Highlighting the pervasive issue of police abuse, a North County Police Cooperative (NCPC) officer in St. Louis County, recently found himself on the receiving end of criminal charges. The charges came after a shocking revelation—this officer allegedly allowed his own...
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40 Years After Shooting U.S. Marshals, Scott Faul Is Seeking Release
by Ken Silva | May 2, 2023 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
The 1983 shootout between outspoken IRS critic Gordon Kahl and U.S. Marshals was a flashpoint for the populist anti-government movement. Some 40 years later, a man involved in the 1983 shootout seeks his release from prison. That man is Scott Faul, who was with Kahl...
Daytona Cop Sentenced to 25 Years After Organizing Child Pornography Ring
by Matt Agorist | Mar 20, 2023 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
In March 2022, the Daytona Beach Police Department’s Advanced Technology and Cybercrime (ATAC) unit launched an investigation after receiving a tip about a child porn distribution ring that was being run on a social media app. After doing some digging, Daytona cops...
Cop Arrested After Beating Innocent Man for Not Using Sidewalk
by Matt Agorist | Mar 8, 2023 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Walking across the street in a manner not fit for the police state can often end in serious injury or death—not necessarily because of a car running you over. Unfortunately, this country's enforcement of jaywalking laws has gone to the extreme, and a new video of a...
WATCH: 14 Year Old Girl Held at Gunpoint Over Seatbelt Violation
by Matt Agorist | Feb 27, 2023 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
In the land of the free, if law enforcement witnesses you driving your personally owned vehicle with dark window tint or without your seatbelt on, they will pull you over and issue a citation, otherwise known as extortion. If you refuse to acknowledge this extortion...
GRAPHIC: Cops Beat Tyre Nichols to Death, Captured on Video
by The Free Thought Project | Jan 31, 2023 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
The U.S. city of Memphis, Tennessee released several videos on Friday showing the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols by police. Nichols, a 29-year-old black FedEx worker who had been stopped for reckless driving, succumbed to his wounds in the aftermath of the incident....
Biden to Expand Trump-Era Policy to Expel Migrants at Southern Border
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Jan 5, 2023 | News
The White House has rolled out an updated immigration policy, unveiling plans to strengthen rules developed under the Donald Trump administration to quickly deport migrants who attempt to enter the country through the border with Mexico.
Skynet Delayed: Killer Robot Proposal Defeated in San Francisco
by Michael Maharrey | Dec 13, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Under intense pressure from grassroots activists, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors reversed course and banned killer robots in the city. The San Francisco Police Department’s plan to arm robots came to light under a police militarization transparency law passed...
Alabama Cops Jail 82 Year Old Grandmother for Unpaid $70 Trash Bill
by Matt Agorist | Dec 5, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Over the years, the Free Thought Project has reported on many asinine reasons police have used to arrest entirely innocent people who have harmed no one. Frequently, long grass on one's own property or a burnt-out license plate light can get people killed in the land...
Former Agent: DEA Knows the Drug War Is Unwinnable
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 4, 2022 | News
A former stand-out agent at the Drug Enforcement Agency, José Irizarry, says the police force knows the drug war is unwinnable. In an interview with the Miami Herald, Irizarry claimed that a group of agents calling themselves “Team America” are using their power for profit.
Former Detective Arrested For Kidnapping Young Black Girls, Forcing Them Into Sex Slavery
by Matt Agorist | Nov 15, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
On Monday, the Department of Justice announced myriad charges against former Kansas City Police Department detective Roger Golubski and three other men—Cecil Brooks, LeMark Roberson and Richard Robinson. The group of men is alleged to have been kidnapping young Black...
Cop Convicted for Selling Children Fentanyl Out of Police Cruiser
by Matt Agorist | Nov 1, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
When parents of children at Narraguagus Jr/Sr High School in Harrington saw officer Jeffrey Bishop's car parked in front of the school, they likely felt secure knowing that a cop was "protecting" their children. But Bishop was protecting no one. Instead, he was...
WATCH: Cops Lock Woman in Patrol Car Parked on Train Tracks Before a Train Plows Into It
by Matt Agorist | Sep 27, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
As TFTP reported last week, a 20-year-old woman is fighting for her life in the hospital and a Platteville police officer has been placed on leave after one of the most irresponsible law enforcement actions TFTP has ever reported on. The woman was locked in the back...
ACLU Sues Arizona Over Law that Criminalizes Filming Cops
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 24, 2022 | Blog
The ACLU and media groups have filed a lawsuit against the state of Arizona. It aledges the state's law that prevents filming within eight feet of a police officer is Constitution's First Amendment right to record. The plaintiffs hope to prevent the law from taking...
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The Non-Existent Difference Between National Socialism and Democratic Socialism
Summary: National Socialism and Democratic Socialism both advocate institutionalized violence by the state against peaceful people only differing in rhetoric. The most popular self described Democratic Socialists in America today are Senator Bernie Sanders and...
A Response to My Memorial Day Critics
My article against Memorial Day drew a lot of ire and attention. This should not have been surprising; I was making a controversial statement. What did surprise me, however, was that many critics were self-described libertarians or former libertarians. There were many...
Ignoring Political Gossip & Sticking to Principle
https://youtu.be/ZwWHjYVY4tg In the private sector, firms must attract voluntary customers or they fail; and if they fail, investors lose their money, and managers and employees lose their jobs. The possibility of failure, therefore, is a powerful incentive to find...
The Myth of “Hyper-Rugged-Isolationist-Individualism”
Myth #1: Libertarians believe that each individual is an isolated, hermetically sealed atom, acting in a vacuum without influencing each other. This is a common charge, but a highly puzzling one. In a lifetime of reading libertarian and classical-liberal...
The Lesson From Germany and Korea
Institutions are, of course, in some sense the products of culture. But, because they formalize a set of norms, institutions are often the things that keep a culture honest, determining how far it is conducive to good behaviour rather than bad. To illustrate the...
Occupational Licensing Increases Prices and Deprives People of Options
When you shop online, vendors usually give you a bunch of different ways to sort your options. Take Amazon: One popular sorting option – especially for customers with low income – is “Price: Low to High.” You’ve probably used it yourself many times. This...
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