Recent content by MI .45

Some cops want more unaccountability than others. And all of the platitudes in a newscast I saw on this incident about "full investigation", "we'll get to the bottom of this and hold him accountable", and other pithy bromides... is just, well... Orwellian wordspeak.

BOTH parties are building the American Police State... this Republican doesn't like citizens making police accountable (Link Removed this Democrat is all for NSA data collection (Link Removed). LEO's are fighting any oversight and prosecution of the "blue line" and at the moment appear to be...

Yes, there are major differences between our countries, our cultures, ethnic makeup, etc; but... there is an ongoing escalation of questionable cause fatalities at the hand of law enforcement agencies that cannot be ignored: Link Removed And, to have so few LEO's properly investigated, so few...

Link Removed if you don't like Ben Swann then: Oakland police officer fired over Occupy incident is reinstated - San Jose Mercury News An on-going trend in LE is the reinstatement of LEO bad guys. Here: Police Commish Angry That 90 Percent of Fired Officers Get Jobs Back | NBC 10 Philadelphia...

Here is another... Link Removed There is a lot of additional info and video on this one (look up Rains Co TX Deputy Jerrod Dooley) and the deputy was fired. However, the Sheriff said that "the safety of Dooley and his department prompted Dooley's release" not that Dooley did wrong. And Dooley's...

Article is really long but it won't take too many paragraphs to get the gist. New revelations about mom killed by Capitol cops The police policy of "shoot first, answer questions later" is simply out of control. And this apologist (the U.S. Capitol Police chief)Dine, justified his officers’...

http://www.policestateusa.com/2014/manhunt-car-to-car-searches/ Please note the police response to critics, The authorities simply explained that their oath to uphold the Constitution does not apply during “exigent circumstances.” Really? What I find strange is the similarity to the 2012 Aurora...

It should never have gotten to the point where a 1st Amendment protection has to essentially be reinstated but at least one of the country's major police forces re mandated to abide by the rules: Landmark Settlement Reached In Preakness Arrest Case « CBS Baltimore And, in this associated...

Very interesting correlations here: 10 Prison Security Techniques Being Implemented on the American People | Police State USA

Beat up for jaywalking... seriously? Of course, there are all sorts of "reasons", but come on! Cops bloody old man ? for jaywalking | New York Post And this gem from the new mayor's office: Mayor de Blasio’s spokesman, Phil Walzak, said Sunday, “We won’t sit by while lives are lost and...

Indeed: - https://www.aclu.org/spy-files - Link Removed (see N-DEx - to believe that these LE agencies will strictly confine themselves to the legal boundries is simply foolish.) - Link Removed (note: LE's "Parallel Construction" investigative methods.) None of the above may provide positive...

Link Removed Read between the lines on this one, (i.e. "I agree to a certain extent its overkill but for the cost, for $2000, yes its what we need." said Officer Holmes.) So, for $2000 we now need this thing (even though it's admittedly overkill)...? Seriously? Listen to yourself, officer -...

I've been addressing this topic for quite a while now (see my post list). Agreed, I have found that yes, about 300+ unarmed people are killed by police per year - some justified and others not. A Digital Journal article, Link Removed outlines a few examples but also states an alarming figure...

Astonishing if this is a valid story: Parents call police for help, cops show up and kill their 18-year-old son | The Daily Caller

Joint Military/Civilian Police Training, out of the public eye? A question I would have; does your small town actually have a SWAT team? Were the Nat'l Guard troops stating "local" on a broader basis and what were they being told (need to know and all of that)? This of course could be innocent...