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Protecting and serving is the new racketeering.
Costa Mesa, California – This week, two former police officers were arrested and charged with felonies after a plot to frame a local politician failed miserably.
Private investigators and former police officers Chris Lanzillo and Scott Impola now face felony charges of illegal use of a tracking device, false imprisonment by deceit, conspiracy to commit a crime and falsely reporting a crime.
The two were not acting independently but were actually hired by Lackie, Dammeier, McGill & Ethir of Upland, a law-firm, which at the time represented over 120 police unions across California.
According to prosecutors, local …read more

“They tried to bury us. They didn’t know, we were seeds.”

On Wednesday, December 10, International Human Rights Day, students at over 70 medical schools across the nation walked out together in protest of the death and pain caused at the hands of the police, calling it a public health emergency.
Students from coast to coast donned their lab coats and laid in silence, most for 4.5 minutes to represent the 4.5 hours Mike Brown’s body laid on display on Canfield Drive on August 9, others staying for 11 minutes for the 11 times Eric Garner plead with officers saying “I can’t …read more

A federal judge ordered St. Louis-area police to grant warnings before firing tear gas in order to give crowds “reasonable” time to disperse, following a lawsuit over wanton use of tear gas by militarized police during race-related protests in Ferguson.
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US District Judge Carol Jackson ruled after hearing arguments in a lawsuit against local and state law enforcement officials that stemmed from police action in Ferguson, a suburb in St. Louis County, and in areas of St. Louis city on November 24, following a grand jury decision not to indict Darren Wilson, a former Ferguson police officer who killed unarmed black …read more

“We the people” keep getting dealt the same losing hand
“The truth is that the State is a conspiracy designed not only to exploit, but above all to corrupt its citizens.”—Leo Tolstoy
by JOHN W. WHITEHEAD | RUTHERFORD INSTITUTE
My 7-year-old granddaughter has suddenly developed a keen interest in card games: Go Fish, Crazy Eights, Old Maid, Blackjack, and War. We’ve fallen into a set pattern now: every time we play, she deals the cards, and I pretend not to see her stacking the deck in her favor. And of course, I always lose.
I don’t mind losing to my granddaughter at Old Maid, …read more

Here is a link to the November 4, 2014 Statement of Votes for California, from the Secretary of State’s web page. …read more

On December 12, the Ohio legislature passed HJR 12. It will be presented to the voters in the November 2015 election. It would require that state legislative districts be drawn so as not to favor or disfavor any particular party. It would also require the district boundaries to avoid splitting neighborhoods, cities, and towns, except(More)… …read more

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“David Hooks was face down on the ground when he received those last two shots”

East Dublin, GA — Acting on a bogus tip about methamphetamine from a car thief, the Laurens County Sheriff’s office obtained a search warrant for the home of devoted husband, loving father and grandfather, David Hooks.
An hour after the judge signed the warrant police raided Hooks’ house and took the life of this innocent grandfather.
An attorney representing David Hooks’ widow says that the September 24, shooting did not go down as law enforcement authorities stated in initial news releases, and the “true facts of this tragedy …read more

Ferguson, Missouri – This week, lawyers representing protesters in Ferguson filed a restraining order against Missouri police, citing civil rights violations at previous demonstrations.
According to the court filing, Missouri police unnecessarily intimidated protesters, assaulted them, shot them with tear gas and pepper spray, and refused to identify themselves when asked. This behavior was documented on hundreds of recordings that have surfaced in the months since the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown.
Lawyer Thomas B. Harvey is one of the attorneys who has filed the restraining order on the behalf of six individuals who say that police violated their rights during peaceful …read more