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“It’s like having an 18- wheeler driving on your chest and you believe that the only way to get that weight off your chest is to tell the police whatever they want to hear … even admitting to a murder.” – Marty Tankleff describing the police interrogation that brought about his false confession and conviction, when he was a juvenile.

More than two decades later, juvenile police interrogations are still a wretched procedure. Only recently has light been shed on the coercive, deceptive tactics used by U.S. police departments to get kids to waive their Constitutional rights and fess up, whether …read more

Bill O’Reilly must have shocked many of his fans and his haters this week, when he argued strongly on his show that Ferguson police disproportionately target African-Americans for petty fines to generate revenue.
Some of the statistics in last week’s Department of Justice report were so overwhelming that even O’Reilly could not help but point out that the bias in the department was obvious.
O’Reilly pointed out how Ferguson residents were targeted for petty infractions like jaywalking, for example.
“You don’t have to give a ticket to somebody who’s not crossing the street properly. They’re targeting it. They’re doing it for money, they …read more

On March 5, the Arkansas Supreme Court invalidated two restrictions on initiative petitions, but upheld some other restrictions. All of the restrictions challenged in the lawsuit had been passed in 2013. The case is McDaniel v Spencer, cv-14-599. Here is the 28-page decision. The restrictions struck down are: (1) the law that says after the(More)… …read more

Palm Beach County, Florida – 41-year-old police officer Jason Tucciarone was recently arrested for breaking a man’s nose in a fight over a bar stool. It was also reported that the officer choked the victim’s son as well.
On Monday night, Tucciarone’s temper got the best of him when he punched a main in the face and broke his nose because he wanted the bar stool that the man was sitting in.
The men who were attacked even apologized and offered up the seat. But that wasn’t good enough for him; he allegedly started a fight with them even though they made …read more

In January, an activist group stood up to tyranny and took over a Washington Court. The story of this takeover is told below by one of the lead activists, Gav Seim. You may have heard of Seim before. He helped to organize the largest felony civil disobedience rally ever held in America’s history.

We all knew this happening but did not want to face it. It has never been exposed to the world like this until today. — Around the nation, Kangaroo Courts like this are abusing us. Once people walk through those doors their rights are as worthless as dung …read more

As previously reported, last year the Alaska Libertarian Party came in second for Governor of Alaska among the party nominees for that office. That is because the Democrats didn’t have a gubernatorial nominee. Therefore, under Alaska law, the Libertarian Party had the right to choose a nominee for the Commission that regulates campaign finance. According(More)… …read more

The South Dakota House State Affairs Committee hears SB 69 on Friday, March 6, at 7:45 a.m. The hearing is in room 414. The bill injures ballot access three ways: (1) it makes it more difficult for a member of a small qualified party to get on his or her party’s primary ballot; (2) it(More)… …read more

A Washington, DC man walked into a police station, and asked for marijuana. The cops gave it to him. It’s no joke or riddle, but the reality of pot legalization in the nation’s capital. However, there is a hitch ‒ the weed already belonged to him.

A resident of the District’s Ward 7 ‒ a more economically depressed area that largely lies east of the Anacostia River ‒ walked into a Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) 6th District (6D) station Monday night to take advantage of a little-noticed aspect of DC’s recent marijuana legalization.
“He walked in to recover his property from a …read more

One Ferguson Police Department employee has been fired and two others have been placed on leave after federal authorities identified them as responsible for writing racist emails, the mayor of the city said.

RT.com
Ferguson Mayor James Knowles made the announcement at a Wednesday evening press conference and the decision came after the US Justice Department tagged the three specifically for having made racist remarks in city emails.
The fallout comes as the Justice Department issued a 100-page report that found systematic racial discrimination by the Ferguson police officials and the court system against African Americans. Mayor Knowles said the city “must do …read more

The Nevada Secretary of State has released the February 2015 registration tally. See it here. The percentages are now: Democratic 39.64%; Republican 34.46%; Independent American 4.71%; Libertarian .82%; independent and miscellaneous (including Green) 20.37%. By comparison, in October 2014 the percentages were: Democratic 40.11%; Republican 34.96%; Independent American 4.71%; Libertarian .81%; Green .19%; independent and(More)… …read more