William Grigg | Pro Libertate GENOLA — Chad Black professes to be terrified by Sherri Watson, his neighbor in Genola, Utah. A June 2011 stalking petition filed by Black claims that he considers the 48-year-old mother to be a threat and observes that “Sheriff deputies advised me to avoid” Mrs. Watson “at all costs.” Why, then, did … Read more
FLORIDA — Officer Watts of the Florida Highway patrol has filed a lawsuit against over 100 cops for harassing her to the point of putting her in a life-threatening situation, according to reports. It began one night when Watts noticed a vehicle speeding and swerving dangerously on the road as if the driver was drunk. … Read more
YAKIMA — A man has been shot in the head and killed by a police officer while sitting in his car with a disassembled toy gun. It was a toy airsoft gun with a bright orange cap and it was separated into different pieces, according to reports. The man was peaceful and was simply on … Read more
FAYETTEVILLE — The U.S. government insists that it gathers our personal information for the purpose of “safety.” But a woman recently experienced the opposite of “safety” after she was sexually assaulted by an officer who used a government database to find out her name and home location, according to reports. The woman reports that she … Read more
WASHINGTON, DC — Police can gain access to your location, your text messages, your conversations, your real-time web browsing activity, and much more. They contacted cellphone carriers over 1.1 million times last year in order to do so, according to a report released by Edward Markey, a senator. They often get the data without a … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – Officer J. Neal with the San Antonio Police Department has been charged with sexual assault. Reports state that he was on-duty when he began following a teenage girl for several blocks before finally stopping her. The girl says Officer Neal used the excuse that “her car was stolen.” He then did a … Read more
DETROIT — Tywonn Mitchell, 20, and his older brother Naybon Moore, 26, were driving to a restaurant back in May when suddenly, they say, Detroit police officers began profiling them and following them. They had done nothing wrong and have no criminal record. The cops tailed them all the way to the restaurant, actually followed … Read more
Google has announced that government requests for user data have increased more than 100% in the last few years. In particular there have been over 25,000 law enforcement requests for user data from January to June, 2013. The bulk of the requests came from US law enforcement. “And these numbers only include the requests we’re … Read more
Police refuse to explain mesh network planned for “citywide deployment” in Seattle. Strange new off-white boxes popping up in downtown Seattle use wi-fi networks that can record the last 1,000 locations of a person using their cellphone’s MAC address, but the Department of Homeland Security – which funded the network to the tune of $2.7 … Read more