Footage of police violence and the tantrums of the mob during the recent lockdown protests, not just in the Australian state of Victoria but the world over, depict a division between the powerful armed professionals of the government and the angry rage from some parts...
Criminal Justice
Watch: Cops Sit on Man Having a Seizure Until He Dies (Taxpayers To Foot Bill)
by Matt Agorist | Oct 5, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
After the death of Eric Garner in 2014 shook the nation, the phrase “I can’t breathe” has become a chilling symbol for violence doled out at the hands of the state. TFTP has reported on multiple instances in which entirely peaceful and often innocent people have...
The Only Police Reform That Matters
by Keith Knight | Sep 29, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
This is a partial transcript taken from an episode of the podcast Don't Treat on Anyone, hosted by Keith Knight. You can watch the entire discussion here. Keith Knight: I want to talk about your most recent work, a book called When All Else Fails: the Ethics of...
On-Duty Cop Solicited Child for Sex, Will Serve No Jail Time And Won’t Be Registered as Sex Offender
by Matt Agorist | Sep 27, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Benjamin Reinhart, a disgraced officer with Genesee County received some great news this week. Despite being caught up in a child sexual trafficking sting, he won’t have to go to jail and he won’t have to register publicly as a sex offender. Reinhart was “sentenced”...
Cop Arrested After Beating, Leaving Boot Marks on Face of Teen Over a Speeding Ticket
by Matt Agorist | Sep 23, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Body camera footage released in April highlighted the gang mentality of many police officers as it showed them violently beating a 17-year-old boy over a traffic stop “like a pack of wolves.” It also illustrates how far cops will go to enforce a speeding violation....
The FBI Pilfered 800 Safety Deposit Boxes, Pocketing People’s Life Savings
by Matt Agorist | Sep 22, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
For decades now, federal government and their cohorts in law enforcement have been carrying out theft of the citizenry on a massive scale using Civil Asset Forfeiture (CAF). The 1980’s-era laws were designed to drain resources from powerful criminal organizations, but...
Revealed: Police Chief Paid Mother to Rape Her Child
by Matt Agorist | Sep 21, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
The idea of a family member selling a child relative for sex is absolutely horrifying. It should shock even the most callous of individuals. In America, we are told, police are here to protect us from the likes of these monsters who would dare peddle in the...
Mom Swarmed By Police, Beaten, and Her Child Kidnapped For Social Media Credit
by Matt Agorist | Sep 17, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
As the Free Thought Project reported last October, the police shooting death of Walter Wallace Jr., a Philly man in a mental health crisis who charged officers with a knife, set off massive unrest in the city. On the first night of unrest, TFTP reported on multiple...