Onto “Suspected Gang Members” List

Nick Cahill | Courthouse News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — California’s method of tracking more than 150,000 suspected gang members is rife with state and federal violations and law enforcement groups are infringing on individuals’ privacy rights, a state audit revealed Thursday. In a searing 109-page audit of the CalGang database, a tool used to … Read more

Cop Poses With Black Man Below Him as a “Hunting Trophy” – Thinks He Shouldn’t Be Fired

2016/07/17 David Wells | Courthouse News Service CHICAGO (CN) – A former Chicago Police detective should not get his job bac after being fired for posing in a photograph kneeling over a black man as though he were a hunting trophy, an Illinois appeals court ruled. Timothy McDermott appealed a ruling from Cook County Judge … Read more