Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project 2016/08/07 The police state apparatus will now condition children to prostrate themselves before their masters as they are extorted during traffic stops. Illinois drivers education now includes instructions on how to properly allow police to generate revenue. The bill signed into law on Friday by Governor Bruce Rauner authorizes a … Read more
Victoria Prieskop | Courthouse News Service The 10th Circuit ruled that a school police officer and two school employees have qualified immunity in a series of civil lawsuits which arose from the arrest and strip-searching of an Albuquerque middle-schooler. The Cleveland Middle School student, F.M., was sent out of class for pretending to burp and … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Hyattsville, MD — A video uploaded to Facebook this week shows multiple Hyattsville police officers involved in a violent arrest of what appears to be middle school children. While it is unclear what started the altercation, the video does not lie. As the video begins, an officer appears … Read more
PRINCE GEORGES, MD — A disturbing report has surfaced involving a police officer who has been indicted for child abuse. Officer Francesco Marlett was indicted by a grand jury of second-degree child abuse. The indictment stems from reports that Officer Marlett knocked a 3-yr-old child unconscious. He knocked out the child after the child “angered him,” … Read more
Claire Bernish | The Free Thought Project Abilene, TX — A new lawsuit alleges an out-of-control Texas school resource officer ‘roughed up’ a six-year-old student, then twisting the child’s arms behind his back to lift him off the ground and carry him back to class. Officer Barry Bond, the City of Abilene, and the Abilene … Read more
by RT A Baltimore school police officer who was caught on a viral video slapping and kicking a teenager has avoided felony child abuse charges. The officer and his partner, who observed the abuse, now face lesser charges of assault and misconduct in office. The Baltimore state’s attorney’s office dropped the second-degree child abuse charges … Read more
2016/04/07 SAN ANTONIO, TX — A viral video has been spreading on social media channels showing an adult male police officer body slam a 12-yr-old girl face down into the pavement. A distinct snapping noise can be heard as the girl’s skull makes impact against the ground. The girl appears to pass unconscious at some point … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project Idaho Falls, ID — On March 13, after not being able to find her 12-year-old son for an extended period, Amy Olzak called the Idaho Falls Police Department to report him missing. Instead of helping her son, however, according to Olzak and multiple witnesses, the officer who responded brutally … Read more
Matt Agorist | The Free Thought Project New Port Richey, FL — Deputy Ryan Ferguson, 29, with the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office was arrested Thursday after a 7-year-old girl came forward with disturbing allegations of brutality. According to the arrest affidavit, the girl, who remains unnamed, told investigators that Ferguson shoved liquid soap into her mouth … Read more
Jamie Ross | Courthouse News Service PHOENIX (CN) – The Marshal’s Office in two towns on the Arizona-Utah border failed to investigate claims of child abuse or timely complete reports, an expert witness for the Justice Department testified Thursday during a religious discrimination trial. Colorado City, Ariz. and Hildale, Utah are largely made up of … Read more
Andrew Emmit | The Free Thought Project Las Vegas, NV — In a blatant abuse of authority, a Las Vegas cop was recently caught on cell phone video pepper-spraying a group of high school students. Instead of committing a crime or threatening the officer’s safety, the teens were simply asking why he was physically assaulting … Read more
Andrew Emett | The Free Thought Project Grand Rapids, MI — Suffering permanent physical and mental damage after a Michigan police officer savagely beat his head bloody with a flashlight, an unarmed teen recently filed a federal lawsuit against the cops for violating his Fourth Amendment rights. Although the teen was cleared of the charges … Read more