Pre-Crime Policing
March 17, 2010
Radley Balko | Allegedly “disgruntled” man has his guns seized, and “voluntarily” surrenders to two SWAT teams and dozens of police officers for a crime that hadn’t been... Read more »
Brit Business Owner Arrested for Apprehending Thieves
March 17, 2010
Mail Online | The married father-of-five spent five hours in a police cell and had his DNA, fingerprints and police mugshot taken. Read More →
HR 646: U.S. Preparing for Civil Unrest
March 16, 2010
Allen L Roland | Take to the streets but be forewarned ~ the chips are increasingly being stacked against us. Read More →
FBI uses phony profiles on social networks to track suspects
March 16, 2010
USA Today | The FBI and other federal agencies are going undercover on Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace and other social networks with phony profiles to gather information and communicate... Read more »
Man wearing ‘Freedom or Die’ t-shirt stopped at airport
March 15, 2010
Agence France-Presse | London's Gatwick Airport has apologized after a man wearing a T-shirt with the slogan "Freedom or Die" was asked to turn it inside-out because it could be... Read more »
Canadians revive random roadside breath test
March 12, 2010
National Post | The Harper government appears ready to move ahead with imposing random roadside breath testing. Read More →
Man fined over Facebook insult to ex-girlfriend
March 12, 2010
The Daily Telegraph | A man has been ordered to pay £165 for calling his ex-girlfriend an offensive name on Facebook, in one of the first cases of its kind. Read More →
Chicago police expanding Taser use
March 11, 2010
Chicago Tribune | The Chicago Police Department is dramatically expanding its use of Tasers, adding several hundred more and putting them in the hands of patrol officers for the... Read more »
NYPD’s Stop and Frisk Policy Comes Under Fire
March 11, 2010
New York Daily News | City Council members criticized the NYPD's policy of saving personal information of people who are stopped and questioned but not charged with any wrongdoing. Read More →
Minneapolis schools locked down over vague threat posted on internet
March 10, 2010
AFP | The lockdown, which affected around 50 schools in the Minneapolis public school district, meant children were told to remain in their classrooms while access to outside visitors... Read more »
Teen Hauled to Jail For Overdue Library DVD
March 10, 2010
Brian Barrett | The municipality of Littleton, CO, prosecutes a boy for failing to return a DVD worth $31.45. Read More →
City police fight release of G-20 records
March 9, 2010
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | An Allegheny County judge heard more arguments about releasing documents related to police conduct during last year's G-20 economic summit. Read More →
Troopers raid popular bars for unlicensed beers
March 9, 2010
Philadelphia Daily News | More than a dozen armed State Police officers conducted simultaneous raids last week on three popular Philadelphia bars known for their wide beer selections. Read More →
Students Throw Cotton Balls, Are Arrested for Felony Hate Crime
March 7, 2010
Tim O'Neil | The incident happened early Friday at the Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center. Read More →
Aussie Teen Arrested for Listening to Rap Music
March 6, 2010
TheBoombox | Kid Selzy song gets Australian teen arrested in charges of offensive behavior. Read More →
Teen Nathan Wilkie arrested for playing ‘offensive’ rap music from car
March 5, 2010
Herald Sun | In what could be a legal test case, 19-year-old Nathan Michael Wilkie faces a charge of offensive behaviour after police arrested him when he was listening to music... Read more »
NYPD Officer Admits False Arrests to Fill Quotas
March 3, 2010
ABC 7 News | An Eyewitness News investigation talks to a police officer who reveals the pressure they are under to make quotas. Read More →
Man Steals $3.99 Cheese, Gets Nearly 9 Years in Prison
March 2, 2010
Sacramento Bee | A Yolo County judge on Monday sentenced a man who walked out of a store with a package of cheese in his trousers to seven years and eight months in prison. Read More →
Gordon Brown Defends Expansion of British Police State
March 1, 2010
Daily Mail | Gordon Brown defended the controversial DNA database and plans to extend CCTV today as he put the fear of crime and yobbery at the heart of the election campaign. Read More →
Cops & Judges Caught Using Secret Codes On Tickets
March 1, 2010
Federal Jack | A local newscast exposes the fact that when some Florida police write you a traffic ticket, an extra "smiley face" message is given to the judge unlawfully characterizing... Read more »
License Plate Software Stirs Privacy Concerns
February 27, 2010
New York Times | Privacy advocates are not altogether comfortable with license plate numbers being electronically recorded by commercial operations. Read More →
Bad word banned
February 26, 2010
Toronto Sun | Apartheid is an ugly word that just shouldn’t be used, Progressive Conservative MPP Peter Shurman said Thursday. And he got all of Queen’s Park to agree. Read More →
French husbands ‘may be tagged’
February 25, 2010
BBC | The proposal is part of a draft law on conjugal violence. It has cross-party support and is expected to pass easily. Read More →
Ex-cop Pleads Guilty in Katrina Danziger Bridge Murders
February 25, 2010
Huffington Post | In Hurricane Katrina's chaotic aftermath, police shot six people -- killing two -- as they crossed a bridge in search of food. Read More →
Australia to use face-scanning and fingerprints to combat terrorism
February 23, 2010
Australia plans to fingerprint and face-scan visitors from 10 high-risk countries in an attempt to combat terrorism, which has become a "permanent" threat to the country. Read More →