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Lafayette, LA — Two Louisiana police officers were arrested over the weekend on racketeering charges after accepting a company bribe in the amount of $100,000. The officers were paid by Knight Oil Tools CEO Mark Knight, also charged with racketeering, to arrest his brother after drugs had been planted in his vehicle.
Bryan Knight was arrested in June 2014 when an anonymous tip was called into authorities, leading to the discovery of two magnetic cases filled with narcotics attached to his car. They were later dropped by the District attorney’s office in December 2014. Just a month later, Mark Knight stepped …read more

The Delegates to the U.S. House from Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands have this op-ed, criticizing the U.S. for depriving citizens who live in overseas territories from voting for President and for a voting member of either house of Congress.
The op-ed also suggests that the almost 1,000,000 Puerto Ricans who now reside in Florida would likely support whichever presidential candidate speaks out about this problem. …read more

Edmundson, MO– While police and their supporters continue to insist that police are out there keeping our streets safe, an internal document sent from the Edmundson Mayor John Gwaltney implies otherwise. The letter, which was included with the paychecks of the town’s police officers, spells out in very plain terms their actual role in the community – extorting money for the state.
In the document obtained by ThinkProgress, the mayor is careful to point out that the town does not have quotas. He states that he only wants “good tickets” written but adds that he is still very disappointed that the …read more

Marana, AZ — Chilling footage from the dashcams of two police cruisers was released this week that shows an Arizona police officer use his car as a means to take down a suspect.
The first video is from the officer who was simply following the suspect down the street as he walked away. All of the sudden a cruiser passes him at high speeds and runs down the suspect.
The man who was run over by the officer miraculously survived. Mario Valencia, 36, now faces several felony charges, including assault on a police officer.
According to the Associated Press, Marana police Sgt. Chris …read more

Illinois will hold a special election on September 10 to fill the vacant U.S. House seat in the 18th district. See this story. The primary will be July 7. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link.
Here are details from the State Board of Elections. Democrats need 626 signatures by April 20, and Republicans need 1,014 signatures by the same date. Nominees of unqualified parties, and independent candidates, need 12,602 signatures, due June 25. …read more

According to this story, the consortium of Canadian broadcasters that sponsors election debates before Parliamentary elections will invite the leaders of five parties to debate each other.
The election itself is October 19, 2015. …read more

We will always have the cyber criminal amongst us; but until now, we didn’t have state-encouraged cyber vigilantes.

Congress will soon vote on “cybersecurity” bills that threaten your privacy. We’ve defeated these kinds of bills before. Let’s do it again…
Tell Congress to oppose these bills through DownsizeDC.org’s Hands Off the Internet campaign.

The hardwired letter there begins…
Oppose all attempts to expand government involvement in the Internet.
Please add personal comments of your own, or copy and paste the sample letter below…
I STRONGLY oppose the Senate’s Cyber Information Sharing Act (CISA) and similar House …read more

Reps. Mark Pocan and Thomas Massie have re-introduced the Surveillance State Repeal Act.
Please tell Congress to pass it…

…using DownsizeDC.org’s, FREE, Educate the Powerful tool.

There, you will find a hardwired, first sentence for your letter…

Co-sponsor the “Surveillance State Repeal Act (HR 1466).”
We encourage you to add to that, either your own words or copy and paste this letter…

After Edward Snowden revealed the NSA’s mass surveillance program, many Americans changed their online behavior. They didn’t want to do or say anything “suspicious.”

* Should that happen in a free society?
* Should that happen under the …read more

White County, GA– Two high school students were tragically killed last month after 18-year-old Taylor Swing lost control of his vehicle on a curve. The high school student’s car then careened over the edge of a bridge. Swing, as well as his passenger, 16-year-old Cecily Hamilton, both drowned after the vehicle landed in the creek below.
There are currently barricades along the length of the bridge, but none at the entrance after the curve. Had there been barricades, Hamilton’s father believes that the teenagers may still be alive today.
Since this tragic accident, the father of 16-year-old Cecily, Shannon Hamilton, …read more

North Charleston, SC– Dashcam footage was released on Monday of the officer charged with murder for killing Walter Scott. The video shows Michael Slager tasering someone during a traffic stop in August of last year.
The man being tased, 35-year-old Julius Garnett Wilson, has since filed a lawsuit against Slager and the North Charleston Police Department. Garnett states that his civil rights were violated and is urging any others who may have had a similar experience to come forward and do the same.

Wilson had been stopped simply because it was a “high crime area” and was asked to step out of …read more