Boston Bombings Show Future Use For Police Drones

http://economicrisis.com/boston-bombings-show-future-use-for-police-drones/6778 Boston Bombings Show Future Use For Police Drones Police and federal officers drive through a neighborhood while searching for a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. Police, lawmakers...

Drone Wars in America

http://economicrisis.com/drone-wars-in-america/6116 Drone Wars in America While most of us are aware of the lethal Predator drones that target terrorists outside the United States, not many know that this very same technology (minus the missiles) is coming to America in...

Senator Paul rightly opposing mandatory minimums on drug sentence

I don't agree with Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky on every issue, but I sure agree with him that the War on Drugs is destroying our liberty, our Constitutional rights and our freedoms. It is awful public policy. It leads to SWAT raids on the wrong houses in the dead of night...

Arkansas 12-week abortion ban likely to be struck down, says pro-

http://economicrisis.com/arkansas-12-week-abortion-ban-likely-to-be-struck-down-says-pro-life-lawyer/1700 Arkansas 12-week abortion ban likely to be struck down, says pro-life lawyer Lawyers from both sides of the abortion debate have acknowledged that an Arkansas bill...

2 out of every 3 Americans lost Fourth Amendment protections

http://economicrisis.com/2-out-of-every-3-americans-lost-fourth-amendment-protections-to-dhs/474 2 out of every 3 Americans lost Fourth Amendment protections to DHS Those numbers come from the ACLU’s estimates of how many people live within 100 miles of the United...

Pro-drug reformer prosecuted for activism

In New Hampshire in January of 2008, a police officer tried to get talk show host Ian Bernard charged with a criminal offense for the host's promotion of a protest against anti-marijuana laws. A pro-marijuana reformer, James Carroll, held a quanity of marijuana out in the...

Police abuses once again including 12 year old in handcuffs

Here are more examples of police violating the basic liberties of their fellow citizens. I wish that there came a time when there weren't more examples, but sadly I can't even write about all of them, unless I devote my column to just police abuses, and no other issues. In...

Would Bruno Mars be safe walking streets of NYC with police

If you are a young black or latino man in New York City, like the star singer Bruno Mars, the 4th Amendment does not really apply to you. It does in theory, and arguably it still does somewhat in part, but not really on the streets of the city. That is not to say that a young...

Police abuses once again including 12 year old in handcuffs

Here are more examples of police violating the basic liberties of their fellow citizens. I wish that there came a time when there weren't more examples, but sadly I can't even write about all of them, unless I devote my column to just police abuses, and no other issues. In...

Theocracy in America and GOP voter fraud

Does America belong to Jesus? I don't think so. Nothing about America belonging to Jesus in the Constitution or in the Declaration of Independence. Heck, nothing about him at all in those documents. Nothing about Christianity or the bible either. Well, Pat Robertson, senior...

Police engage in illegal seizures of money and illegal stings

Julian Miller, who filmed with his cell phone the shooting of Darius Kennedy by the New York Police Department, had his cell phone taken away by the NYPD and never returned. Miller was also told, again illegally, not to talk to the media. Where is that cell phone and what...

Why did police ignore 4th Amendment rights of students at search?

This is an amazing case out of Greene County, Missouri. High school students at Central High School were ordered to leave their possessions in their classrooms, be it notebooks, purses, backpacks etc for sheriff's deputies to search, really ransack, at will. No reasonable...

How civil asset forfeiture allows police to take your money

Civil asset forfeiture is where the government can take your property, even if they never convicted you of an offense. It's a blatant violation of due process. But, we as Americans allow government to get away with it. Why? Well, part of the problem are the anti-drug zealots....

Pro-drug reformer prosecuted for activism?

In New Hampshire in January of 2008, a police officer tried to get talk show host Ian Bernard charged with a criminal offense for the host's promotion of a protest against anti-marijuana laws. A pro-marijuana reformer, James Carroll, held a quanity of marijuana out in the...

Barbers in Florida, be ready to have police point guns at you

In most states there are licensing requirements for barbers. Well, in Florida, the police take advantage of those licensing requirements to check for drugs in barber shops. Sometimes, with guns drawn. I wish I was kidding. Would police take advantage of licensing of doctors...