Teen Faces 2 Years in Prison for Taking a Lewd Photo…..With a Statue

An Everett, Pennsylvania, teenager is facing two years locked away over some offensive photos posted to his facebook account.
The photos depict him in mock sexual positions with a Jesus Statue. The statue does not appear to have been harmed during the incident.

KRON4 reports that the photos were taken and uploaded in July in front of the “Love in the Name of Christ” Christian organization in his hometown of Everett.
The young man is charged with “Desecration of a Venerated Object.”, which is defined as “Defacing, damaging, polluting or otherwise, physically mistreating in a way that the actor knows will outrage …read more

On The Lam (Part 52)

When we arrived at the farm, I got to setting up the caravan just the way I wanted it. Once that was completed, Jap took me on a tour of …

Man Tries to Inform Cops that his Son is Autistic, So he is Assaulted, Tased, and Arrested

“I stated, ‘I’m his father, and just wanted to tell you he’s autistic.’ He turned around and said, ‘Leave or you’ll be arrested!’ He started walking towards me and said ‘you’re under arrest.’ I said, ‘for what?’, I kept saying over and over all I wanted to do was tell you he’s autistic. He just replied, ‘you’re under arrest.’”
All charges have been dropped against Roy Sherman, the man who was tased, arrested and charged with assaulting a deputy, all for trying to inform officers his son was autistic during a routine traffic stop in Marion County, Florida CopWatch reports.

On May …read more

Men Arrested for Flying Drone Too Close to NYPD Chopper, Turns Out the NYPD was the One Too Close

Initially, the police claimed that the drone attacked the helicopter and attempted to fly into it, but audio that was later released by air traffic control tells a different story. In the air traffic control recordings, the NYPD helicopter pilot can be heard announcing that he is following the drone.
The two New Yorkers were arrested in July after an NYPD helicopter chased down a drone that they were flying. Wilkins Mendoza and Remy Castro were flying a 500$ DJI Phantom drone near the George Washington Bridge late one Sunday night when the aircraft was spotted by an NYPD helicopter.
The pilot …read more

Coinbase Responds To New York’s Recently Proposed BitLicense

Coinbase has now completed its formal response to the New York Department of Financial Services on their recently proposed BitLicense Draft.
You can download our formal response here. [PDF]
To summarize the main points of our response:

We feel the BitLicense is duplicative of the current money transmitter regulations which are a more appropriate form of regulation for the future of digital currency.

Certain aspects of the proposed recordkeeping and anti-money laundering requirements would eliminate the core utility of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, substantially hindering the innovation which all of us including, purportedly the NYDFS, find so promising.

Any regulation of virtual currencies at this stage …read more

Police “Compliance Weapon” Blinds Targets

“Retinal obfuscation” gun a new tool for militarized law enforcement
Image Credit: Shield Defense Systems
A firm that provides non-lethal equipment to law enforcement is set to release a new “compliance weapon” that temporarily blinds targets for up to 15 minutes, amidst a national conversation about the militarization of police in the aftermath of unrest in Ferguson, Missouri.
PAUL JOSEPH WATSON | Infowars.com
Shield Defense Systems, LLC, a company based in Reno, Nevada, is currently developing the Z-RO “retinal obfuscation” gun. According to the firm’s website, the weapon, “Obstructs the target’s vision temporarily for up to 10-15 minutes via proprietary technology when deployed on …read more

Montana Open Primary Lawsuit

On September 8, the Ravalli County, Montana, Republican Party filed a federal lawsuit to obtain a closed primary for itself. Montana has open primaries. The county party took this action because in the June 2014 primary, Democrats intervened in the Republican primary for State Representative and apparently altered the outcome of a very close race.(More)… …read more