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We’ve seen an encouraging number of videos made by citizens calling out police for their above the law actions. However, how often do these citizen stops result in action?
Almost never, until now.
A video uploaded to Liveleak Sunday shows a cop watcher confronting a Los Angeles Parking Enforcement officer for blocking a driveway while he writes tickets to others for their parking violations.
The man taking the video, calls the traffic cop out for blocking the driveway. We were expecting an arrest or call for backup, but something amazing happens instead. The officer actually moved his car!
Persistence in police accountability was bound …read more

We’re happy to announce a new partnership with online and mobile payments platform Braintree that will enable its vast portfolio of merchants to begin seamlessly accepting bitcoin on any device. Developers at Coinbase and Braintree will be working together closely to complete the integration in the next few months.
Braintree CEO Bill Ready announced the news this morning at TechCrunch Disrupt, explaining that his company is focused on giving its customers choice and flexibility. Our partnership will support that aim by including bitcoin among the wide variety of payment methods that Braintree is able to offer its merchants.
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Russell J Matson
Is it a crime to decorate your car like a vehicle from one of your favorite movies? This case is definitely “more than meets the eye.”
Or maybe less.

My client accused of impersonating a police officer for decaling his Maserati to look like Barricade from Transformers.
On August 9th, my client was pulled over not far from his home in Braintree and questioned by 3 police officers. He was driving his very distinctive 2010 Maserati GranTurismo that was decorated as a character from the movie Transformers. The character takes the form of a police car.
After consulting with his Lieutenant, …read more

You go inside right now…it’s a lawful order…go inside right now”

In Gresham, Oregon, a man was filming a heavily militarized SWAT raid on his iPad from across the street, when he was assaulted by 1st Amendment violating thugs dressed in Kevlar.

According to the man who uploaded the video to YouTube, who goes by the name Skylow Production, he woke up at 4:00 am after hearing a loud disturbance, so he came outside to investigate.

I was laying in my apartment sleeping and I heard multiple bombs blasting and glass breaking and my entire apartment shook repeatedly. I grabbed …read more

On September 6, an NBC/Marist Poll was released for Kentucky Senate. The results: Republican McConnell 47%; Democrat Grimes 39%; Libertarian Patterson 8%; undecided 6%. Although I am away from home for a 3-week vacation and can’t check the records, my memory tells me that no minor party or independent candidate for U.S. Senate has ever(More)… …read more

“Don’t talk- just record!”
In a video uploaded to Facebook on September 4, Chicago Police officers are seen violently tossing a woman around, attacking a man, and inciting general chaos- in typical police fashion.
The video begins with officers standing around with their chests puffed out, while a witness brilliantly reminds everyone not to talk, just to film.
Next thing we know a woman is having her face slammed into the hood of a cop car.
Moments later, after announcing “get out of the street or you’re going to jail”, while pacing around like a bulldog holding his asp, he gets insulted and …read more

Seattle- Even America’s most beloved sport isn’t immune from the encroaching police state. During last nights season opening NFL football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Green Bay Packers, at Seattle’s Centurylink Field, undercover law enforcement officers dressed not in plain clothes, but in the jerseys of the opposing team.
While to some it may seem innocuous, it begs the question as to why law enforcement feels the need to actually wear the jerseys of the opposing team.
The stated purpose of the undercover officers at the game is to detect and suppress illegal activity and out of control fans. Would …read more

Seattle- Even America’s most beloved sport isn’t immune from the encroaching police state. During last nights season opening NFL football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Green Bay Packers, at Seattle’s Centurylink Field, undercover law enforcement officers dressed not in plain clothes, but in the jerseys of the opposing team.
While to some it may seem innocuous, it begs the question as to why law enforcement feels the need to actually wear the jerseys of the opposing team.
The stated purpose of the undercover officers at the game is to detect and suppress illegal activity and out of control fans. Would …read more

On September 3, the Pennsylvania Green, Libertarian, and Constitution Parties filed expert evidence in Green Party of Pennsylvania v Aichele, the pending case that challenges various aspects of the Pennsylvania ballot access petition process. The expert, handwriting analyst Michelle Dresbold, shows (1) an expert can detect instances of the forgery of many names on a(More)… …read more