Researchers Expose Police Field Drug Test Kits – They Test Positive to Just About Everything

2016/01/03 Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project According to the national litigation and public policy organization, the Innocence Project, at any given time there are an estimated 40,000 to 100,000 innocent people currently locked in a cage in U.S. prisons. Couple this staggering number with the number of people locked up for non-violent drug … Read more

A Lone Politician Just Voted Down Legal Cannabis — Turns Out He Profits From Mass Incarceration

William Grigg | The Free Thought Project 2016/01/01 Wichita, KS – If you’re a homeless person in Wichita, Kansas, City Councilman Pete Meitzner and his associates at The Lord’s Diner will feed you. If you’re caught with a joint and locked up at the Sedgwick County Detention Facility, Meitzner and his political associates will feast … Read more

Entire Florida Police Dept Busted Laundering Tens of Millions for International Drug Cartels

Justin Gardner | The Free Thought Project Bal Harbour, FL – The village of Bal Harbour, population 2,513, may have a tiny footprint on the northern tip of Miami Beach, but its police department had grand aspirations of going after international drug traffickers, and making a few million dollars while they were at it. The … Read more

Americans Want Cops Tested to See if THEY are on Drugs – Cops Say It’s “Unconstitutional”

Lisa Rough | Leafly 2015/12/30 In an incredibly backwards display of irony, the union representing the Pittsburgh police has filed a most unusual lawsuit. A civil rights grievance has been filed against the city, claiming that officers being required to undergo mandatory drug testing is not only a violation of their contract but of the … Read more

It’s Time We Start Calling ‘Civil Asset Forfeiture’ What it Really Is – ‘Armed Robbery by Police’

Eva Decasare | The Free Thought Project 2015/12/29 Three years ago a couple was stopped by an armed gang and robbed of over $100,000. The facts are not in dispute. The perpetrators are known. And yet the criminals have not been punished, and the property has not been recovered. Why? Because the perpetrators wear badges. … Read more

Good Cop Turns in Sergeant for Beating a Handcuffed Man on Video – Dept & DA Could Care Less

Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Hernando County, FL — Hernando County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Timothy Bammert committed such a brutal act of assault that it made a fellow officer cross the thin blue line to turn him in. Had the good cop not blown the whistle on this 25-year veteran of the sheriff’s office, no … Read more

On-Duty Officer Sells Drugs to Undercover FBI Agent, Admits He Is “A Better Criminal Than He Is a Cop”

Max Chantha | December 17, 2015 INDIANA – Officer Donald Johnson of the Anderson police department hoped to curry the favor of some female acquaintances when he offered to sell them drugs. Little did he know, his reward would be arrest and facing 15 years in prison. The drug peddling officer’s troubles began when he … Read more

Exclusive: Cops Turn Off Body Cams Before Killing Man – Witnesses Watch them Plant Gun, Drugs

Justin Gardner | The Free Thought Project 2015/12/04 Witnesses say they watched in disbelief as cops killed a man, then planted a gun and drugs ‘within arms reach’ of his lifeless body. Columbus, MS – On the night of October 16, Ricky Ball, 26, was shot and killed by officers of the Columbus Police Department … Read more

A Dozen Cops and the Sheriff in Single Dept All Arrested, Face More Than 120 Corruption Charges

John Vibes | The Free Thought Project Gibson County, TN – Chuck Arnold, the former Sheriff of Gibson County was recently indicted on 113 separate corruptions charges relating to his time as sheriff. However, after his arrest he was quickly released on a $10,000 bail, which is incredibly low when compared to the bail rates … Read more

CNN Goes on Defensive After Calling Man Killed by Police the ‘Son of an Illiterate Heroin Addict’

John Vibes | The Free Thought Project On the day the trial started for the cops charged with killing Freddie Gray, CNN took to bashing the victim and his family. Baltimore, MD – When reporting on the case of police brutality victim Freddie Gray, the man that was killed by police in Baltimore earlier this … Read more

“Trained to Kill”: Cop that Killed Himself in Attempted Coverup Was Indoctrinating and Outfitting Youth for Participation In the Police State

Max Chantha | November 26, 2015 ILLINOIS – Corruption, sexual harassment, theft, even conspiracy to assassinate; these are the crimes committed by Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz while he operated within the Fox Lake police department. Thankfully, none of his wrongdoings can continue to harm the public after his cowardly suicide. His legacy, however, may have already … Read more