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4 High-Tech Ways the Federal Government is Spying on Private Citizens
Seeded on Mon May 7, 2012 7:15 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
1. The NSA is building a massive data center in Utah to read every email you'll ever send. Many of us are aware that little of what we say on social networks is really private. But you'd think your emails would be safe from prying eyes — especially those of you …
6-Year-Old Girl Handcuffed By Police
Seeded on Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:09 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
It's been quite the day for 6-year-olds in the news. Earlier, we told you about the courageous, 6-year-old Texas boy who has already raised $10,000 for his Dad's cancer treatment. In less positive news, a 6-year-old girl in Georgia was handcuffed by police and charged with ass …
Black Man Who Killed White Man Remains in Jail While Using Florida's "Stand Your Ground" Defense
Seeded on Sat Mar 24, 2012 1:30 PM EDT (Voter suppression again at work in Tallahassee)
Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies said James was playing basketball with his daughter near their home when he gave a 14-year-old boy permission to skateboard on the basketball court. That's when Dooley, 69, who saw James give the teen permission, came out of his house, say …
How the Religious Lobbying Industry Truly Threatens Our Rights
Seeded on Sat Feb 25, 2012 3:54 PM EST (AlterNet.org)
By Sarah Posner - Put aside opinion polls and the Komen and Virginia wins. The right's strategy is long-term and based in the courts. There's been a troubling trend among some liberals to do a premature victory dance over the contraception insurance benefit debate.
Cop on tape: 'I'm going to make stuff up'
Seeded on Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:12 PM EST (Yahoo! News)
Two friends who had planned to visit a Seattle sports bar claim they ended up being kicked, arrested at gunpoint and held in jail for several hours by a cop who said he intended to "make stuff up." Part of the arrest of Josh Lawson, 23, and Christopher Franklin, 22, on Nov.
A Bronx Tale: Murdered by police for Marijuana? Unarmed 18 year-old shot as grandmother watched
Seeded on Sun Feb 5, 2012 9:00 AM EST (Huliq, New York Daily News & PIX News)
Murdered by police for Marijuana? Last Thursday, Bronx narcotics officer Richard Haste, 30, charged at 18-year-old Ramarley Graham. Graham fled to his grandmother’s apartment. Haste kicked the door in.
U.S. Supreme Court: GPS monitoring 'constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment' - warrant required
Seeded on Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:12 AM EST (SDFLA Blog and Wall Street Journal)
SCOTUS decides GPS monitoring is a search, SDFLA Blog - Per Justice Scalia: "The Government’s attachment of the GPS device to the vehicle, and its use of that device to monitor the vehicle’s movements, constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment." Here's …
No Warrant Needed for GPS Monitoring, Judge Rules
Seeded on Wed Jan 4, 2012 12:51 PM EST (Wired News)
A Missouri federal judge ruled the FBI did not need a warrant to secretly attach a GPS monitoring device to a suspect’s car to track his public movements for two months. The ruling, upholding federal theft and other charges, is one in a string of decisions nationwide sup …
'I'm a cop, I can do whatever I want ' off-duty policeman shouts before 'executing guy in bar' over a game of darts
Seeded on Sat Dec 24, 2011 4:30 PM EST (the Mail online)
Riverside County sheriff's deputy Dayle Long, 42, allegedly shot Samuel Vanettes, 36, three times leaving him to die on the floor of the bar in Murrieta, California. It is reported that Long, who had been drinking alone, struck up a conversation with Vanettes and his friends a …
Madness: In America Even School Children Are Being Pepper-Sprayed and Shocked with Tasers
Seeded on Fri Dec 23, 2011 4:18 AM EST (AlterNet.org)
By Rania Khalek - An alarming series of incidents offers some insight into how casual police have become about deploying "less lethal" weapons... In April, the Wichita Eagle reported on Jonathan Villarreal, a sophomore at Derby High School who was ordered to pull his pants up …
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