So this kid is playing Call of Duty, and then the S.W.A.T show up thinking there’s really a gunman in his house. No, this isn’t some kind of ad campaign showcasing how ‘realistic’ the game is - this is something that actually happened.
Read more »The FBI has been paying more attention to so called“sovereign citizen extremists" around the country out of concerns that they will react violently when they interact with government officials. FBI’s attention raises questions about why focus on this group as opposed to others, when only 18 were arrested in 2011 and 2010 and 10 in 2009 primary for white collar crimes.
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Police State supporters will be getting off to this one...sick! Since when did our towns become the front lines?
Read more »You mean they base this on something other than arbitrary location and our vacation plans? Oh, wait, we can all be on these lists. ok then
Read more »Houston Free Thinkers gathering rousted by HPD. Members detained, but not arrested. No charges, no explanations. Officer pulls shotgun on crowd. See the videos. I thought this group might be similar to the Free Staters in NH.
Read more »DARPA has been funding research for the next generation of drones. Thanks to Tiras Lin at John Hopkins University, a swarm of insect-sized “Micro Aerial Vehicles” (MAV) may be on their way.
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this is a update to the news story about the authorities seizing a Toshiba laptop from defendant Ramona Fricosu in 2010 with a court warrant while investigating alleged mortgage fraud. Ruling that the woman’s Fifth Amendment rights against compelled self-incrimination would not be breached, U.S. District Judge Robert Blackburn ordered the woman in January to decrypt the laptop.
Read more »Carlos Miller, creator of the popular Photography is Not a Crime blog and video site, was arrested on Tuesday night after attempting to cover the eviction of Occupy Miami protesters from a local park.
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Real News @ http://RevolutionNews.US — Lt. Nechodom of the Gainseville Drug Task Force thinks it isn't unreasonable to search a car and detain a baby for such a minor offense as not being able to read the state name on the license plate!
We're just a simple family moving from Ukraine to New Hampshire to join the 'Free State Project' ...Traveling to Disney World... Abused by Police In Gainesville, FL along the way.
Read more »In Andalusia, Alabama 16 people have entered guilty pleas for various crimes and offenses.
One of those people plead guilty to "sexually abusing an intellectually disabled female family member."
The judge and prosecutor agreed on a deal whereby he will serve one year in prison for raping an intellectually disabled female relative.
A lawyer for the young child of a man killed by St. Louis police in December said today he will file a lawsuit alleging that officers shot him even though he was unarmed and pleading for his life.
Read more »A Massachusetts woman says the FBI used a chain saw blade to cut through her door and held her at gunpoint for at least 30 minutes before agents realized they were conducting a raid at the wrong home. She says she was held face-down on the floor at gunpoint while her 3-year-old daughter Ji’anni cried in another room. It turns out agents were after the other tenant on the floor of the multi-unit building who was suspected of dealing drugs. The raid was called Operation Red Wolf, a two-year investigation into drugs and weapons, WHDH.com reported.
Read more »The mayor of Topeka, KS wants to ban anyone in the city from wearing baseball caps and hoodies in public. Wow! Talk about your fashion police.
Read more »FITCHBURG (CBS) – It’s going to be a while before things get back to normal for Judy Sanchez and her three-year-old daughter.
Last Thursday, a team of FBI agents swarmed her apartment building as part of a massive citywide drug and weapons gang raid.
Trouble is, Sanchez lives in apartment 2R.
The suspect they were after is in 2F.
Read more »A security video released by the Transportation Security Administration of Senator Rand Paul at a TSA airport checkpoint in Nashville appears to contradict an initial report to police that described the Kentucky Republican as being ''irate.''
Read more »NYC plans to circumvent the fourth amendment by placing bodyscanners around the city
Read more »Two British tourists were barred from entering America after joking on Twitter that they were going to 'destroy America' and 'dig up Marilyn Monroe'.
Read more »Sweeping protests around the world made it an extremely difficult year for the media, and tested journalists as never before, the annual report into press freedom reveals. The annual report by Reporters Without Borders shows the United States fell 27 points on the list due to the many arrests of journalists covering Occupy Wall Street protests.
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