As TFTP reported last week, for the last several months, 26-year-old Jean Barreto has been fighting for his life in a Florida hospital after being set on fire by an Osceola County deputy. Barreto was pumping gas when a deputy deployed a taser, ignited the pump,...
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COI #193: Some Accountability – But Mostly Impunity – For US Law Enforcement
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 25, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #193 Kyle Anzalone discusses several examples of American police abusing, even killing, citizens and covering up the crimes. Police rarely face criminal charges – or any consequences – for misconduct on the clock. However, with growing scrutiny of the broken...
After 6 Months Paid Leave, Cop Finally Charged After Entering Father’s Backyard, Executing Him
by Matt Agorist | Aug 4, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
As frequent readers of the Free Thought Project understand, police officers mistake innocent individuals for criminals all the time. Often times, their fear gets the best of them and these folks who have committed no crime and harmed no one, are beaten or arrested...
Another Failed 20-Year War: America vs. Somalia
by Scott Horton | Jul 13, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
This essay is adapted from the Libertarian Institute's Executive Director Scott Horton's new book, Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism. Freedom Works The name "Somalia" has somehow become a slur against Americans who prioritize political liberty. "Oh, you...
COI #119: The US Justice System Is Rotten to the Core
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 7, 2021 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #119, Kyle and Will are joined by Alan Mosley, author, musician, and host of It's Too Late, the liberty movement's #1 (and only) late-night variety show. Alan discusses his path to anti-statism, his time as an independent content creator and some of his work...
News Roundup 5/25/21
by Kyle Anzalone | May 25, 2021 | News Roundup
US News Police unions are stifling efforts to reform the criminal justice system. [Link] The National Guard withdrew from DC. [Link] A federal court rules that Georgia’s anti-BDS law is unconstitutional. Abby Martin brought the lawsuit after the state attempted to...
For a New Recovery: A Synopsis on the Reality of Drug Legalization and Recovery Through the Eyes of a Libertarian
by Drew Cook | Apr 25, 2021 | Featured Articles
Introduction Marijuana. Xanax. LSD. 2CE/2CI. Methamphetamine. A literal galaxy of wines, liquors, and beers. MDMA. OxyContin. Cocaine. Psilocybin mushrooms. Adderall. Heroin. Crack. Klonopin. Trazodone. etc, etc, ad infinitum... To most everyone, that list represents...
Does Oregon’s Decriminalization Signal An End to the War on Drugs?
by Bradley Thomas | Feb 6, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Oregon became the first state to decriminalize possession of otherwise illegal drugs. According to this Feb. 1 Associated Press article, “Police in Oregon can no longer arrest someone for possession of small amounts of heroin, methamphetamine, LSD, oxycodone and other...
Denver’s Replacement of Cops With Mental Health Workers Has a 100% Success Rate
by Matt Agorist | Oct 14, 2020 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
As The Free Thought Project has previously reported, the Virginia-based Treatment Advocacy Center, an organization dedicated to eliminating the barriers faced by those with severe mental illnesses, released a jaw-dropping report in regard to police interactions with...
Abolishing the Police in the Anarchist Tradition
by David D'Amato | Sep 17, 2020 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
The tragic murder of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department has provoked a national conversation about police—their role in society, their protection from accountability, the unique danger they pose to civil society. That conversation has begun...
What Bernie Goetz Can Teach Us About Vigilante Violence
by Hunter DeRensis | Sep 4, 2020 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles, Libertarianism
How many times can something be divided before it permanently breaks? In a matter of months, the edifice of a United States has become more and more cracked, after repeated blows from a pandemic virus, state-imposed lockdowns, mass unemployment, police shootings, and...
‘Serve and Protect’? Eighty Percent of Criminal Charges Are for Misdemeanors
by Bradley Thomas | Aug 31, 2020 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
A recent meeting by a North Carolina state government task force underscored that the mission today of American police forces may well be less to “serve and protect” and more to “harass and extract.” “Of North Carolina’s 1.9 million criminal charges, 1.6 million of...
Want To Reform The Criminal Justice System? End The Drug War.
by Steven Woskow | Jul 2, 2020 | Blog
John Stossel at Reason. John interviews Dr Carl L. Hart on the drug war and ending it. Carl Hart is the Ziff Professor of Psychology in the Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry at Columbia University. He is also a Research Scientist at the New York State...
Washington Post: Journalists Beginning to Consider Possibility That Cops Lie About Everything
by Scott Horton | Jul 2, 2020 | Blog
Suckas, liars, get me a shovel. “The basic [journalistic] principle should be, treat the police like any other source, with the same degree of skepticism as you treat any other source,” said Susan Chira, the editor in chief of the Marshall Project, a digital news site...
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Blame Mexico? Blame Neocons! Blame Big Pharma! Blame the USA!
ABC News: If fentanyl is so deadly, why do drug dealers use it to lace illicit drugs? I have an alternative explanation. America has been fighting endless wars almost the entire century. Many have come home from these never-ending wars with injuries and pains. Doctors...
My Testimony Before the Maine State Senate
In support of Ld 1054, Defend the Guard legislation: Thank you all so much for the opportunity to testify before your committee today. Today is the 20th anniversary of the beginning of Iraq War II. The consensus now is that we should not have done it. Iraq was not...
These Iraq War Supporters Are Still in Congress
On March 19, 2003 the United States began its military invasion of Iraq. The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq passed Congress in October 2002, with 296 congressmen and 77 senators voting in favor of giving President George W. Bush carte blanche...
Laci Green is Wrong: Democratic Competition vs. Free Market Competition
In environments where there's a lot of competition, people tend to lie out their ass and you can apply this to any competitive situation. Take capitalism. As industrialization took full effect, the Federal Government had to interfere because there was so much false...
Empower the Workers: Decriminalize Economic Activity Between Consenting Adults
The most reliable and effective protection for most workers is provided by the existence of many employers. As we have seen, a person who has only one possible employer has little or no protection. The employers who protect a worker are those who would like to hire...
Chris Rock’s New Special Exposes His Political Ignorance
A common claim among Democrats is that, "It's not that people don't want to be educated, they just haven't been given the opportunity, thus government spending on education needs to increase." If there were ever a group of people capable of "educating" themselves it...
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