2014/06/16 A Pentagon research program from the Department of Defense is now funding universities to help law enforcement officials prepare for “civil unrest” on a massive scale. In the wake of so much police brutality and loss of confidence in the government, many citizens are becoming more radicalized and sophisticated in their approach to activism. This … Read more
Lev Grossman | Time Knightscope K5 promises enhanced policing capabilities, courts controversy. Have we as a species learned nothing from Robocop? A Silicon Valley company called Knightscope is currently testing a prototype robot designed to detect and monitor criminal activity, much the way a police officer or a security guard would. Watch the video below: The Knightscope K5 is a … Read more
John Whiteford | LewRockwell.com WASHINGTON, DC — Those living through this present age of SWAT team raids, police shootings of unarmed citizens, roadside strip searches, and invasive surveillance might feel as if these events are unprecedented. Yet while America may be experiencing a steady slide into a police state, it is neither the first nor … Read more
ST. LOUIS –Sam Dotson, a police chief in St. Louis, has alarmed citizens after announcing his desire to deploy drones over American cities. The “unmanned aerial observation units” would be used to monitor citizens. Drones are capable of being weaponized, and many suspect that the use of drones for “observation” is just an incremental step … Read more
WASHINGTON, DC — The United States Government is now equipping police departments across the country with 13,000 high-powered, mine-resistant military units, according to a newly released video report by Blomberg (below). These Mine Resistant Ambush-Protected (MRAP) units were used in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Each MRAP weighs over 20 tons and is designed to protect … Read more
2014/02/25 MARYLAND — A chilling video has surfaced showing a cop yelling at an American citizen, saying “NO YOU DON’T!” when the American asserted “I have free speech.” Officers can be seen waddling angrily in the streets and arresting people left and right. RELATED: Pompous Cops on Power Trip, Shamed by Man Who Knows His … Read more
UPDATE (12/5/14): While state-run media has been acting like police brutality is a “new thing,” we feel that it’s important to remember that police have been doing this for decades. This incident originally occurred earlier this year and never got any attention. One of the officers places the man in a brief chokehold but then … Read more
The OP-NAT Eye | Despite near-daily summary executions of unarmed people, assaults and malicious arrests by U.S. police, Americans still love their cops. A Gallup poll from this past June found that white Americans are 60 percent confident in police, while non-whites checked in at 48 percent. But in recent years, public trust in police has slid. A 2009 poll … Read more
HARRIS COUNTY – A veteran of the Iraq war and active duty soldier was shocked when dozens of SWAT officers and police locked down the neighborhood and raided his home on Monday afternoon. They rushed in his house with their guns drawn and ready to fire. It happened after the soldier used his toy pellet … Read more
AUSTIN — “I think that’s ridiculous — it’s such a big charge,” says Latanya Powell, a construction worker who heard of the incident. “It’s just going overboard. I can see if it were a weapon and harm was done, but it was just a snowball. “This is a case of kids being kids.” A 13-yr-old boy … Read more
2014/02/21 AUSTIN — A video has surfaced showing an athletic woman being harassed and arrested by two officers as she cried “I didn’t do anything wrong.” The woman was jogging in her gym clothes by the University of Texas campus. Officers were seen roaming the streets for hours in what a department spokesperson calls “pedestrian … Read more
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) has released a new study showing that at least 51% of the reported sexual assaults in prison involve guards and staff. The guards and staff involved in the reports are rarely if ever prosecuted. Only 1% of the staff responsible for the sexual misconduct has been convicted. The majority … Read more