Tag Archives: police state

Riot police and protestors clash for the fourth straight day in Ferguson, Missouri over the killing of a young, unarmed black man… Anonymous promises to hold police force responsible if immediate action isn’t taken

By Mark | August 13, 2014

This video was posted just minutes ago by Patricia Bynes, Democratic Committeewoman of Ferguson Township, Missouri. It shows police officers in the city of Ferguson launching tear gas and stun grenades at protestors. This is the third night in a row that police and protestors have faced off in the northern St. Louis suburb. It […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized | Also tagged #OpFerguson, Anonymous, democracy protests, Dorian Johnson, Ferguson, Michael Brown, Mike Brown's Law, Missouri, Patricia Bynes, police, police brutality, police tactics, protests, racism, riot police, riots, sonic weapons, St Louis | 89 Comments

The ACLU to wage war against America’s militarized police state

By Mark | March 6, 2013

The ACLU today announced that they would be launching a broad investigation into the militarization of America’s domestic police forces. As of this evening, ACLU affiliates in 23 states have signed on to assist in the investigation, and it’s thought that more will join shortly, assigning investigators and filing Freedom of Information Act requests with […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized | Also tagged ACLU, Aiyana Jones, Anaheim, Battlestar Galactica, CATO Institute, Detroit, Disneyland, Eric Holder, FOIA, GPS device, Houston, investigative reporting, Kara Dansky, Koch brothers, Miami, military, Military Cooperation with Law Enforcement Act, military industrial complex, military spending, Obama, police investigations, police tactics, Posse Comitatus Act, predator drones, Ronald Reagan, SWAT, targeted assault, targeted killings, the militarization of the police, tracking, urban warfare, war on drugs, War on Terror, William Adama | 38 Comments

Senate to vote on giving President authority to indefinitely imprison American citizens, and others, without charge or trial

By Mark | November 27, 2011

At the risk of being called fear monger, it looks as though our Senator, Carl Levin, has drafted language within the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012… which is likely to be voted on tomorrow… that would give Obama, and the presidents to follow him, the power to, among other things, deploy our […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics | Also tagged abuse of power, call to action, Carl Levin, false imprisonment, John McCain, Kelly Ayotte, Lindsey Graham, Mark Udall, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, NDAA, prisoner rights, Ron Paul, Senate, Unitary Executive, worldwide military battlefield | 29 Comments

UC Davis Chancellor escorted from her office as hundreds of students line her path, staring in deafening silence

By Mark | November 20, 2011

By now, you’ve probably seen the the footage of the UC Davis students being pepper sprayed. It’s disgusting stuff. The students are sitting down in a line, across a sidewalk, protesting recent tuition hires, and, ironically enough, episodes of police brutality elsewhere in the University of California system. They are peaceful. No one is yelling. […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Other, Uncategorized | Also tagged bullying, Celeste Langan, coughing up blood, Eastern Michigan University, Geoffrey O’Brien, Glen Greenwald, higher education, Joe Paterno, John Pike, kids today, Linda Katehi, Linda P.B. Katehi, Nathan Brown, non-violence, Penn State, pepper spray, police brutality, Robert Hass, shame, solidarity, student activism, students today aren't worth a damn, surveilance, surveillance culture, Surveillance State, tuition protests, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, University of California, University of Michigan, violence vs non-violence, walk of shame | 22 Comments

Iraq War vet critically injured in police crack down on Occupy Oakland

By Mark | October 26, 2011

Last night, in downtown Oakland, police were sent in to forcefully evict protesters sympathetic to the Occupy Wall Street movement from two public parks. Things escalated through the night, as 500 riot police moved in, and protesters refused to leave. The police, in the immediate aftermath, denied using rubber bullets and flash-bang grenades on the […]