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Don't think you need a government? London police are instructed to keep an eye on you. A brief sent out from the Westminster Counter-Terrorist Focus Desk this week contains this gem: “Anarchism is a political philosophy which considers the state undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, and instead promotes a stateless society, or anarchy. Any information relating to anarchists should be reported to your local Police.”

With the NDAA allowing for the detaining of US citizens indefinitely and Occupiers being openly called terrorists in London... WOW

Local cop steals money from Hispanic citizens during arrests. In a rare case, the Police Chief actually calls in FBI to investigate the cop, and now he went before a federal grand jury which found enough evidence for a case.

Counter-terror measures to be used only in a 'very extreme situation,' commissioner says

In 2011, marijuana possession arrests totaled 663,032 — more than arrests for all violent crimes combined. Possession arrests have nearly doubled since 1980, according to an FBI report, while teen marijuana use recently reached a 30-year high.

NEW YORK -- Alarmed by the use of hard-to-track prepaid cell phones by terror suspects, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer and Texas Sen. John Cornyn have introduced legislation requiring consumers to produce identification before buying such phones.

Marijuana arrests accounted for more than half of all U.S. drug arrests in 2009, while its use among Americans increased by 8 percent, according to two reports released this week by government officials.

The director of national intelligence affirmed rather bluntly today that the U.S. intelligence community has authority to target American citizens for assassination if they present a direct terrorist threat to the United States.

More Arrests for Pot than Violent Crimes [Infographic]

In the United States, the number of arrests for marijuana possession now exceeds the number of arrests for all violent crimes combined. The Huffington Post infographic below illustrates the surprising statistics provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.