Since late December, the citizens of China have watched in sheer disbelief as the little freedom they had left was eliminated due to the coronavirus outbreak. Millions of people have been locked down in their homes, major cities…

Las Vegas, NV — A Las Vegas police officer took videos with her cellphone as she forced a mentally ill man to dance for her, taunting a man as a fellow cop force-fed him gummy bears, recorded herself…

Cameron, TX — While many think that the state taking children from parents is a noble gesture to protect the child, all too often, the state removes kids from a bad situation and throws them into a situation…

Imagine for a moment that you had just sat down for dinner with your family when you hear drones flying overhead. You and your family were about to take your first bite, when out of nowhere, hellfire missiles…

Portland, OR – Mats Järlström, an Oregon resident who trained in engineering in Sweden tried to tell officials in Oregon that he developed a safer method for timing traffic lights in 2014. Instead of listening, however, the state…

Fort Collins, CO — Natasha Patnode received word last month that she will be receiving $325,000 from the city of Fort Collins — roughly $5,300 for every baton blow doled out by a Fort Collins police officer that…

New York, NY — Early Saturday morning, Stephen Abreu, an investigator with the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor, was arrested and charged with felony attempted murder, reckless endangerment in the first degree, attempted assault with intention to…

Los Angeles, CA — All too often in this country, police are called out to check on the health of an individual who may be physically or mentally troubled. And, all too often, instead of providing that person…

Editor’s note:  To be fair, there was a toy gun that was being played with as well, but there were not “shots” and both toys were broken.  The irrational behavior of both the driver who reported the boys…

Jefferson, WI — As TFTP reported in December, in what we could only describe as ‘a new low’, a Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy was arrested and charged with burglarizing the homes of people she knew would be attending funerals. She…

Allentown, PA — An innocent man was acquitted this week despite the best efforts of the Allentown police department to put him in jail. Thanks to video evidence, John Perez is a free man and the cops are…

New York, NY — The death of 8-year-old Thomas Valva shocked the nation last month when it was discovered his New York cop father was alleged to have beat him and starved him before throwing him into an…

Contra Costa County, CA — The taxpayers of Contra Costa County will soon be shelling out some serious settlement money after a teenager was brutally choked until he fell unconscious and then beaten even more after — by…

Fort Lupton, CO — In 2019 alone, cops in Colorado shot or killed a total of 67 citizens. Out of those 67 citizens shot or killed, only one cop faced any repercussions. Officer Zachary Helbig was charged with…

Sampson County, SC — Over the years, the Free Thought Project has reported on countless incidents of racial profiling which has led to the immeasurable suffering of innocent minorities. In case after infuriating case, we’ve seen innocent black men, women,…

Karwan Ali and Shokhan Namiq have been battling the courts for weeks after a High Court ruled that doctors could stop treating their son, Midrar Ali. Sadly, this week, they lost the legal battle to keep baby Ali…

Baton Rouge, LA — In 2018, Louisiana State Police Trooper of 18 years, Jason Boyet received one of the department’s highest honors—Trooper of the Year. Fast forward two years, and this hero cop is sitting in a jail…