Category Archives: Human Rights
“We the Prisoners”: The Demise of the Fourth Amendment
Phone and e-mail surveillance, databases for dissidents, threat assessments, terror watch lists, militarized police, SWAT-team raids, security checkpoints, lockdowns, roadside strip searches: There was a time when any one of these encroachments on our Fourth Amendment rights would have roused … Continue reading
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Close the federal loophole that lets cops go treasure hunting
Eh Wah is tour manager for a Christian rock band led by Marvellous that played in 19 U.S. cities, raising money from concerts to support an orphanage in Thailand and a Christian college in Burma. Worthy causes, no doubt. But … Continue reading
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Tagged highway robbery, highwaymen
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Video shows white cops performing roadside cavity search of black man
Pontoon then again tells the officers that they’re pushing on a hemorrhoid. One officer responds, “If that’s a hemorrhoid, that’s a hemorrhoid, all right? But that don’t feel like no hemorrhoid to me.” The officers apparently continue to search Pontoon’s rectum … Continue reading
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Tagged drug war
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Legalize It All
“The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I’m saying? We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or … Continue reading
New Hampshire Man Beats Wiretapping Charges After Recording Cops Who Raided His Home
Valentin was arrested in March after Manchester police conducted a no-knock raid on his home while looking for evidence in a drug investigation of his tenant, Christopher Chapman. Police arrested Chapman outside of Hillsborough County Superior Court prior to searching … Continue reading
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