On October 7, the Republican nominee for Connecticut Comptroller, Sharon McLaughlin, debated the Green Party nominee for that office, Rolf Maurer. The Democratic nominee, Kevin Lembo, did not choose to participate. See this story. The part of the story about the Comptroller’s debate is past the midway point in the article. Most of the story(More)… …read more
Police are calling this brutal and destructive reaction to a seat belt violation, justified.
Jamal Jones, screams in agony as police break the window, spraying glass on the children in the back seat and taser him for no reason.
A family from Hammond, Illinois was recently on their way to Stroger Hospital in Chicago, to visit a dying relative when they were attacked by police at a traffic stop.
Lisa Mahone was on the way to the hospital to visit her dying mother, her boyfriend Jamal Jones, and her two children were also in the car at the time.
The entire family was on …read more
Beavercreek, Ohio – On Sunday, an open-carry protest was held in front of the Walmart store where 22-year-old John Crawford III was shot and killed by officers for holding a bb gun.
Roughly 40 demonstrators showed up to protest the killing of Crawford, with a number of the activists openly carrying firearms into the Walmart.
Crawford was shot and killed by responding officers after Ronald Ritchie, another customer, called 9-1-1 and claimed that Crawford was threatening customers with a gun.
Surveillance footage of the shooting incident was later released that completely refuted Ritchie’s statements made on the emergency call, and which showed that …read more
On October 6, the three candidates on the Florida ballot for Attorney General (the nominees of the Republican, Democratic and Libertarian Parties) debated each other. See this report. …read more
On October 1, the nominees of the Alaska Republican Party, Libertarian Party, and independent candidate Bill Walker debated each other. See this story. …read more
What would happen if the police in your town went on strike? Would it be like a scene from the propaganda film “The Purge”, where all of your once friendly neighbors become thieves and murderers? Or would the peaceful majority quickly begin to self organize to protect one another from the few in their communities who actually are thieves and murderers?
Every community is different and it is possible that different people would react differently, but for the most part, when these types of situations arise people actually don’t descend into madness.
There have been many examples throughout history of …read more
This stunning abuse of authority shows clearly the lengths to which some officers will go to retaliate against citizens that flex their rights.
Napa, Calif. – On August 22, Johnathan Travis Moore, was stopped at a DUI checkpoint in Napa, California, according to the Napa Valley Register. Passenger Ryan Tregaskis was filming on his cellphone as the stop took place.
While courts across the nation have upheld citizens right to record police in the carrying out their official duties, many officers act as if this is a personal affront to them.
Thankfully, citizens continue to proactively patrol their communities to ensure that officers …read more
West Virginia Public Television will hold a second televised U.S. Senate debate. The second one will include all five candidates who are on the ballot. The first one was limited to just the Democratic and Republican nominees. See this press release. The five candidates are the nominees of the Democratic, Republican, Green (Mountain), Libertarian, and(More)… …read more
The Los Angeles Times has this op-ed, published October 2, by Ted Rall. Rall has been an editorial cartoonist for many decades. His column says California and other low-turnout states will never match the higher turnout of most other democratic countries, until there are more choices on the ballot. …read more
