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Police State: Growth Rate of Cops Exceeds Population Growth

11-01-2012 • Prison Planet

The Bureau of Justice Statistics has released a report demonstrating the growth of police in the United States.

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Don't Tread on Me: Protesting the Josey Fundraiser (video)

10-28-2012 • The International Libertarian

On October 28, 2012 the Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police threw a fundraiser for the fired Officer Josey. Many different groups and communities came together to protest, so great was the outrage. You can see in the video the solidarity of the pe

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When the Military Becomes the Police...

10-29-2012 • http://www.dailypaul.com/260691/when-the-military-

My wife and I recently started watching Battlestar Galactica again after finishing it a couple of years ago.

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Micro-Drones Combined With DNA Hacking Could Create A Very Scary Future

10-28-2012 • http://www.businessinsider.com

Sightings of insect-sized micro drones have been occurring for years, but combined with the direction of genome sequencing outlined in this Atlantic piece — the pair make for a futuristic and potentially deadly mix.

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FISA needs to balance security and liberty

10-28-2012 • Washington Post

The Supreme Court will hear part of a suit from the American Civil Liberties Union challenging the 2008 amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. In addition to modernizing FISA, originally drafted in 1978, the ACLU and others

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FK Blogger Arrested for Recording Video

10-26-2012 • www.freekeene.com

After a brief back and forth in which Ian asked if the Officer was familiar with the Glick decision, Ian was escorted to the Police Department in another part of the building. He was then taken into the booking area on the other side of a Police door

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Diabetic Cleburne Teen Hit With Taser After Crash

10-25-2012 • http://dfw.cbslocal.com, Carol Cavazos

A Cleburne teenager was hit with a Taser by police while he was having a medical emergency, and the incident was caught on tape.

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Seattle Police To Roll Out Surveillance Drones with Infrared Cameras

10-25-2012 • http://www.prisonplanet.com, Steve Watson

Department vows not to use unmanned craft “randomly”

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106 Government Agencies Gain Permission to Use Drones ‘Domestically’

10-25-2012 • www.ijreview.com

These are interesting times to say the least. Whether We the People like it or not, the world is changing rapidly, especially concerning how the citizenry is governed. As I have said before on several occasions, a strong government is necessary to

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Rutherford Institute Calls on State Legislatures to Protect Americans from Weaponized Police Spy Dro

10-23-2012 • http://chrisinmaryville.net/

The Rutherford Institute’s letter to the state legislatures, model drone legislation and companion fact sheet are available at www.rutherford.org. “These drones—aerial, robotic threats to privacy and security—are being unleashed on the American po

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#StopNDAA – What Obama and Romney didn’t touch on during the debate

10-23-2012 • http://chrisinmaryville.net/

The defense bill that lets the government indefinitely detain any US citizen without charge or trial wasn’t mentioned once during the three presidential debates, but that didn’t stop activists from sounding off: #StopNDAA went worldwide Monday night.

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FBI releases documents that confirm they spy on anarchists

10-22-2012 • http://chrisinmaryville.net/

On Thursday, legal documents intended to be cloaked indefinitely were accidently unsealed in US District Court in Seattle for a moment, finally offering a small bit of insight as to why the FBI has been targeting adherents to a specific ideology and

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The remarkable, unfathomable ignorance of Debbie Wasserman Schultz

10-22-2012 • www.guardian.co.uk

The Chair of the Democratic National Committee is completely unaware of one of the biggest stories of the Obama years

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You have to listen to Dr. Jill Stein talk about being arrested outside the debate this week.

10-20-2012 • http://www.dailypaul.com, ausscyn

This is an interesting dialogue between Gary Johnson & Jill Stein about the issues as they apply to their presidential campaigns.

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Hank Investigates: Secret Police Files

10-20-2012 • http://www1.whdh.com, Michael Nystrom

Now video you'll see on just one station--and it may include pictures of you!

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Spain Seeks To Outlaw Filming Cops

10-20-2012 • http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson

Following massive protests in Spain over the last couple of months as demonstrators revolt in response to draconian austerity measures imposed by the crumbling European Union, Spain has now moved to make filming police a crime.

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A Commissarina Rises: Wendy J. Olson's Reign of Terror

10-19-2012 • by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)

The IRS operatives offered to buy 2 vehicles, a Jeep Cherokee and a Mercedes, for $55,000 in cash – if Johnson agreed not to use the customers’ “real” names or file the federal paperwork required for cash transactions over $10,000.

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NDAA critic stranded in Hawaii after turning up on no-fly list

10-17-2012 • http://chrisinmaryville.net/

Wade Hicks was en route to a US Navy base in Japan to see his wife when armed military guards informed him that they had other plans. Hicks, an American citizen with no criminal record, had just been put added to a federal no-fly list. After being

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Federal Gov’t Funding Police Spotters on Overpasses in Two States

10-17-2012 • CNS News

Thanks to a cash infusion from the Obama administration, motorists in Connecticut and Massachusetts may see police spotters on overpasses, looking for people who are texting while driving. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced that those t

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NDAA: The Battle Lines Have Been Drawn

10-15-2012 • http://chrisinmaryville.net/

Darrin McBreen, Our Man on The Street, ask the people what they think of the passing of the NDAA Bill by the Senate. (VIDEO)

After my first Papers Please post, a friend of mine called me up and shared this video with me.