Friday, September 19, 2014 “We Have Been a Paramilitary Organization”: How the Police Talk When They Think We’re Not Listening Chief Hite at September 17 City Council meeting. “We have historically been a paramilitary organization,” observed Indianapolis Police Chief Rick Hite during a September 17 City Council meeting. “And we serve whoever sits in that […]
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Call the Anti-Police: Ending the State’s “Security” Monopoly
by Will Grigg | Jul 4, 2019 | Everything Will, Pro Libertate, Will Grigg Radio
Monday, September 15, 2014 Call the Anti-Police: Ending the State’s “Security” Monopoly Dale Brown (center) with Garrett Ean and Pete Eyre. |”How would things be different,” muses Dale Brown of the Detroit-based Threat Management Center, “if police officers were given financial rewards and commendations for resolving dangerous situations peacefully, rather than for using force in […]
No Protection: The Long Ordeal of Cyndi Steele
by Will Grigg | Jul 4, 2019 | Everything Will, Pro Libertate, Will Grigg Radio
Monday, September 8, 2014 No Protection: The Long Ordeal of Cyndi Steele Edgar Steele (center), Cyndi (front, left), and their family. Hey,Cyndi – if something were to happen to you, or Nicki, or Kelsey, or Rex – do you think it would be considered a hate crime? Probably not – the FBI would love to […]
Prohibition and Plunder: The Respectable Racketeers of Malheur County, Oregon
by Will Grigg | Jul 4, 2019 | Everything Will, Pro Libertate
Friday, June 27, 2014 Prohibition and Plunder: The Respectable Racketeers of Malheur County, Oregon Yes, crime pays — for criminals on the “respectable” side of the law. “The court should not allow this defendant to profit from the illegal delivery of controlled substances,” insisted Malheur County Deputy DA Mike Dugan as he demanded the […]
Road Pirates and Prohibition Profiteers: Scenes from the Drug War in Treasure Valley
by Will Grigg | Jul 4, 2019 | Everything Will, Pro Libertate, Will Grigg Radio
Sunday, June 15, 2014 Road Pirates and Prohibition Profiteers: Scenes from the Drug War in Treasure Valley ISP Trooper Justin Klitch conducts a pretext stop, searching for weed. One of the risks of operating a medical marijuana dispensary is the possibility of attracting unwanted attention from violent, dishonest people willing to defraud and even kill […]
Support Your Local Slave Patrol
by Will Grigg | Jul 4, 2019 | Everything Will, Pro Libertate
Thursday, February 20, 2014 Support Your Local Slave Patrol Phyllis Bear, a convenience store clerk from Arizona, called the police after a customer threatened her. The disgruntled patron, seeking to purchase a money order, handed Bear several bills that were rejected by the store’s automated safe. Suspecting that the cash was counterfeit, Bear told him […]
Retail-Level Tyranny
by Will Grigg | Jul 4, 2019 | Everything Will, Pro Libertate
Thursday, July 17, 2014 Retail-Level Tyranny Yes, but they’re very good at stringing up the crime scene tape. “The police are worthless. I don’t know what we’re paying them for.” That familiar, despairing lament was voiced by a friend here in Payette after his family had lost $20,000 worth of property a burglary. The […]
Coup du Jour: The Militarization of Daily Life
by Will Grigg | Jul 4, 2019 | Everything Will, Pro Libertate, Will Grigg Radio
Monday, July 14, 2014 Coup du Jour: The Militarization of Daily Life Guatemala City, August 8, 1983: Troops Seize the Presidential Palace “Is today a patriotic holiday of some kind?” My inquiry had been provoked by the abundance of armed soldiers being ferried through the streets of Guatemala City. My friend, a native Guatemalteco, shook […]
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