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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 …
The Occupy 17 Who Were Targeted, Arrested & Jailed by NYPD are Freed
Seeded on Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:40 AM EST (Firedoglake)
New York Police Department officers arrested seventeen people at an Occupy Wall Street flash mob action in Brookfield Properties’ Winter Garden yesterday. Those seventeen people each have something in common: they all are somehow involved with media.
Two shot dead on Virginia Tech campus same day school appeals federal fine over handling of 2007 shooting
Seeded on Thu Dec 8, 2011 2:59 PM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
Here's a summary of events at Virginia Tech today. Two people have been killed at Virginia Tech university, leading to a manhunt and campus lockdown.
Hutaree Militia Member Pleads Guilty in Cop-Killing Plot
Seeded on Tue Dec 6, 2011 6:46 PM EST (Southern Poverty Law Center)
A man whose nickname is “Mouse” is the first member of the Hutaree Militia to strike a plea deal with the Justice Department to avoid the possibility of a lengthy federal prison sentence. Joshua John Clough, 29, of Blissfield Township, Mich., pleaded guilty Monday …
85-Year-Old Says She Was Strip Searched by TSA
Seeded on Sat Dec 3, 2011 3:49 PM EST (Yahoo! News)
An 85-year-old New York grandmother said Saturday she was injured and humiliated when she was strip searched at an airport after she asked to be patted down instead of going through a body scanner. Lenore Zimmerman said she was taken to a private room and made to take off her …
Video of UC Davis Cops Pepper Spraying Peaceful Student Protesters at Occupy Event
Sat Nov 19, 2011 11:38 AM EST
You can let UC Davis officials know what you think about this action by its police by contacting the people on the university's contact page at www.ucdavis.edu and by contacting the UC Davis police department via www.police.ucdavis.edu. The UC Davis Police Chief is Annette M.
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Occupy Wall Street's dilemma: are the police part of the 99%?
Seeded on Tue Nov 1, 2011 4:01 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
Despite the images of a New York police commander pepper spraying non-violent female protesters and police use of tear gas and other projectiles against Occupy demonstrators in Oakland, there is a continuous plea to the police: join us.
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