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As Mayor Bill de Blasio was giving a speech at the funeral of Rafael Ramos, a NYPD officer killed in an ‘execution’-style attack, attending police turned their backs to the screen in protest. Blasio is accused of siding with Eric Garner campaigners.
New York Ciy Mayor Bill de Blasio (C) and wife Chirlane McCray walk out of slain NYPD officer Rafael Ramos’ funeral service at Christ Tabernacle Church in the Queens borough of New York December 27, 2014 (Reuters / Carlo Allegri)
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More than 25,000 police officers from across the country attended the funeral of Rafael Ramos at the Christ Tabernacle Church, …read more

San Francisco, California – In the aftermath of the many recent high profile police killings, athletes all over the country have been using their platform to spread awareness about the growing police state.
Many professional players have worn shirts that say “I Can’t Breathe”, in remembrance of Eric Garner’s last words before his life was taken by NYPD cops. In most cases, the professional sports teams have stood by their athletes and respected their freedom of speech. However, many young athletes who play for school teams have been banned from wearing these shirts during games and tournaments.
At a high school basketball …read more

On November 4, 2014, the voters of Shannon County, South Dakota, voted on whether to change the name of the county. The measure passed, 2,196 to 531. The new name of the county will be Oglala Lakota County. …read more

Berkeley, Missouri – In the days following the controversial shooting of 18-year-old Antonio Martin, the mainstream media has accepted the police statement without question, relying on extremely poor surveillance footage to hold up the claim that the teenager pointed a gun at the police officer who shot him.
However, the video does not clearly show anything, the footage that the police have chosen to release is from so far away, that it is difficult to make out what is happening.
In one part of the video, the teen does appear to raise his hand towards the police officer, and while this could …read more

On December 24, the challenge to the petition of Willie Wilson was dropped. See this news story. The challenge concerned the February 2015 election for Mayor of Chicago. Incumbent Mayor Emanuel is running for re-election and his campaign had challenged the signatures of Willie Wilson, an African-American businessman. The law requires 12,500 signatures, and Wilson(More)… …read more

The Salt Lake City Tribune appears to be the first daily newspaper to announce that Gary Johnson and Jill Stein will be suing the Commission on Presidential Debates. The lawsuit will be filed in January 2015. The Salt Lake City Tribune’s interest in the lawsuit is greater than it would normally be, because former Salt(More)… …read more

Edwardsville, IL — A veteran police officer of more than 20 years has been charged with a slew of felonies after being caught burglarizing homes and businesses while on duty.
According to BND.com, Officer Brian Barker, 41, of Moro was initially charged with burglary, a Class 2 felony, and official misconduct, a Class 3 felony. He was accused of entering Reality Salon and Spa in Edwardsville on Sunday and stealing money from the register while on duty.
Prosecutors since have added another 12 charges: 10 counts of burglary, targeting Edwardsville businesses since 2012; one count of residential burglary of a home in …read more

The best percentage of the vote for any minor party gubernatorial candidate in 2014 was Bob Healey’s showing for Governor of Rhode Island, on the Moderate Party ticket. Healey claimed he only spent $36 on the entire campaign. PolitiFact investigated that claim and found it to be true. See this analysis here, published last month.(More)… …read more

Anti-police social media postings have spawned a wave of arrests across the United States in recent days, after the double murder of two New York Police Department officers on Saturday was revealed to be predated by an ominous internet threat.
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Individuals in New York, New Jersey, and Colorado were apprehended by law enforcement on Monday this week for making web postings purported to advocate killing cops, local networks reported. That same day, police in Massachusetts announced they are pursuing criminal charges against a man who wrote the term “put wings on pigs” on his personal Facebook page – a reference to …read more

Sioux Falls, SD — Molly Bowling and Michael Becker just spent Christmas without their children after police, acting on behalf of Child Protective Services, kidnapped them three weeks ago.
Bowling and Becker say their children were taken from their home after they brought their 2-month old son Creedence, to the ER for an unknown injury.
“He wouldn’t eat when he was crying we would see the cut on his tongue, so I called his doctor and he said we should take him to the ER. So we went to the ER,” mother Molly Bowling said.
The couple told the ER doctor that they …read more