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The Cops Took This Guy's $15,000 Jeep Because His Girlfriend Allegedly Used It for a $25 Marijuana Sale
Post Date: 2020-08-23 01:09:31 by Deckard
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Kevin McBride (Goldwater Institute) Tucson handyman Kevin McBride was hard at work one Friday last May when his girlfriend offered to get him a cold drink from a convenience store. She took his Jeep, his sole means of transportation and the basis of his livelihood. Then the cops took his Jeep, and local prosecutors are now demanding a $1,900 ransom before he can get it back.This sort of shakedown would be clearly felonious if ordinary criminals attempted it. But as McBride discovered, it is legal under Arizona's civil asset forfeiture law. The cops said McBride's girlfriend had used his Jeep to sell a small amount of marijuana to an undercover officer for $25. Although the charges ...
Kamala Harris was born in the US – Let’s not do this again. Stop playing this dangerous game
Post Date: 2020-08-14 18:42:54 by misterwhite
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In 2011 Donald Trump rose to political prominence in part on claims that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States. These claims were based on outright lies and deception that preyed upon the racism and xenophobia that still exists in the United States. Trump and the grassroots conservative ecosystem claimed that Obama was born in Kenya and therefore not eligible to serve as president. Not only were these claims utterly false, but they were also quickly forgotten when Canadian born Senator Ted Cruz garnered 7,822,000 votes and came in second place in the 2016 GOP presidential primary. Fast forward to today -- John Eastman, a law professor at Chapman University and ...
Dan Crenshaw blasts Teen Vogue op-ed advocating end to private property rights
Post Date: 2020-08-07 11:47:23 by misterwhite
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U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, blasted Teen Vogue on Thursday over a July column in which the writer advocates for the eventual end of private property rights. “Just wondering if anyone sees any issues with our next generation reading Marxist propaganda in popular teen magazines...?” Crenshaw, who has represented the Houston-area 2nd Congressional District of Texas since 2019, wrote on Twitter. Columnist Kandist Mallett, who has recently focused on issues related to racial injustice protests, centered her argument around those struggling financially during the coronavirus pandemic -- such as those dealing with rent and eviction issues. “It’s been four months since ...
One Woman’s Valiant Attempt to Restore Sanity to Shopping
Post Date: 2020-07-27 08:23:00 by Deckard
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Albertsons Companies, Inc. The Office of Ethics and Compliance 250 Parkcenter Blvd., Boise, ID 83706 Hello: My family has shopped for years at Shaw’s and Star Market. Recently, our local Shaw’s instituted a face mask requirement, which I assume has come from Albertsons Companies leadership. Having read Albertson’s Code of Business Conduct & Ethics, I have confidence that leadership at Albertsons knows that no store may enact a policy that violates established law. According to U.S. federal law, civil rights law, and Title II of the Civil Rights Act, no individual may be denied entry to a business establishment based on their religious beliefs or medical condition. To ...
St. Louis Prosecutor's Office Busted Altering Evidence; Reassembled Non-Operable McCloskey Pistol To Classify As Lethal
Post Date: 2020-07-22 20:38:44 by Deckard
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ST. LOUIS — The gun Patricia McCloskey waved at protesters was inoperable when it arrived at the St. Louis police crime lab, but a member of Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner's staff ordered crime lab experts to disassemble and reassemble it and wrote that it was “readily capable of lethal use” in charging documents filed Monday, 5 On Your Side has learned. Credit: Provided photoExcerpt of document obtained by 5 On Your Side showing Assistant Circuit Attorney Chris Hinckley's orders to crime lab experts. Crime lab workers photographed the disassembly and reassembly of the gun, according to the documents. Patricia McCloskey and her husband, Mark McCloskey, have said ...
After in-home Bible studies are banned in new order, a California church slaps Gov. Gavin Newsom with a lawsuit
Post Date: 2020-07-22 04:38:23 by Deckard
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A network of California churches filed a lawsuit Saturday against Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, alleging that his recent coronavirus lockdown order — which temporarily banned all indoor church operations, including in-home Bible studies — is unconstitutional. POLL: Which VP pick would be the biggest disaster for the Biden campaign? What are the details?Harvest International Ministry, which has church campuses in Pasadena, Corona, and Irvine, argued in the complaint that churchgoers in California are having their gatherings severely restricted while protesters are being permitted to demonstrate without any restriction, the Washington Times reported."While the Governor has ...
Chicago: ‘Black Lives Matter’ Mural Painted Over to Read ‘All Lives Matter’
Post Date: 2020-07-10 15:30:12 by Deckard
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Peaceful protesters on Tuesday painted over a “Black Lives Matter” mural in Oak Park to make it read “All Lives Matter.”The peaceful protesters were accused of “hate” and “racism” for their message of unity.From ABC 7, “‘Black Lives Matter’ mural in Oak Park defaced, painted over to read ‘All Lives Matter'”:A Black Lives Matter mural in west suburban Oak Park has been defaced, officials said. Crews were working to clean the mural on Scoville Avenue just south of Lake Street Wednesday morning. […] Parts of the mural was painted over in order to make it read “All Lives Matter.”I love how these youths act ...
Rand Paul Tries (Again!) To Make It Harder for Police To Take Your Stuff
Post Date: 2020-06-28 14:18:03 by Deckard
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(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Newscom) Amid popular calls for policing reform, a handful of senators are resurrecting a bill to make it harder for police to take people's property without first convicting them of crimes.Sens. Rand Paul (R–Ky.), Mike Lee (R–Utah), Mike Crapo (R–Idaho), and Angus King (I–Maine) reintroduced the Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration (FAIR) Act this week to significantly restrain the federal use of civil asset forfeiture, a practice that lets police and prosecutors seize and keep property they claim are associated with criminal activity.Because the process is "civil," it often allows police to do this without ever proving the ...
Prison Guards Who Locked Naked Inmate in Cell Filled With 'Massive Amounts' of Feces Got Qualified Immunity
Post Date: 2020-06-25 18:01:21 by Deckard
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The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals acknowledged that the plaintiff's Eighth Amendment rights were violated. (Dan Henson | Dreamstime.com) A group of prison guards who forced an inmate to live in two cells infested with human feces and raw sewage for a total of 6 days are protected by qualified immunity and cannot be sued over the incident, a federal court ruled last year. Though the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit acknowledged that the squalid conditions in which he was kept violated Trent Taylor's Eighth Amendment right to not suffer cruel and unusual punishment, the panel afforded the defendants protection from civil liability because no similar situation had been ...
Why Bad Cops Aren't Punished: The Case Against Qualified Immunity
Post Date: 2020-06-20 12:22:40 by Deckard
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Following the police killing of George Floyd, the once-obscure legal doctrine known as qualified immunity has been thrust into the national spotlight.The judge-made doctrine effectively shields police from most civil lawsuits unless their specific conduct has been "clearly established" as unconstitutional in a previous case."You know, there's an old adage, ignorance of the law is no excuse," says William Baude, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School. "The one group of people for whom it is an excuse are the government officials who…should know what they are and aren't supposed to do."This sweeping protection, wich was never voted ...
Bikers for Trump Plan Punitive Expedition to Reconquer CHAZ for United States
Post Date: 2020-06-15 06:23:37 by Deckard
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A Facebook event, purportedly run by Bikers for Trump, invites motor cycle enthusiasts from around the United States to descend on the Seattle Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone and reconquer the territory for the United States, in what may be described as a punitive expedition into the sovereign country.Bikers for Trump leads a coalition that already has prominent groups from the American West Coast pledging to join together to recapture the autonomous zone, and claims that they had no right to “illegally” secede from the United States and form their own six-block nation.Their punitive expedition is scheduled for July 4, 2020, the United States Independence Day. It is unknown if this ...
A Cop Shot a 10-Year-Old and Got Qualified Immunity. Tom Brady and 1,400 Other Pro Athletes Want To Fix That
Post Date: 2020-06-13 03:50:38 by Deckard
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Citing work from Reason, players and coaches from the NFL, NBA, and MLB are urging Congress to end qualified immunity. (Image Press Agency/Sipa USA/Newscom) Qualified immunity has gone from a little-known issue to problem du jour—and for good reason. The legal doctrine allows public officials, including police officers, to violate your rights without fear of recourse, if those rights have not been spelled out somewhere by a preexisting court precedent.Now this doctrine has drawn the ire of the Players Coalition, a group made up of current and former athletes and coaches from the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, and Major League Baseball. Members of the ...
Federal Legislators Pitching Massive Police Reform Bill That Would End Qualified Immunity
Post Date: 2020-06-11 19:35:24 by Deckard
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from the lots-of-things-cops-won't-like,-all-in-one-place deptThu, Jun 11th 2020 3:14am — Tim Cushing There's some national-level police reform on the way, courtesy of Democratic lawmakers. Unfortunately, it's going up against a party that holds a majority in the Senate and has pledged an oath of fealty to our very pro-cop president. This will make it difficult to pass in its unaltered form. And that's even if it's given a chance to come up for a vote when it hits the Senate, considering the Senate Majority Leader's antipathy towards legislation he doesn't agree with. That being said, the bill should still be discussed. There's a non-zero chance it ...
Police Condemn Armed ‘Militia’ Group Patrolling Businesses in Oakdale
Post Date: 2020-06-09 20:28:57 by Deckard
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OAKDALE (CBS13) — An armed militia group was caught on camera patrolling in rural Stanislaus County Saturday. Witnesses said it was in response to a Black Lives Matter protest over the weekend that never happened. Local police condemned the militia on social media and said they had absolutely no authority. An employee at a business in Oakdale told CBS13 it was the owner of property off E F street who hired the group for protection in case of protests. The move caused many in the community to be upset and frightened. “It was frightening and I was flabbergasted and frustrated and angry,” said Malissa Reed, who said she spotted the militia while driving through Oakdale over the ...
Police Chief Forced out After Praising Citizens Armed Against Looters
Post Date: 2020-06-08 01:21:29 by Deckard
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0Share:The police chief of Lowell, Michigan, was forced to resign Thursday after using a Facebook post to praise four citizens who armed themselves to oppose looters.WOOD reports Chief Steven Bukala posted a photo of the four armed citizens and wrote, “So these fine young men called me today. They wanted to exercise their Second Amendment rights and walk down Main Street. They saw what happened in Grand Rapids. They said it’s not going to happen here. We have your backs. I thanked them for letting me know they were in town and to call if they see something.” On the Lowell Police Department’s Facebook page Chief Bukala wrote, “We at the Lowell Police ...
A biker gang brutally beat these peaceful white protesters in Philly
Post Date: 2020-06-08 01:08:44 by Deckard
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Thanks to AG Barr and Senator McConnell, Patriot Act Will Soon Be Much Stronger and More Invasive
Post Date: 2020-05-20 21:39:25 by Deckard
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(TMU) – The birth of the modern security state took place in 2001 after the 9/11 attacks. Since then, there has been a slow but steady federal push for draconian surveillance powers. It has come from all branches of government–congressional, executive, and judicial–and from both political parties. Now that we’ve reached the second major inflection point of the 21st century–COVID-19–it would be easy to not see the newest push for a more expansive use of the Patriot Act. But it’s there in two new provisions that would dramatically strengthen the government’s ability to intrude into our digital lives. The first amendment to the Patriot Act introduced by ...
Alan Dershowitz, an Associate of Jeffrey Epstein, “You Have No Right NOT to be Vaccinated”
Post Date: 2020-05-18 22:54:01 by Deckard
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“If you refuse to be vaccinated the state has the power to literally take you to a doctor’s office and plunge a needle into your arm.”
10 Ways a Roadside Police Stop Can Go Wrong
Post Date: 2020-05-18 01:11:42 by Deckard
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What could happen—and what to do about it—if you get pulled over by the cops (Katarzynasurman/Fiverr) "These days," Charles Glover's lawyers noted in a Supreme Court brief last year, "traffic safety is so pervasively regulated that it is difficult to drive on a regular basis without violating some law. When an officer observes an infraction—any infraction—he can initiate a traffic stop."Glover was challenging the police practice of automatically stopping cars that are registered to drivers whose licenses have been suspended. While the assumption that the registered owner is behind the wheel might seem reasonable, it could prove to be wrong in ...
North Carolina Supreme Court Overturns Awful Decision By Appeals Court, Says Giving The Finger To Cops Isn't A Crime
Post Date: 2020-05-14 12:44:08 by Deckard
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from the possibly-unwise-but-not-illegal deptWed, May 13th 2020 3:57pm — Tim Cushing Last August, the North Carolina Court of Appeals decided it was OK for police officers to use protected speech as the basis for retaliatory stops. The stop -- and the criminal charges that followed -- originated from this interaction: While assisting the stranded motorist, Trooper Stevens turned his attention to another car traveling on the roadway. Defendant, a passenger in a small white SUV, had his arm outside of the window and was making a back-and-forth waving motion with his hand. As Trooper Stevens turned to look towards the car, defendant’s gesture changed from a waving motion to a ...
A Nation of Sheep
Post Date: 2020-05-14 12:07:05 by Deckard
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“When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.” — Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) To Thomas Jefferson, the fulcrum between the people and the government they have elected was fear. He argued succinctly that the government would only respect liberty if it feared losing power. Today, the relationship between people and government is power. Does the government have the power to tell us how to make personal choices, or do we have the power to tell the government to take a hike? Stated differently, does the government work for us or do we work for the government? Jefferson’s answer to that question in 1801, ...
Senate Rejects Bid To Prevent Warrantless Government Surveillance Of Internet Use
Post Date: 2020-05-14 11:16:46 by Deckard
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Huffington Post – by Igor Bobic The Senate on Wednesday narrowly defeated a measure seeking to prevent Americans’ internet browsing and search histories from warrantless surveillance by the federal government. The vote was 59 in favor, 37 opposed ― short of the necessary 60 votes needed for adoption. Offered as an amendment by Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) to the renewal of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the vote on it was marked by a scrambling of the Senate’s partisan divide. Backing the proposal were 34 Democrats, 24 Republicans and one independent. But, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) a prime ...
This is the Problem: Good Cop Fired for Asking Fellow Cops to Respect the Rights of the People
Post Date: 2020-05-11 20:54:46 by Deckard
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Seattle, WA — Last week, TFTP brought you the story of Port of Seattle Police Officer Greg Anderson, who made a video calling out the bad cops throughout the country who are enforcing mandates in complete violation of the oaths they swore to uphold the constitution. This put a target on his back and in the cross hairs of authoritarians across the country. Now, proving the point that good cops are hard to find and the system is set up to purge them from the ranks, officer Anderson has been terminated. As we reported last week, in the 8 minute video, Anderson says he’s “seen officers nationwide enforcing these tyrannical orders.” “Every time I turn on the TV I see ...
Federal judge rules Illinois’ stay-at-home order constitutional
Post Date: 2020-05-06 09:14:05 by Gatlin
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Post Article – Federal judge rules Illinois’ stay-at-home order constitutional ENA, Ill. (WREX) -- On the same day Beloved Church in Lena held a service with more than 100 people, defying Governor JB Pritzker's stay-at-home order, a U.S. district judge rules the order constitutional. Beloved Church and its pastor Stephen Cassell filed the federal complaint Thursday. The lawsuit claimed the state and other local authorities have "intentionally denigrated Illinois churches and pastors and people of faith by relegating them to second-class citizenship." But, a ruling from U.S. District Judge John Z. Lee says the state's stay-at-home order is constitutional. ...
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