Grand juries have been used around the country in political witch hunts and fishing expeditions to go after law-abiding activists. The activists are called before the grand juries, which are ostensibly investigating actions by underground groups, and pressed to testify about their political activities. Activists, in turn, frequently refuse to answer questions about their political [...]
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In yet another expansion of police powers since 9/11, the Supreme Court ruled this week that evidence obtained through illegal “no knock” police searches is still admissible in court. So cops don’t have to worry about following the letter of the law too closely in home raids, because even their illegal actions can still be [...]
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From the Associated Press today:
LOS ANGELES – A high-ranking California law enforcement official said in a personnel complaint that he was demoted after questioning the legality of federal and state intelligence-gathering methods, but authorities dispute the claims.
Edward Manavian was chief of criminal intelligence for the California Department of Justice, and chairman of the executive board [...]
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Posted in Police Harassment & Abuse on Apr 14th, 2006
The Department of Homeland Security distributed a bulletin on Thursday to help corporations fight “eco-terrorism” like “flyer distribution,” “graffiti,” and “tying up company phone lines.”
Go ahead and laugh, but it gets worse. There are two things in this bulletin that are dead serious:
1. DHS admits it has “no specific, credible information [...]
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Singing along to “London Calling” by The Clash got a passenger yanked from an airplane in northern England and interrogated by anti-terrorism detectives today. A cabbie called the police because Harraj Mann, 24, was singing along to “Now war is declared — and battle come down.”
Suspicious lyrics? Maybe. But Mann had plugged his MP3 player [...]
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