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...
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No Charges Filed After Cops Kill Innocent Husband in Pursuit of Unarmed Suspect
by Matt Agorist | Jan 12, 2023 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
On the night of Aug. 21, 2021, Juan Olvera-Preciado, 59, had committed no crime, was not a suspect in any crime and harmed no one. These facts, however, were no defense against government-sponsored bullets being fired into his body, killing him. On the night he died,...
Saudi Crown Prince Escapes Lawsuit After Biden Grants Immunity
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 6, 2022 | News
A Washington, DC district court judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by the fiancé of murdered Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Hatice Cengiz was seeking accountability for Saudi Arabia’s de facto head of state – Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman – but the White House told the court to throw out the case.
Graffiti vs. Property Rights
by Walter E. Block | Nov 14, 2022 | Featured Articles
A recent headline screamed out: “New York Judge Awards $6.7 Million To 21 Graffiti Artists For Destroyed Murals." That might be right. There is an actual law on the books which could support such a judicial finding. Alternatively, the award was possibly made for a...
During Response Training for Civilian Unrests, Cops Beat Fellow Officer to Death
by Matt Agorist | Jun 29, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
The mother of a Los Angeles police officer is coming forward this week alleging that her son 32-year-old officer Houston Tipping, was beaten to death by fellow cops during department training last month. Tipping was playing the role of a civilian and was beaten by...
Cops Wake Up Unarmed, Sleeping Man Just to Kill Him As He Raises His Hands
by Matt Agorist | Jun 21, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
The city of Mesa, Arizona settled a lawsuit with the family of a young man who was killed by police in September of 2020. As TFTP previously reported, Angel Benitez was found asleep in a car which was reported stolen. Benitez, for whatever reason, drove away from...
WATCH: Father of 5 Refuses Blood Test, Half Dozen Cops Handcuff and Suffocate Him to Death
by Matt Agorist | Mar 18, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
The words ‘I can’t breathe’ have become a rallying cry for those who advocate for an end to police brutality. In case after gruesome case, these words are captured on video as cops squeeze the life from American citizens. Though police apologists will claim that...
US Destroyer Stuck in Port Due to Unvaxxed Commander
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Mar 9, 2022 | News Roundup
An advanced US Navy warship is unable to sail because its commanding officer has refused to be vaccinated against Covid-19, according to a Pentagon court filing, creating a legal standoff which higher-ups have deemed a “manifest national security concern.”
500 Criminal Cases Could Be Dropped After NYPD Officer Caught Framing People for Drug Crimes
by Matt Agorist | Jan 25, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Charges against the now-disgraced NYPD detective Joseph Franco are being welcomed by the families of more than 130 more New Yorkers as it is leading to the dismissal of their family members’ charges. Franco was reportedly caught framing innocent individuals last year...
WATCH: Insane Cop Strangles Female Officer After She Interferes With Brutalizing Restrained Suspect
by Matt Agorist | Jan 19, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Since the murder of George Floyd rocked the nation in 2020, across the country police departments and municipalities have passed legislation requiring cops to intervene if they see their fellow officer—like Derek Chauvin—committing a crime or violating someone’s...
Lawsuit Update: Woman, Given Speeding Ticket on Way to Work, Shot By Cop
by Matt Agorist | Dec 31, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
In June of 2020, family and friends of Hannah Fizer, 25, were shocked to learn that their beloved daughter and friend had been killed during a stop over an alleged speeding violation. Then, four months later, they learned there would be no justice and the officer who...
Mom Sues Cop Who Shot Her Daughter in the Head During a School Fight
by Matt Agorist | Dec 13, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
The family of Mona Rodriguez was shocked and heartbroken in September after learning their 18-year-old daughter was shot in the head by a Long Beach Unified School District police officer. Rodriguez, who was unarmed and presenting no threat to the cop who shot her,...
Cops Fire 25 Rounds Into Crowd at High School Football Game, Kill 8 Year Old Girl
by Matt Agorist | Oct 29, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
When 8-year-old Fanta Bility and her family attended a high school football game back in August, they never imagined that their worst nightmare would come true that night. Sadly, however, according to a lawsuit filed this week, thanks to a group of trigger happy...
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....
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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...
Free Book: An Anarchist Critique of the COVID Mandates
I’ve had the opportunity to write a short book offering what is essentially an anarchist critique of COVID mandates. This includes the accusation that states did most of the killing rather than the virus. The 123-page book, Measuring the Mandates: Questioning the...
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