It's pretty obvious. Americans should support the impeachment and removal of President Donald Trump, but not for Ukrainegate. In fact, they should oppose his impeachment on Ukrainegate grounds completely. Trump’s real offense is waging an un-authorized,...
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Sentence First, Crime Later?
by Ron Paul | Nov 4, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism
Attorney General William Barr recently sent a memo to law enforcement officials announcing a new federal initiative that would use techniques and tools developed in the war on terror, such as mass surveillance, to identify potential mass shooters. Those so identified...
Fear is the Liberty Killer
by Peter R. Quiñones | Nov 4, 2019 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Peter Quinones, Politics
An overused term that is invoked to describe the United States, the largest government in the history of mankind, is “free country.” Does anyone actually believe that, or is it something to use as a bludgeon against those who seek to change particulars about said...
Police Essentially Ask Federal Court to Let Them Use Excessive Force Even if Suspect is 100% Compliant
by Matt Agorist | Nov 3, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism
(TRI) — Oklahoma police have asked a federal court to support their claim that citizens who comply with police during an arrest do not have a clearly established right to be free from police brutality. The police’s justification of the use of excessive force, even in...
Julian Assange Breaks Into Tears as He Is Denied Delay in Extradition Trial
by Dave DeCamp | Oct 21, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared in court today in London in hopes of delaying his US extradition case. The judge told Assange he will not have any extra time to gather evidence to help his case, and the hearing will start in February as planned. Reports of...
What if the Police Don’t Identify Themselves?
by Peter R. Quiñones | Oct 21, 2019 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles, Justice, Libertarianism, Peter Quinones, Politics
Anyone who pays attention to cases involving police shootings, especially those that result in a fatality, has noticed that the narrative we first hear coming from the press soon changes. It is no different in the case of Atatiana Jefferson, who was gunned down...
The Police State’s Deadly Toll on America’s Children
by John Whitehead | Oct 20, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice
“Mommy, am I gonna die?”— 4-year-old Ava Ellis after being inadvertently shot in the leg by a police officer who was aiming for the girl’s boxer-terrier dog, Patches “‘Am I going to get shot again.’”—2-year-old survivor of a police shooting that left his three...
The Ft. Worth Killer Cop Will Probably Get Away With It
by Peter R. Quiñones | Oct 15, 2019 | Featured Articles, Justice, Peter Quinones
Those who take police accountability seriously had reason to celebrate this month when Amber Guyger, the police officer who walked into 26-year-old Botham Jean’s apartment, mistook it for her own, and fired a fatal shot into him, was found guilty of murder and...