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FOX NEWS smear on BERKELEY COPWATCH

Can't be too surprised about this.

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Naomi Wolf interviews Sgt. Matthis Chiroux about IVAW arrests

Video from http://www.youtube.com/user/glassbeadian "Naomi Wolf discusses with Veteran Sergeant Matthis Chiroux the events... more

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Principal Censors 9/11 Truth Yearbook Photo

A victim of censorship comments on the principal who had his 9/11 truth t-shirt edited out of a yearbook photo– airbrushing... more

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OUR GOVERNMENT THE GREATEST PURVEYORS OF EVIL?

THIS VIDEO IS ABOUT THE "PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX" FEATURES A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE CALIFORNIA... more

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MTA police detain activist for failure to present ID at anti-bailout rally.

What you need to know when dealing with police.
The 4th Amendment States:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

The Court Case that is THE CORNERSTONE for any dealings with the police is Terry vs Ohio

I think everyone knows what a SEARCH is but what is a SEIZURE, well the court said,
“whenever a police officer accosts an individual and restrains his freedom to walk away, he has ‘seized’ that person.”

Popular Police Reasons They Will Use for Detaining You : CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION, OFFICER SAFETY, ID CHECK, SUSPECTED TERRORIST

For their own protection, police may perform a quick surface search of the person’s outer clothing for weapons if they have reasonable suspicion that the person stopped is armed. This reasonable suspicion must be based on “specific and articulable facts” and not merely upon an officer’s hunch. So the officer must state the reason to a judge and if he can’t, he has violated your constitutional rights and is subject to a lawsuit. The same proof necessary to obtain a warrant from a judge is the same proof necessary to detain you!

And simple “ ‘good faith on the part of the arresting officer is not enough.’ … If subjective good faith alone were the test, the protections of the Fourth Amendment would evaporate, and the people would be ‘secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,’ only in the discretion of the police.” — quoting Beck v. Ohio, 379 U.S. 89 (1964)

Therefore Officer Discretion is Out The Window

ID Checks are not a lawful detainment excuse, remember you are being SEIZED!! The officer has to state “specific and articulable facts” as to what crime he reasonably believes you are engaging in at that moment. The answer to an ID request or any other detainment is that you are committing no crime and unless under Terry vs Ohio he can articulate specific facts to a judge that you are engaging in a crime at that moment, the officer needs to stop seizing you under the 4th amendment. Failure to produce ID on Demand, is no crime.

And by the way, filming in a public place or “Public Domain” is allowed unless otherwise posted. Filming an officer is not unlawful unless it interferes with his work. For police to use that excuse of course requires them to defend their actions in court with the very footage you are shooting. Don’t stop filming and ask if you are no longer in the way or interfering. If an officer doesn’t want to be filmed by you, fine, tell him he has the option to walk away.What you need to know when dealing with police. The 4th Amendment States: The right of the people to be secure in their... more

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23 days ago

Cop murders dog on its owner's property

A Grady County Oklahoma Sheriff's Deputy shot a dog belonging to Grady County resident Tammy Christopher and the incident is... more

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24 days ago

ACLU highlights 'Constitution-Free Zone' 100 miles from border

The ACLU says a "Constitution-free zone" exists within 100 miles of the US border, where DHS claims the authority to... more

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28 days ago

YouTube - Velvet Revolution Interviews Stephen Spoonamore (segment 1)

There is very strong evidence that the 2000 election was electronically stolen and that the hanging chads was a distraction.

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27 days ago

YouTube - Diebold Coverup, Says SAIC Report And Stephen Spoonamore

The entire US election system is privatized. 91% of our votes are counted by two Republican owned corporations. Will we see a last... more

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27 days ago

YouTube - VR Interviews Chris Hood

Diebold owns our elections. Republicans own Diebold.

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27 days ago

ACLU Demands Information On Military Deployment Within U.S. Borders

photo used with permission by http://stpaulrnc.shutterfly.com/20 American Civil Liberties Union 10/21/2008 Deployment... more

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28 days ago

Greek police publicly humiliate immigrant

Greece has been upping its police forces in its historical districts due to a rise in illegal immigrants. The police, therefore,... more

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1 month ago

Gerald Scarfe cartoon: October 19, 2008 -Times Online

Obama rising above race and McCain using the most debasing tactics of stirring up and unleashing American racial hatred and... more

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1 month ago

Dear Conservatives, Will You Help Save the Republic from Military Takeover?

It will take Republicans to understand that criminals have seized control of the White House -- and I don't use that term... more

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1 month ago

Naomi Wolf: stand up for the constitution

Naomi Wolf Interview on The Today Show, Oct 17, 2008. Video from http://www.youtube.com/user/windoman

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1 month ago

Police union shirt: 'We get up early to beat the crowds'

Denver's police union is facing criticism for printing a commemorative T-shirt that makes light of the use of violence by... more

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Curbing Social Protest in America: Microwave “Non-lethal” Weapons to be used for “Crowd Control”

by Tom Burghardt
Global Research, October 14, 2008
Antifascist Calling…

Just in Time for the Capitalist Meltdown: Army, Justice Department to Field ‘Pain Ray’.

Back in July I reported that Raytheon (No. 4 on Washington Technology’s “Top 100 List of Prime Defense Contractors,” with $5,170,829,645 in revenue) was developing a microwave “non-lethal” weapons (NLW) system for the U.S. Army.

At a cost of $25 million, five truck-mounted NLWs will soon be shipped off to Iraq for heavy-lifting in Iraqi cities for use against militant oil workers and citizens should U.S. energy multinationals finally get their greedy little hands on that nation’s oil wealth. A slimmed-down version of the Active Denial System (ADS) is sought for deployment in the “homeland. According to Aviation Week,

Raytheon is kicking off a U.S. Army program to mount Joint Silent Guardian non-lethal, directed energy weapons–with a range of more than 250 meters–on Ford 550 commercial trucks for crowd control.

The high power microwave (HPM) device heats water in a person’s outer layers of skin to the point of pain. Tests have shown that the effects can reach through cracks in and around concrete walls and even through the glass of automobiles, company officials say. (David A. Fulghum, “High Power Microwave Nearly Operational,” Aviation Week, October 9, 2008)

Aviation Week also reports “the program is expected to be awarded by year’s end. A year after the contract is signed, the combination vehicle/weapons will start be fielded at the rate of one per month.”

With the American automative industry in a death-spiral as a result of capital’s historic credit crunch, what better means to “rescue” the industry than buying a fleet of Ford 550’s for “crowd control.”

Particularly handy for deployment in American cities should “rioters” object to a stolen presidential election or the state moves to terminate what little is left of the social “safety net” (in the interest of kick-starting the “recovery,” of course) Silent Guardian is a product whose time has come!

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by Tom Burghardt Global Research, October 14, 2008 Antifascist Calling… Just in Time for the Capitalist Meltdown:... more