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Courts In North Dakota Overwhelmed By Pipeline Protest Arrests
The hundreds of arrests during the months of protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota have created a huge burden for the state’s court system, which now faces excessive cost overruns, because they don’t have enough judges, lawyers and clerks to handle the extra workload. Police have made almost 575 arrests since…
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FEDERAL JUDGE: ‘Glenn Beck Can Be Sued For Libel In Boston Bombing Lawsuit’
A federal judge has ruled that a libel lawsuit against conservative radio host Glenn Beck can proceed. The lawsuit pertains to Beck accusing a Saudi national of being a conspirator in the April 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing, even after law enforcement had cleared him. Abdulrahman Alharbi, who was 20 years of age at the time, was…
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[WATCH] BREAKING NEWS: Grand jury Declines To Indict NYPD Officer For Illegal Chokehold Death
A New York City grand jury has decided not to indict the New York Police Department officer accused of killing a Staten Island man by putting him in an illegal chokehold. The NYPD is now preparing for more protests stemming from the decision. Both the New York Post newspaper and the city’s NY1 media outlet…
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Here Are The Facebook Posts About Darren Wilson That Landed This ISIS Sympathizer In Jail
Jaleel Tariq Abdul-Jabbaar, 46, of Washington state has been arrested for multiple Facebook posts in which he threatened to kill former Ferguson, Mo., officer Darren Wilson and other law enforcement officers. According to the criminal complaint filed in a U.S. district court on Monday, December 1st, Abdul-Jabbaar began posting the threatening messages only 5 days after Wilson…
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Holder Supports Ban On Inter-State Gun Sales
United States Attorney General Eric Holder has gone on the record to oppose a lawsuit filed by Second Amendment advocates who say a federal ban against purchasing handguns out of state violates the US Constitution. On Friday, Holder filed a 60-page motion rejecting a lawsuit filed in July that challenged a ban on how Americans…
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New York Couple Appeals $13K Fine Imposed For Not Performing Gay Wedding
An upstate New York couple filed last month an appeal with the state challenging a fine they incurred for refusing to allow a lesbian couple to hold a wedding ceremony on their farm they claimed was available for events. Cynthia and Robert Gifford would rent out space on the farm for gatherings and ceremonies, such…
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POLICE BRUTALITY: NYPD Officers Indicted For Assaulting Teen, Knocking Teeth Out With Gun
Two New York Police Department officers have been indicated for assaulting a teenager during a drug arrest – during which one literally knocked some of the suspect’s teeth out when he allegedly hit him in the face with his gun. The charges, if they lead to convictions, could mean jail time for the police officers.…
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LAWSUIT: Washington Redskins To Sue Native American Tribes For Calling Their Name Racist
The Washington Redskins can sue the Native Americans responsible for the team losing its trademark, a federal judge said on Friday. The group had asked for the suit to be dismissed, saying they have no financial stake in the outcome of the ruling. US District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee heard arguments Friday from both the…
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BREAKING: MEXICO HAS FREED U.S. MARINE FROM JAIL
A Tijuana judge ordered the release of Andrew Tahmooressi, who was arrested seven months ago after crossing the US-Mexico border with three loaded firearms in his truck. Since his March 31st arrest, Tahmooressi has maintained that he had meant to head back to San Diego, where he was living with a friend, but took a…
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CORRUPTION: Prison Guard Who Sexually Assaulted Dozens of Inmates Will Receive No Jail Time
A former Kentucky corrections officer charged with dozens cases of sexual assault, drug trafficking and misconduct all of which he admitted will serve no jail time. In a plea deal he gets seven years of probation. Former corrections officer, James Johnson, 54 was arrested by State Police following an investigation where they determined he was…
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NYPD Unions Appealing Ban On Stop-And-Frisk
New York City police unions are arguing that they should have the right to continue the appeal of a federal judge’s 2013 ruling that deemed unconstitutional the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policy. Lawyers for the unions are due to appear before US appeals court judges on Wednesday, according to AP, where they will counter…
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[VIDEO] NYPD Officer Takes $1,300 From Man, Then Pepper Sprays Him
Video has surfaced appearing to show a New York City police officer taking $1,300 from a man who says he was robbed and then pepper-sprayed by the cop during a stop-and-frisk last month that ended without arrest. The New York Daily News published exclusive video of the September 16 incident on Wednesday this week and…
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FBI Defends Violation of Fourth Amendment Rights
Lawyers for a digital rights group squared off with federal attorneys in a San Francisco courthouse on Wednesday during an appeals hearing that will determine whether the government can serve telecom providers with gag orders when requesting user data. Last year, United States District Judge Susan Illston ruled that the FBI’s use of administrative subpoenas…
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[VIDEO] POLICE BRUTALITY: NYPD cops under criminal investigation after punching, pistol-whipping teen suspect
Caught on surveillance camera two New York Police officers are being investigated for punching and using a gun to bash a teenage African-American boy. The surveillance footage, obtained by “On The Inside” DNAinfo New York, shows a teenager, Kahreem Tribble, being punched and pistol-whipped by two officers. The incident occurred August 29. The video shows…
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OUTRAGE: No Charges For SWAT Officers Who Maimed Toddler During Raid
Georgia law enforcement officers responsible for a bungled SWAT raid that left a toddler burned and disfigured will not face criminal charges, a grand jury has decided. The case is now being reviewed by federal officials. News of the decision first broke on Monday, when a 23-person grand jury in Habersham County, Georgia, called the…
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[VIDEO] Pittsburgh cops sued for Tasering man grieving over step-son’s body
The family of a deceased Pennsylvania man has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that police forcefully and unnecessarily ejected the slain gunshot victim’s step-father from a Pittsburgh emergency room in June 2012. Surveillance camera footage recorded from the ER at UPMC Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh more than two years ago shows Rev. Earl Baldwin Jr.,…
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[VIDEO] South Carolina State Trooper Facing 20yrs In Prison For Shooting Man During Traffic Stop
Five days after being fired from the South Carolina Highway Patrol for shooting an unarmed man several times during a traffic stop, former cop Sean Groubert was arrested in the city of Columbia on Wednesday and charged with a felony. Groubert, 31, now faces two decades in prison if he’s found guilty of assault and…
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MORAL DEPRAVITY: Germany Could Soon Legalize Incest
Incest could soon be legal in Germany. A government ethics committee says the ban is unacceptable as it doesn’t allow the right to sexual self-determination. The comments are in regard to a well-publicized relationship between a brother and sister. Patrick Stuebing lived with his partner, Susan Karolewski, who turned out to be his sister and…
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SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR: ‘Drones will create Orwellian future’
US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has voiced concerns that, without sufficient protections, the age of unmanned drones and ubiquitous surveillance will usher in an “Orwellian world.” Sotomayor told faculty and students at Oklahoma City University last week that technological capabilities allow devices to monitor“your conversations from miles away and through your walls.” “We are…
