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Denver cops aren’t known for being warm and cuddly. See also Denver Man Beaten for Offering to Testify against Cops. On the night of January 15, 2009, nineteen-year-old Community College of Denver student Alexander Landau was stopped by Denver police for allegedly making an illegal left turn. But according to a federal complaint filed yesterday, [...]

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Forget about due process, forget about the rights of children. Kill ’em all and let God sort ’em out. “Kill them…including the children.” That’s how to solve the threat of militant Muslims? This quote is from what one official involved in homeland security said was the theme of a speech by Walid Shoebat at an [...]

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This is just another example of armed government goons assaulting private citizens for no good reason. The sign in the park said adults must be accompanied by a child. In other words, pedophiles are welcome as long as they bring a kid. Are you seeing the pattern yet? We the people are allowed to exist [...]

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In these, the days of hyped-up threats from printer toner cartridges, we might benefit from understanding the relative likelihood of being killed by a terrorist. After 9/11, the fear of another attack on U.S. soil cleanly supplanted the fear of having one`s penis chopped off by a vengeful lover in the pantheon of irrational American [...]

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Terry Norman was working for the FBI and carrying a .38 caliber pistol the day of the Kent State shootings on May 4, 1970. Did his deliberate discharge of his pistol give National Guardsmen the pretense to fire on the protesters? This newly revealed evidence suggests that that’s what happened. In a related story, U.S. [...]

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This incident isn’t about a lawn. It’s about putting uppity slaves in their place. A 70-year-old US woman has been left bruised and bloody after an unexpected clash with police who came to caution her for not watering her lawn. Trouble flared when Utah pensioner Betty Perry, 70, refused to give her name after being [...]

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The good news here is that some police departments are suspending the use of Tasers out of fear of being sued. The rate of deaths in Taser-related incidents is rising as police forces increasingly adapt the conducted energy weapons, a Raw Story analysis finds. A 2008 report (PDF) from Amnesty International found 351 Taser-related deaths [...]

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You needn’t commit a crime or even be suspected of committing a crime in order to be subjected to police abuse and “pain compliance.” These days, merely coming into contact with police is potentially hazardous. Notice how the cop keeps saying “stop resisting” like some sort of mindless robot as the guy is curled up [...]

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If you want to avoid being tasered or beaten, it’s probably best to be silent and avert one’s eyes when in the presence of the uniformed gods. DENVER – Coloradans are outraged and demanding action from city leaders after seeing our investigative report about a dog owner beaten by two Denver Police officers. It’s a [...]

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This is a small but significant victory for those opposed to arbitrary police harassment and brutality. “A federal appeals court this week ruled that a California police officer can be held liable for injuries suffered by an unarmed man he Tasered during a traffic stop. The decision, if allowed to stand, would set a rigorous [...]

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