News Colorado sheriffs sue over new gun restrictions
05-17-2013
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Colorado sheriffs upset with gun restrictions adopted in the aftermath of last year's mass shootings filed a federal lawsuit Friday, challenging the regulations as unconstitutional. The lawsuit involves sheriffs from 54 of Colorado's 64 counties,
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News A ‘Pandora’s Box of Problems’ From a Police Shooting and Drugs in a Utah Town
05-17-2013
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New York Times
Over the past few months, accusations of bad police work in the narcotics squad of the West Valley City Police Department have engulfed the town and sent shock waves through Utah’s justice system. Prosecutors have tossed out 125 criminal cases.
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News Surprise, Surprise
05-17-2013
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Lew Rockwell blog
One of the videos eyewitnesses shot with a cell-phone while cops beat David Sal Silva to death in Kern County, California, has “disappeared” now that the phones are in the sheriff’s department’s custody.
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News 75 Years in Prison For Videotaping Police
05-17-2013
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NBC News (video)
Michael Allison faces 75 years in prison for five counts of recording law enforcement officials without their consent in Robinson, Illinois.
Illinois is one of the states applying old eavesdropping and wiretapping statutes to new technologies like
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News SHOCK POLICE STATE VIDEO: “You Have No Right To Be In Here! You Have No Right to Be In Here!”
05-17-2013
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Law enforcement officers indicated they would be entering the home because of “domestic violence.” Baffled that the residents of the home refused to exit, one officer asked why they wouldn’t respond to their order.
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News Baltimore Police Sued Once Again for Deleting Footage from Citizen’s Camera
05-17-2013
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Photography Is Not a Crime
She was quickly confronted by an aggressive cop named Nathan Church, who grabbed her phone, threw it on the ground and smashed it with his foot. “You want to film something, bitch? Film this,” he yelled. He then proceeded to beat her.
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Headlines: Baltimore Police Sued Once Again for Deleting Footage from Citizen’s Camera -- SHOCK POLICE STATE VIDEO: “You Have No Right To Be In Here! You Have No Right to Be In Here!” -- 75 Years in Prison For Videotaping Police -- Surprise, Surprise -- A ‘Pandora’s Box of Problems’ From a Police Shooting and Drugs in a Utah Town -- Colorado sheriffs sue over new gun restrictions --