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Lawmakers weigh new rules for NYPD's street stop and frisks

10-10-2012 • AP

New York City police stops of hundreds of thousands of people each year are in the spotlight as city lawmakers consider setting new rules for the stop-and-frisk practice and even appointing an inspector general to monitor the police department.

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Cops tase man for having seizure

10-10-2012 • http://rt.com,

Two Texan police officers are being sued for using a Taser to shock a man who was having a seizure, causing the 50-year-old to suffer a heart attack and permanent brain damage.

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How the NDAA Directly Threatens Average Americans, and How You Can Take Action Now

10-09-2012 • http://chrisinmaryville.net/

Journalists rarely take a vocal stand against legislation in order to remain objective, but sometimes new laws are such an egregious assault on our basic rights to democracy and freedom that we have a duty to speak up. This is the case with the Na

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Supreme Court Terminates Warrantless Electronic Spying Case

10-09-2012 • http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012

Without comment Justices declined to review a lower court’s Dec. decision dismissing the EFF’s lawsuit challenging the NSA’s warrantless eavesdropping program. Congressional legislation retroactively immunizing the telcos from being sued for cooperat

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Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative

10-09-2012 • DHS.Gov

The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) requires all citizens of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda to have a passport or other accepted document that establishes the bearer’s identity and nationality to enter or depart the United

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Swiss Gearing Up for Major Unrest Throughout Europe

10-08-2012 • http://www.dailypaul.com, P.Au.L

Do the Swiss know something the rest of us don’t?

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Supreme Court To Rule On Your Right To “Resell” Personal Property

10-08-2012 • http://govtslaves.info, Jennifer Waters

Tucked into the U.S. Supreme Court’s agenda this fall is a little-known case that could upend your ability to resell everything from your grandmother’s antique furniture to your iPhone 4.

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FBI - by Jim Davidson

10-07-2012 • L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian Enterprise

My friend John Wayne Smith phoned that he had been interviewed by a man purporting to be an FBI agent and a man from his local sheriff's office about me. They wanted to know if I'm a dangerous person, and how long John had known me.

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DHS Futurists Unveil High Tech Crime Fighting Technology

10-07-2012 • http://govtslaves.info, Phys.org

What kinds of gear will be needed by future firefighters, EMTs, and cops?

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Houston Man Receives Visit from FBI after Photographing Weather

10-05-2012 • Photography Is Not a Crime

A man who snapped photos of a brewing storm last month received a visit today from an FBI Agent, inquiring why he would want to take such photos. Michael Galindo explained he was simply volunteering for the National Weather Service.

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TSA Worker Steals $500 From Traveler As Punishment For Complaining

10-04-2012 • http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson

Travelers who display lack of obedience targeted for retaliation

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RT: It Is Believed Obama White House Already Using NDAA To Detain U.S. Citizens Without Trial

10-03-2012 • http://www.dailypaul.com,

It Is Believed Obama White House Already Using NDAA To Detain U.S. Citizens Without Trial.

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Man Dies in Police Raid on Wrong House

10-01-2012 • http://www.dailypaul.com, emalvini

A 61-year-old man was shot to death by police while his wife was handcuffed in another room during a drug raid on the wrong house.

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The Militarization of Mayberry

09-27-2012 • http://www.theagitator.com

Flemington, New Jersey has all of 4,500 people. It hasn’t seen a murder in well over a decade.

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LRAD Sonic Weapons To Be Deployed “Throughout” America For Crises

09-27-2012 • www.prisonplanet.com

The U.S. Air National Guard has purchased half a million dollars worth of portable LRAD acoustic systems, which are commonly used by police to quell protests and civil unrest, ensuring that the sonic weapons will be deployed “throughout” America duri

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Man Dies in Police Raid on Wrong House

09-26-2012 • abc

A man was murdered by the police after they raided the wrong house looking for drugs. His 70 year old wife was thrown to the ground and handcuffed after they shot her husband who believed the cops to be intruders.

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Police Reprimanded after missing Homeless man 35 Times

09-22-2012 • CBS Detroit

A Saginaw police supervisor has been demoted and two officers disciplined for their roles in the fatal shooting of a homeless, mentally ill man in a parking lot, city officials said Friday following a review of the case. The on-scene supervisor d

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Green Beam Laser: Graffiti Activism That Respects Property Rights

09-25-2012 • http://www.youtube.com, TheCopBlock

Get your own Green Beam Laser by emailing Manchester, NH-based entrepreneur and activist Bill Domenico: bill@resunltd4u.com

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Judge Dredd Leaked!

09-22-2012 • http://www.prisonplanet.com

Infowars Reporter Jakari Jackson gives you a sneak peak at the dystopic future envisioned in the upcoming Judge Dredd re-make. It’s a future that awaits us all if we continue to give up our liberty for security.

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Young Persons Called to Private Grand Jury for Owning Books

09-19-2012 • Sound+Noise

Just a few weeks ago, an FBI task force raided a home in Portland, Oregon very early in the morning. They broke down the front door with a battering ram and threw in a stun grenade, which is non-lethal but produces a very loud and disorienting noise

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U.S. Warns Judge’s Ruling Impedes Its Detention Powers

09-18-2012 • New York Times

The Obama administration warned a judge’s ruling blocking a statute authorizing the indefinite detention of terrorism suspects has jeopardized its ability to continue detaining certain prisoners captured during the war in Afghanistan.

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Judge: Police can immediately start enforcing most contentious part of Ariz. immigration law

09-18-2012 • Washington Post

A judge in Arizona ruled Tuesday that police can immediately start enforcing the most contentious section of the state’s immigration law, marking the first time officers can carry out the so-called “show me your papers” provision.