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Naturally, the officers involved testified under oath that they had acted appropriately and accused the victim of throwing punches, etc…. Luckily, the event was caught on video tape and the undercover officers’ honesty has come into question.
On the video, which was shot outside Coors Field on the home opener of the Colorado Rockies game on […]

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A long and interesting lecture on why speaking to the police can be hazardous to your freedom.

And now from the police point of view

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Yeah, that is right, we are the land of the free……

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This young man wants the officers held accountable and the Ozark PD are conducting an ‘internal investigation’. We have all seen how those go….

video from Rawstory

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Jon Stewart and his writers always manage to make overt the subversive actions of our government so well.

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Video from Rawstory. Honestly, if cops are so damn fearful for their own safety that they can’t exercise any judgment with the public then become a hazard to the community not a help. Some officers just shouldn’t be given toys like tasers.

Scared cops are dangerous.

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Are you on the list?

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The US government was created by, for and of the people and operates at the ‘consent’ of the governed. Governments provide and maintain infrastructure and services for the public benefit and are also charged with maintaining order and enforcing public safety. The US Constitution is designed to ensure government serve the people for […]

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Rachel Maddow discusses the Senate action on FISA
“What if Congress had responded to Watergate by immunizing the executive branch’s lawbreakers and giving Richard Nixon sweeping new powers to snoop?
“Oh, wait! They just did! They just took thirty years or so to get around to it.”
Video from Rawstory

“They that can give up essential liberty to obtain […]

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Feingold speaks to urge Congress to support the Dodd amendment and strike telecom immunity from the bill.

Video from Rawstory

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Read the transcript here

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This is the direction the Carl Foster case is headed and there are some striking similarities between these two cases. Just like Foster’s case, an internal investigation found no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of the officer despite serious injuries to the citizen.
Despite the nature of Marquez’s injuries, which included a broken jaw […]

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Russ Feingold discusses FISA, from Rawstory Regarding blanket immunity and the evisceration of the 4th Amendment
“This is an astonishing giveaway,” Feingold said.
The FISA update passed the House Friday, less than 24 hours after it was released. The bill was crafted after negotiations among moderate Democrats, Republicans, the White House and telecommunications lobbyists. The Senate […]

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