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Date Sent: 2014-09-03
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Wednesday, September 3, 2014 |
U.S. Army Plans to Battle Anti-Government Dissidents In "Megacities"
If We Prick the State, Does It Bleed? -- 09-03-14 -- Jeff Berwick -- LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM, M-F, 9-Noon (EDT) -- Federal Court Chides California Cops For Shooting Unarmed Motorist -- Massachusetts Lawyer Charged With Impersonating . . . A Transformer? -- Broward Deputies Violently Arrest Men for Video Recording Before Destroying Evidence -- Cities scramble to upgrade stingray tracking as end of 2G network looms -- After Florida inmate's lethal gassing, claims of cover-up -- Police say suspect reached for gun -- Laredo Police Celebrate a Killing -- It's Not Personal; It's Just Business -- I Didn't Believe the IRS Anyway -- War in Europe is not a hysterical idea --
Google's Self-Driving Cars Won't Work In Heavy Rain Or On Most Roads
-- Why The Obama Administration Wants This Journalist In Jail --
Europe Is Contemplating Banning Its Investors From Purchasing
Russian Bonds -- I Went From Grad School to Prison -- Piers Morgan confirms departure from
CNN on Twitter -- I Went From Grad School to Prison -- Chinese
Commodity Crash Continues, But Pigs Are Flying -- 'Vampire' Cops to
Establish Nazi-style Checkpoints Over Labor Day Weekend -- The
Morning After: What Happens When A Government Destroys Its Currency
-- Teacher Gets 'Emergency' Evaluation For Writing A Futuristic
School Shooting Novel --Ex-NSA Director, US
Intelligence Veterans Write Open Letter To Merkel To Avoid All-Out
Ukraine War -- The Growth Mindset -- Uber Will Continue Running In
Germany, Even Though The Country Just Banned The Service -- Do I
Need A Marriage License From The State? -- "The Hysteria is Far From
Over"
AZ: Arizona Breakfast Club this Saturday
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News Link • Drug War
If We Prick the State, Does It Bleed?
09-02-2014
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
For operating the 45th Parallel medical marijuana co-op in Ontario Oregon, Esbensen and his professional associate, Raymond Scott Kangas, were convicted of "racketeering" on June 6 following a bench trial.
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Federal Court Chides California Cops For Shooting Unarmed Motorist
09-02-2014
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The Newspaper
An internal investigation cleared police officers in Anaheim, California of the 2009 shooting of an unarmed motorist, but the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said a jury should decide whether the officers were reckless.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Massachusetts Lawyer Charged With Impersonating . . . A Transformer?
09-02-2014
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Jonathan Turley
It appears that a Massachusetts man has been arrested for impersonating a transformer. Barricade (an evil Decepticon) to be exact. The driver had his Maserati "dipped" to resemble the character and was pulled over in Braintree, Massachusetts. His car
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Broward Deputies Violently Arrest Men for Video Recording Before Destroying Evidence
09-02-2014
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Photography Is Not a Crime
A group of South Florida filmmakers who were violently arrested for video recording from a public observation deck on a beach last year produced an impressive investigative documentary of their ordeal, documenting everything from their arrest to the
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
Cities scramble to upgrade stingray tracking as end of 2G network looms
09-02-2014
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ars technica
One of the primary ways that stingrays operate is by taking advantage of a design feature in any phone available today. When 3G or 4G networks are unavailable, the handset will drop down to the older 2G network.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
After Florida inmate's lethal gassing, claims of cover-up
09-02-2014
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Incensed that he had cursed at a nurse, guards at Franklin Correctional Institution in the Panhandle fired nine blasts of noxious gas into his 13-by-8 cell through a slot in the door and, ultimately, left him there, sobbing."I can't breathe,
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Police say suspect reached for gun
09-02-2014
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Davis allegedly tried to grab Jackson's gun while threatening the officer's life, and Jackson drew his weapon and fired multiple times, hitting the suspect, Coppola said Sunday.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Laredo Police Celebrate a Killing
09-02-2014
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by William N. Grigg (Lew Rockwell blog)
What distinguishes this video of a lethal "officer-involved shooting" from many others is the celebratory gesture of the officers involved in the killing, their body language eloquently conveying arrogant triumph, indulge in a fist-bump.
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News Link • Crony Capitalism
It's Not Personal; It's Just Business
09-02-2014
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Simple Justice
WHO runs the world's most lucrative shakedown operation?
Yes, that's right. Of course it's the United States of America, our beloved government doing what it has to do to regulate business so that it meets the great many rules that we demand o
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
School Board Sends Teacher-Novelist For Evaluation While Police Raid Home & Distribute His Picture
09-02-2014
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Jonathan Turley
There is a bizarre case out of Maryland where school officials sent teacher and novelist Patrick McLaw, 23, to an emergency medical evaluation for publishing a novel about a school shooting set 900 years in the future
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
SoftBank to Sell Robot in U.S. Stores Within 12 Months
09-02-2014
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http://www.bloomberg.com
Billionaire Masayoshi Son will start selling his humanoid robots named "Pepper" at Sprint Corp. (S) stores in the U.S. by next summer, part of SoftBank Corp.'s push to take the technology beyond factory floors.
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News Link • World News
War in Europe is not a hysterical idea
09-02-2014
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http://www.washingtonpost.com
Over and over again ? throughout the entirety of my adult life, or so it feels ? I have been shown Polish photographs from the beautiful summer of 1939: The children playing in the sunshine, the fashionable women on Krakow streets.
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News Link • Inventions
Google's Self-Driving Cars Won't Work In Heavy Rain Or On Most Roads
09-02-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com
It seems that Google may be facing a bumpier ride with self-driving cars than initially expected.
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News Link • Obama Administration
Why The Obama Administration Wants This Journalist In Jail
09-02-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com
President Barack Obama came into office in 2009 promising a new era of unprecedented transparency in his administration. But when he leaves office, reporters may remember him for an effort that has largely turned out to be the opposite ? and for bein
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News Link • Economy - International
Europe Is Contemplating Banning Its Investors From Purchasing Russian Bonds
09-02-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europeans could be barred from buying new Russian government bonds under a package of extra sanctions over Moscow's military role in Ukraine that European Union ambassadors were to start discussing on Monday, three EU sources sai
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
This Is The Most Beautiful Smartphone No One Is Talking About
09-02-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com
Everyone's talking about the next iPhone, the next Galaxy Note, and the next Nexus phone from Google, which are all expected to debut within a month's time. But this smartphone from Sharp may have those other phones beat ? at least in the looks depar
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
'Find My iPhone' exploit may be to blame for celebrity photo hacks (update)
09-02-2014
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http://www.engadget.com
We don't need to rake over the gory details here, but in the last 12 hours, the internet has lost its "you know what" over some leaked celebrity photos.
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News Link • Agriculture
Hemp ready for harvest
09-02-2014
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thenews.org
Six months after select states were granted the right to cultivate and test industrial hemp, Murray State's first crops, grown on behalf of the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, are ready to be harvested and analyzed.
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Piers Morgan confirms departure from CNN on Twitter
09-02-2014
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nydailynews.com
The British journalist took to his Twitter page Tuesday morning, confirming that he will no longer appear on the cable news network.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
I Went From Grad School to Prison
09-02-2014
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http://www.cosmopolitan.com,
This past spring, Cecily McMillan rode a bus across a bridge to Rikers Island, home of the notorious New York City jail. When the Occupy Wall Street activist was released nearly two months later, she had left her old self behind.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
This App Lets People Wearing Google Glass See Your True Emotions
09-02-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com
How are you feeling today? Now someone else wearing Google Glass can answer that question for you.
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News Link • China
Chinese Commodity Crash Continues, But Pigs Are Flying
09-02-2014
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zerohedge.com
When it comes to keeping track of China's economy, one can listen, and ignore, the official goalseeked and made-up-on-the-fly data released by the government, or one can simply observe the price dynamics of the all-important Chinese commodities secto
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News Link • Police State
'Vampire' Cops to Establish Nazi-style Checkpoints Over Labor Day Weekend
09-02-2014
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http://thefreethoughtproject.com,
Checkpoints, 'no refusal' blood draws now standard fare during national holidays
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Currencies
The Morning After: What Happens When A Government Destroys Its Currency
09-02-2014
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zerohedge.com
Imagine this scene:
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
Teacher Gets 'Emergency' Evaluation For Writing A Futuristic School Shooting Novel
09-02-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com
From the Dept. of Insane and Dangerous Overreactions to Fictional Threats:
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News Link • Events: America
I Went To Burning Man And It Was Even Crazier Than I Expected
09-02-2014
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Business Insider
Last year, I went to Burning Man for the first time.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Inventions
Hollywood Has Created An Even More Incredible Theater Experience Than IMAX
09-02-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com
It was only about five years ago that James Cameron's Avatar changed the world's perspective on the cinematic experience and both IMAX and 3D.
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News Link • World News
Ex-NSA Director, US Intelligence Veterans Write Open Letter To Merkel To Avoid All-Out Ukraine War
09-02-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, legalizeliberty
Alarmed at the anti-Russian hysteria sweeping Washington, and the specter of a new Cold War...
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Uber Will Continue Running In Germany, Even Though The Country Just Banned The Service
09-02-2014
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Business Insider
Though a Frankfurt court has officially banned Uber in Germany, the ride-sharing startup has decided to keep its drivers on the road while it appeals the ruling.
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News Link • Marriage
Do I Need A Marriage License From The State?
09-02-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, Phxarcher87
I'm getting married in January, whooooo wheeeee!
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News Link • Police State
"The Hysteria is Far From Over":
09-02-2014
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jonathanturley.org
Maryland Teacher Writes Futuristic Novel About School Shooting . . School Board Sends Him For Evaluation While Police Raid His Home and Distribute His Picture
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Domestic Policy
U.S. Army Plans to Battle Anti-Government Dissidents In "Megacities"
09-02-2014
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http://www.shtfplan.com, Paul Joseph Watson
The U.S. Army is preparing to fight political dissidents who challenge the power of the state as "megacities" become the battleground of the future, according to a new report in the Army Times.
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News Link • Government
How the NSA Helped Turkey Kill Kurdish Rebels
09-01-2014
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https://firstlook.org
On a December night in 2011, a terrible thing happened on Mount Cudi, near the Turkish-Iraqi border. One side described it as a massacre; the other called it an accident.
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News Link • Activism
Police And Protesters Violently Clash In Pakistani Capital
09-01-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com
Anti-government protesters armed with slingshots and hammers clashed repeatedly with police Sunday in the Pakistani capital, and the powerful military cautioned the prime minister against further use of force in the crisis that has triggered the bigg
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News Link • World News
Ruling On Hong Kong Election Brings The City Closer To A Mass Occupation
09-01-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com
China's legislature on Sunday ruled out allowing open nominations in the inaugural election for Hong Kong's leader, saying they would create a "chaotic society."
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News Link • Military
Libyan Militiamen Take Over Part Of An Evacuated US Embassy In Tripoli
09-01-2014
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Business Insider
An Islamist-allied militia group "secured" a U.S. Embassy residential compound in Libya's capital, more than a month after American personnel evacuated from the country over ongoing fighting, one of its commanders said Sunday.
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News Link • World News
Putin Wants 'Statehood' For Southeastern Ukraine
09-01-2014
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Business Insider
Russia President Vladimir Putin called on Ukraine's government to begin negotiations on the issues of statehood for the southeast of Ukraine, where Moscow is backing a rebellion, according to an interview with Russia's state TV Channel 1.
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News Link • Foreign Policy
More Mindless Sanctions? Merkel a Liar or a Fool?
09-01-2014
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globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com
As the tide in the Ukraine civil war turns, the EU threatens Russia with more mindless sanctions.
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News Link • Emmigration
Dear Mr. President, Why I'm Leaving America
09-01-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Robert W. Wood
"Dear Mr. President,
I am writing with a heavy heart as I, my husband, and our daughter are all seriously contemplating giving up our U.S. citizenship.
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News Link • Obamacare
Obamacare Fine Print: Beware the Medicaid and Medi-Cal Clawbacks and Liens
09-01-2014
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globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com
Obamacare greatly expanded Medicaid coverage, but there is a hidden gotcha that may come back and haunt your heirs for benefits you receive from age 55-64.
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News Link • Seriously?
Elizabeth Warren Finally Speaks on Israel/Gaza, Sounds Like Netanyahu
09-01-2014
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lewrockwell.com, By Glenn Greenwald
The last time Elizabeth Warren was asked about her views on the Israeli attack on Gaza ? on July 17 ? she, as Rania Khalek put it, "literally ran away" without answering.
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News Link • NATO
Washington Piles Lie Upon Lie
09-01-2014
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paulcraigroberts.org
The latest Washington lie, this one coming from NATO, is that Russia has invaded Ukraine with 1,000 troops and self-propelled artillery.
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News Link • Israel
The Israel Lobby Eliminates Another Critic
09-01-2014
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paulcraigroberts.org
The United States, wallowing in arrogance and hubris, pretends to be "the world's sole superpower," the "exceptional and indispensable nation" chosen by history to exercise hegemony over the world.
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
Is This the Libertarian Moment?
09-01-2014
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lewrockwell.com, By Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
Earlier this month the New York Times wondered aloud if the "libertarian moment" had arrived. A good question, to be sure.
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News Link • Obama Administration
The Mother of All Blowback
09-01-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Eric Margolis
President Barack Obama is being lambasted by US Republicans for admitting that "we don't have a strategy yet" for dealing with the rise of the militant group, ISIS, or Islamic State, as it's now known.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Deputy Suspended for Arresting Woman Recording Political Meeting Open to Public
08-31-2014
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Photography Is Not a Crime
The Deputy was wearing his badge, but working off-duty as a private security guard, acting on a request by the owner of the farm to have Tisdale shut her camera off. All because she recorded a GOP candidate make an unfavorable comment
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Production Company Takes Swipe at Cop Watchers after Cops Kill "COPS" Crew Member
08-31-2014
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Photography Is Not a Crime
In mourning his death, a television production company that specializes in pro-cop reality shows took a bizarre shot at citizens who record cops, accusing them of having "no good motive" and promising to "continue to stand with police officers
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Sixth Circuit Overturns 16 Hate Crime Convictions In Amish Case
08-31-2014
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Jonathan Turley
A case of the US Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit on the limits of hate speech prosecutions. The court overturned the hate-crime convictions of 16 men and women in a bizarre series of attacks where Amish victims had their beards cut off.
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
25% Drop In Prescription Drug Fatalities Thanks To Medicinal Marijuana
08-31-2014
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http://rinf.com
A new study reveals that states where medical marijuana is legal experience around one-quarter fewer deaths from prescription drug overdoses, signaling perhaps a small victory for proponents of pot's alleged pain-alleviating powers.
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News Link • Police Accountability Report
Ohio "Open Carry" Laws Could Spell Murder Charges for Cops who Shot Innocent Man
08-31-2014
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http://theantimedia.org
Beavercreek, Ohio ? The killing of John Crawford III by police inside Wal-Mart differs from other recent police killings in one substantial manner.
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