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Despite having this negative experience, Merritt has managed to find a light in the darkness. He plans on starting a mentoring program to teach kids of all races to know and understand their rights.
Waycross, GA — High school senior and community role model, Montre` Merritt’s life was forever changed the night he was thrown to the ground and held at gun point in his own driveway by an overzealous police officer.
On January 18, Merritt was pulling into his driveway when a Waycross police officer pulled up behind him and jumped out of his cruiser, pistol drawn.
Merritt was then forced to …read more

Request violates Constitution & Facebook’s Terms of Service
The Watervliet, N.Y., Police Department is asking pistol permit applicants for access to their Facebook accounts.
Kit Daniels | Infowars.com
Watervliet, NY Asks Pistol Permit Applicants for Facebook Passwords. http://t.co/AVNzKC5YC2 #gunsense #2a #nra pic.twitter.com/W5NrLK008F
— Cal A. Feit (@tazcat2011) October 16, 2014

The department recently sent an applicant a form which asked for his Facebook username and password, and after the applicant complained, the department claimed the form was sent to him by mistake and was only used during face-to-face interviews when the department asks applicants for access to their Facebook accounts.
“It is… a common practice to …read more

On October 17, U.S. District Court Judge Michael H. Watson again declined to put the Ohio Libertarian Party’s candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General on the November ballot. Here is the 36-page opinion in Libertarian Party of Ohio v Husted, southern district, 2:13cv-953. The candidates are not on the November ballot because they(More)… …read more

We’re excited to announce that Coinbase is now available in 6 additional languages:
Español
Português
Français
Italiano
Nederlands
Deutsch
You can select your preferred language using the drop-down menu found in the bottom right corner of every page.

As we expand internationally, we want to ensure that Coinbase continues to be the easiest bitcoin platform to use—and this includes being able to use Coinbase in your native language. We’ve also been expanding our customer support team, so we can provide world-class support to our customers in multiple languages.
Behind the scenes, we’ve been building the infrastructure to make it possible to translate Coinbase into even more languages. Today we’re …read more

Professor Jon A. Krosnick will be an expert witness for the Virginia candidates who are challenging a state law that says nominees of parties that polled 10% in the last election always get the top spot on general election ballots. Here is the wikipedia article about him. The case is Libertarian Party of Virginia v(More)… …read more

Clorenzo Mack Griffin, a US marshal from Miami, was arrested last weekend for allegedly participating in an armed robbery of 24 pounds of marijuana.
The bust occurred in Yuba City, California, a long distance from Griffin’s home.
Griffin was reportedly off-duty when he and two other men robbed a Jeep filled with marijuana at gunpoint.
At the time of the arrest, all 3 occupants of the vehicle were wearing police gear, but Griffin is the only confirmed officer in the group.
Once on the road, the carjackers had managed to travel undetected until they ironically sped through a red light and were seen by …read more

Scotusblog has this description of the brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court by the state of Texas. The brief itself was filed “under seal”, which means that the public is not allowed to see the entire brief. Thanks to Thomas Jones for the link. …read more

On October 15, a DMH Poll of Oregon candidates and ballot measures was released. See the full results here. For Measure 90, the top-two system initiative, the poll shows 36% in favor, 38% opposed, and 26% undecided. Scroll down to question seven. Thanks to Wes Wagner for the link, via TndependentPoliticalReport. …read more

“You probably have over 700, 800 pounds of police force there, and there’s a 60-year-old man there that probably weighs a buck-fifty, and you’ve got to pull the taser out to take him down? I just don’t think it was right”
The Lakeside Police Department in Colorado is facing scrutiny and backlash after a video of three officers man handling and tasing a 60 year old alleged shop lifter was uploaded online.
The incident took place on Friday, after the suspect had fled a Walmart he is accused of stealing from and hid behind a dumpster across the street.

Pete Ortega, the witness …read more

“You definitely have a dangerous circumstance where you’ve got a guy driving under the influence who is on duty, armed and handling a gun, and you’re going to give him a pass?”

A police officer in Red Bank, Tennessee showed up at a local firing range drunk last week.
The officer was so noticeably intoxicated that he was actually pulled aside by other police department employees and given a blood-alcohol test.
Detective Doug Millsaps blew a 0.114 and a 0.124 on the police department’s breathalyzer after attempting to participate in a firearm training drill, according to police Chief Tim Christol.
Initially, Millsaps was suspended …read more