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Militarized Police, Delivered Bricks, Agent Provocateurs & The Attack On Us
From agent provocateurs infiltrating peaceful protests, to the suspicious delivery of bricks used to riot with to the unleashing of the militarized police in the US, we are witnessing history unfolding in the land of the free and home of the brave. However, this, along with the sham of COVID-19 …
Execution by Firing Squad: The Militarized Police State Opens Fire
“It is often the case that police shootings, incidents where law enforcement officers pull the trigger on civilians, are left out of the conversation on gun violence. But a police officer shooting a civilian counts as gun violence. Every time an officer uses a gun against an innocent or an …
Nat’l Police Union Expects Trump to Bring Back Racial Profiling, Lift Ban on Militarized Police
Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. One phrase comes to mind when reading the newly proposed list of expectations from the National Fraternal Order of Police of President-elect Trump — This won’t end well. The FOP is the largest police union in America, boasting more than 330,000 members, across 2,200 …
Militarized Police and Utter Chaos in Portland as Peaceful Protests Co-Opted by Violent Rioters
Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. Portland, OR — (RT) At least 26 people have been arrested during anti-Trump protests in Portland, Oregon, police say, adding that officers deployed pepper spray as well as “rubber ball distraction devices” to disperse the rally. Activate Your Own Stem Cells & …
Media Black-out: Militarized Police Raid Dakota Protest To Break Up Peaceful Prayer Circle
Article first appeared at The Free Thought Project. Heavily-militarized police decked in riot gear and armed to the teeth, arrived by MRAP and other military-grade vehicles to a Dakota Access Pipeline construction site — not to crack down on a violent and destructive riot — but to break up … …
America Doesn’t Need Militarized Police & Here’s Why
For the first time, the federal government is actually recalling military equipment that was granted to local law enforcement. Some agencies, including right here in Georgia, are angry. But do local police need to be so heavily militarized? This is a Reality Check you won’t see anywhere else. Activate Your …
The Language of Force: How the Police State Muzzles Our Right to Speak Truth to Power
“If the state could use [criminal] laws not for their intended purposes but to silence those who voice unpopular ideas, little would be left of our First Amendment liberties, and little would separate us from the tyrannies of the past or the malignant fiefdoms of our own age. The freedom to …
Postcards from a Police State: 22 Years of Blowback from the USA Patriot Act
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.”—Hermann Goering, German …
This Is Not Freedom, America: The Profit Incentives Driving the American Police State
“When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.” ― Frédéric Bastiat, French economist Pay no heed to the circus politics coming out of …
Business As Usual: Shutdown or Not, the Police State Will Continue to Flourish
“There is no more dangerous menace to civilization than a government of incompetent, corrupt, or vile men.”—Ludwig von Mises Once again, the police state is up to its old tricks, stoking tensions over whether or not the government is forced to shut down, even partially, due to a default on the …