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'We Need to See Your Guns': ATF Conducts Warrantless Search, Demands to See Man's Legally Owned Guns “The reason we’re out here is obviously gun violence is at an uptick." 21 July 2022 A small business owner with no criminal record was shocked this month when he watched a disturbing scene...

Cop Formerly Charged Over Murder of Freddie Gray Now in Charge of Investigating The Same Department 12 August 2022 In 2015, the world would be exposed to the horrifying practice of “nickel rides” following the death of Freddie Gray. Out of the six officers charged in Gray’s death, Lieutenant...

Drunk Cop Gets His Car Airborne, Crashes Into Home, Injuring 2 People, Killing 2 Dogs — Gets Slap on Wrist 2 July 2022 Imagine for a moment, that your job is to prosecute those who dangerously drive drunk and cause harm to others. Now, imagine that you betrayed that job by dangerously driving...

Appeals Court Reminds Cops They Can’t Create Their Own Exigency To Justify A Warrantless Search 22 April 2022 A case involving a DUI stop that somehow morphed into the search of a passenger has earned a couple of cops a rebuke from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and a couple of handy...

Nothing Has Changed Since George Floyd Died, US Cops Still Kill Someone Every 8 Hours 3 April 2022 It has been nearly two years since Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd. At the time, Floyd’s death would set off massive protests across the country as politicians and political pundits played...

Snitches Get Riches From the FBI Turning in your innocent friends and neighbors for having large amounts of cash is touted as a new source of income by the FBI. 16 March 2022 Snitches have a new way to make money in Charlotte, North Carolina. By texting the FBI and tattling on people that...

Police Shoot 12yo Boy in Back, Kill Him, Claim He Was Still A Threat Even Though He Was Fleeing 3 March 2022 A tragedy unfolded on Tuesday in Philadelphia after a 12-year-old boy was shot in the back and killed. The boy was running from several police officers when two of them opened fire...

WATCH: 13yo Girl Repeatedly Punched by Police, Tackled for “Getting Too Close: 2 February 2022 Phoenix police are conducting damage control this week after video was posted online of one of their officers punching a girl, who is reportedly just 13-years-old. According to police, the girl was...

Man free after 37 years due to ‘sex for lies’ false witness Willie Stokes was decades into a life sentence when he learned the witness who testified against him at a 1984 court hearing soon pleaded guilty to perjury over the testimony. 5 January 2022 A Philadelphia man was freed from prison...

LAPD shootings of unstable people wielding sharp objects a deadly problem 13 June 2021 On a North Hollywood street last year, Los Angeles Police Officer Daniel Harty watched through his rifle scope as 50-year-old Rommel Mendoza walked “erratically” toward him and a line of other officers...

ACLU Sues a Pennsylvania County for Detaining Probation Violators for Months With No Hearings 27 October 2021 A Pennsylvania county is locking up alleged probation violators for months with no court hearings to examine their cases, the American Civil Liberties Union claims in a class-action...

The report "Frustrating, Corrupt, Unfair: Civil Forfeiture in the Words of its Victims" is given in the responses that follow. Institute For Justice Survey Shows How Philadelphia's Forfeiture Program Preyed On Poor Minorities 8 November 2021 The Institute for Justice managed to kill off...

Videos Are Making It Hard To Trust the Cops2 10 November 2021 There's a lot to dislike about the increasingly pervasive surveillance state, but a little of its danger is offset when the forces of officialdom are themselves captured by the all-seeing eye. All too often, official versions of...

In Only 6 Years, 30,000 Philly Residents Were Robbed by Cops. Most of Them Innocent, Poor, Black "We stole this from innocent people." 30 October 2021 For six straight years, law enforcement in Philadelphia acted as a corrupt ring of thieving thugs, shaking down more than 30,000 residents...

In a New Survey, Victims of Philadelphia's Forfeiture Racket Highlight the Hazards of Giving Cops a License To Steal 20 October 2021 After "they came in," Robert recalled, "they made me go down to the basement," "put a gun to the back of my head," and "said 'open the safe.'" When Robert did...

In Major Move, First Major US City Bans Cops from Enforcing Victimless Traffic Laws 24 October 2021 In what’s being touted as a first for a major US city to do so, lawmakers in Philadelphia have passed legislation banning cops from making minor traffic stops. The law is expected to go into...

Philadelphia Passes Bill to Keep Police From Pulling Over Drivers for Minor Traffic Violations 17 October In a first-of-its-kind move for a major U.S. city, Philadelphia has banned its police force from pulling over motorists for minor offenses, including broken taillights or improperly...

Correction: The cops beat up the mother and kidnapped the child. City Of Philadelphia Reaches $2 Million Settlement With, Rickia Young, Woman Beaten By Police During Unrest 14 September 2021 The City of Philadelphia has reached a $2 million settlement with the woman beaten by police during...

Federal police reform talks have thus far failed – but local efforts stand a better chance of success, including in California 28 September 2021 Bipartisan talks over police reform ended with no agreement on Sept. 22, 2021, with House Democrats and Republicans blaming each other for the lack...