IHOP raided by the FBI with the assistance of the Department of Homeland Security, supposedly across the country, but this story is from Toledo, Ohio
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IHOP raided by the FBI with the assistance of the Department of Homeland Security, supposedly across the country, but this story is from Toledo, Ohio
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" Another fallacy in the idea of using more police to stop crime involves the problem of recognition. Criminals do not wear sweat-shirts with “Bad Guy” printed on them to enable policemen to single them out. One way police try to find robbers and murderers is to stop and question ordinary people who have done nothing wrong. Increasing the number of policemen therefore means an increase in the number of innocent people who will be harassed and intimidated by officers."
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In Britain, some police are "barely literate" due to lowered testing standards for new recruits...
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Mall of America security guards could turn your fun day into a never-ending nightmare by determining your activity is suspicious, you are a potential terrorist, and dumping your name into a counterterrorism database.
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U.S. government studies have consistently found that young whites use marijuana at higher rates than young blacks or Latinos. Yet, in 2010, the New York Police Department arrested blacks for marijuana possession at seven times the rate of whites, and Latinos at nearly four times the rate of whites. In New York City 87% of the people arrested for marijuana possession are blacks and Latinos.
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Missouri Governor Jay Nixon wants men and women in uniform to be served first at restaurants, grocery stores, movie theaters and other retail establishments. The badge licking and uniform worship continues in this country.
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Shoshana Hebshi, who describes herself as a "half-Arab, half-Jewish housewife," was aggressively cuffed and detained from Frontier Airlines Flight 623, then strip-searched, for the apparent crime of being ambiguously "ethnic" and being seated next to two Indian guys she didn't know who got up to use the toilet.
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Man ticketed for directing traffic. The comments by citizens , the man involved, and a police officer are just as interesting if not more so than the story!
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Cops in TN are able to randomly search vehicles and take any money you have on you, with out having to place any charges, or have any evidence of you breaking a law.
Money that is taken is then kept in most cases.
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Atlanta (WAOK)– A trial date has been set for a 20-year-old single mother who was arrested after her son made laughing noises while in a Decatur library.
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In discussing the changes in the USA within the last decade since 9/11, Chuck Norris said, "It's official: The feds have lost their minds" and have become "an acute enabler of terrorism." Norris added, "As a part of its 'If You See Something, Say Something' stoolie campaign, Homeland Security released two videos, in which nearly every segment shows a shift in federal strategy from catching foreign terrorists to targeting white middle-class Americans who are against big government as terrorists, including tea partyers, anti-Fed activists and even veterans.
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Steven Seagal accompanying Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s raid on an Arizona man suspected of cock-fighting seems almost humorous. Almost, that is, until you think about police driving into your own home with a tank and killing your dog
Read more »(CBS/WFOR) MIAMI - North Miami Beach Police are piecing together an officer-involved shooting and killing of a mentally disabled man. The man was originally thought to be carrying a gun but it was later determined to be a toy rifle.
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ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. -- The Elizabethton Police Department and a local mother are at odds over the safety of her ten-year-old daughter. The girl rides her bike to and from Harold McCormick School every day -- one mile each way. Investigators contacted Child Protective Services last week. They think the route is dangerous. The mother, Teresa Tryon, says she knows what's best for her child.
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A CHICAGO jury got it right??!!?? Jury nullification is alive and well, even inside of the collectivist beast.
The camera is indeed the new gun.
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A man is being arrested because he "changed his name" according to the man himself. Little evidence is there to support his claims, but if what he claims is true, then these cops are majorly over reacting. They even try to taser this man for resisting arrest.
Watch till the end. The result is quite funny. He is lucky the cops didn't pull out their guns and pop caps in his arse.
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Police Chief Jim McDonnell has confirmed that detaining photographers for taking pictures "with no apparent esthetic value" is within Long Beach Police Department policy.
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In addition to shutting down Twitter and BlackBerry messaging during civil disturbances, the government is suggesting rioters be sprayed with dye. The technique is designed to identify large numbers of people attending political rallies, not looters and vandals mixed in larger crowds of bystanders and others not engaged in criminal behavior.
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