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The Constitution Impaired; the Bill of Rights Annulled
The separation of powers established by the Constitution is eroding.
USDA and Submachine Guns: Latest Example of Mission Creep as Federal Policing Expands
The USDA is only one of a slew of seemingly unlikely federal agencies to have acquired an armed police force ready to enforce an ever-expanding federal code.
Pakistani High Court Orders Police To investigate CIA Drone Strikes
A judge at the High Court in Islamabad, Pakistan, has ordered the Pakistani police to open a criminal investigation into the CIA's involvement in a drone strike that killed …
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Police Target Black Children
All across the country black children as young as kindergarteners have been hand cuffed and arrested as if they are adults.
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Angela Davis Featured at National Forum on Police Crimes at University of Chicago
The National Forum held workshops highlighting police crimes against undocumented and other immigrant workers, the labor movement and all workers, the LGBTQ community, women, peace, and solidarity activists, and …
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#Justice4Cecily: Do Calls for Leniency Undermine the Movement Against State Violence?
Rather than challenge the sociopolitical consensus and laws that create near total immunity for on-duty police officers during confrontations with civilians, McMillan and her defense team instead proclaimed her …
Police Siege of Albuquerque: Will the Feds Prosecute Top Brass?
Community members and victims' families fear harassment, surveillance and even premeditated murder at the hands of the Albuquerque Police Department.
The Rise of the American Corporate Security State
Daniel Ellsberg writes of The Rise of the American Corporate Security State: "Edwards is an extraordinary writer who brilliantly captures the essence of what whistleblowers such as Snowden have …
As Another Major Bank Avoids Jail, Occupy Wall Street Protester Cecily McMillan Gets Three-Month Term
While no Credit Suisse executives will be heading to jail for facilitating widespread tax evasion, Occupy Wall Street protester Cecily McMillan has been sentenced to three months in jail …
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Once Searched, Forever Seized: Why Cell Phone Searches Need a Warrant
An exception in the Fourth Amendment has given police free rein to seize and search the devices that store our calls, text messages, e-mails, and troves of other personal …