Protests and Resistance

Nick Cahill | Courthouse News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) – A California state senator has introduced a bill to allow public access of police misconduct investigations and officer-involved shooting records. Aiming to increase trust between Californians and law enforcement through the proposal, state Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, said Friday that California is “behind the … Read more

Brianna Acuesta | TrueActivist.com In an open letter to Apple customers, Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, brought the world’s attention to a current legal matter between Apple and the FBI over iPhone users’ right to privacy. The letter explains that the FBI wants Apple to create a backdoor for accessing an iPhone so that … Read more

As we have reported before, Egyptian police kill less citizens in their country than American police kill Americans. Related: Americans Killed by Police at Higher Rate than Egyptians Despite a lower body count than the United States, highly-educated Egyptian doctors have convened together to protest police brutality in their country. The Egyptian doctors’ union was … Read more

  (via TrueActivist) You might not know this, but there are thousands of women and men being held captive by the terrorist organization Daesh. In fact, a large percent of those are from the Yazidi community. According to the United Nations, approximately 3,500 are still being held against their will, and most are young women … Read more

As we have reported before StingRays are a new technological danger against civil liberties. StingRay is the brand name for a family of mobile-surveillance devices designed to intercept communications from nearby cellphones by forcing cellphones to connect to itself. StingRay devices are now a regular part of the law enforcement arsenal of surveillance devices, according … Read more

Elizabeth Warmerdam | Courthouse News Service LOS ANGELES (CN) – A federal judge agreed with a “Food Not Bombs” protester who says she was falsely arrested as she passed out flyers and vegan burritos in front of a McDonald’s in Long Beach. U.S. District Judge Dean Pregerson found that Maura Cotter’s Fourth Amendment rights were … Read more

Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Healthcare, economy, unemployment, immigration, and terrorism are mere sideline issues among most Americans, according to a recent Gallup poll. The number one problem in America today–is America–or, at least, the government which represents it. In 2015, for the second straight year, the largest problem Americans have faced is … Read more

The Epoch Times A Mississippi councilman has sparked controversy after calling for dramatic action against police. Kenneth Stokes, a councilman in Jackson Ward, says he wants his constituents to send a message to police officers from other jurisdictions who chase misdemeanor suspects through their territory. “What I suggest is we get the black leadership together, … Read more

OREGON — Several armed American militia members broke into a federal building and they are planning to stay there indefinitely. They are currently occupying the building in protest against the sentencing of ranchers that they believe is unjust. The ranchers are facing prison time after federal agents accused them of setting fire to a land … Read more

2016/01/03 John Vibes |The Free Thought Project San Francisco, CA – 47-year-old software engineer, Ian Murdock recently died under suspicious circumstances after he went public about a police encounter that left him hospitalized. On Saturday, December 26, Murdock was unlucky enough to be walking down a street where the police were searching for a robbery … Read more