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Dissent or Terror: New Report Details How Counter Terrorism Apparatus Was Used to Monitor Occupy Movement Nationwide
DBA Press and the Center for Media and Democracy today released the results of a year-long investigation: "Dissent or Terror: How the Nation's Counter Terrorism Apparatus, In Partnership With …

NYPD on Trail: Week Six
After six weeks of testimony — sometimes dramatic, sometimes data-driven, but consistently disturbing in its findings — the plaintiffs in the historic Floyd v. City of New York trial …

Bush and Cheney Arrested by Dallas Police
Code Pink, Backbone Campaign, and dozens of supporters escorted protestors costumed as George W. Bush & Dick Cheney into the hands of the Dallas police who gladly arrested the …

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Glorious Martial Law?
Are we allowed to talk about martial law, the militarization of police, and the complete shutdown of cities on command? Or will that get the glorious law enforcers to …

NYPD on Trial: Week 5
Last week, the court heard some of the most dramatic testimony yet from New Yorkers who have been illegally stopped and frisked by the NYPD. In a packed schedule, …

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Random Notes From the Police State
William Rivers Pitt: Boston law enforcement did their best in a terrible, dangerous and deranged situation.

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NYPD on Trial: Week 2
The second week of the historic Floyd v. City of New York trial challenging the constitutionality of the NYPD's stop-and-frisk program featured a shortened court schedule because the week …

Police Spend Millions Of Hours On Low-Level Marijuana Arrests
A report came out showing the NYPD has spent over a million hours in the past decade arresting hundreds of thousands of people for possessing less than 25 grams …

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Detroit Raw
Mind snacking while walking to the Y, I glance over to the Elmwood Grill where there are normally a plethora of marked and unmarked Detroit police cars, hmmm, there …

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What If Only “Outlaws” Had Guns? Look at These Statistics
The gun lobby likes to say "outlaw guns and only outlaws will have guns." The fear mongering drives gun sales which is the NRA's purpose. (Why else would Wayne …