Monthly Archives: March 2013

New York Cops Arrest Artist Who Posted Embarrassing ‘NYPD Drone’ Posters [2012]

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“Back in mid-September, the NYPD (and the city of NY) was embarrassed by the work of an artist who managed to install 100 posters in pay phone kiosks that appeared to show the city was using armed drones to control crime.  Last week, police finally arrested Essam Attia, the man they believe was at the center of the campaign. Mr. Attia has been charged with 56 counts of possession of a forged instrument — a fairly serious crime for someone who put up some posters that he claims were meant to spark a conversation about the troubling use of drones both domestically and abroad.”

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/12/09/new-york-cops-finally-nab-artist-who-posted-embarrassing-nypd-drone-posters/

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Bloomberg on NYC drone program vs. street cameras: ‘What’s the difference?’

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“New York City’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in an interview on Friday that the city may turn to the use of a drone program for public safety monitoring. According to CBS New York, the mayor believes that the thousands of surveillance cameras already mounted all around the city are not enough, but that a program of unmanned surveillance drones would not be a significant incursion into resident’s privacy. ‘What’s the difference whether the drone is up in the air or on a building?’ the mayor asked. ‘I have trouble making the distinction.'”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/23/bloomberg-on-nyc-drone-program-vs-street-cameras-whats-the-difference/

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Drones: A Booming Business?

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“Unmanned aerial vehicles, also known as drones, may soon become commercialized. In Grand Forks, N.D., people are preparing for a coming boom in drones-related business.”

http://www.nytimes.com/video/2013/03/17/business/100000002115828/drones-a-booming-business.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130318

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Cyprus concedes big bank account tax, nationalizing pension funds

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“As Cypriot party leaders met, a senior Cypriot official told Reuters that Nicosia had agreed with EU/IMF lenders on a 20 percent levy over and above 100,000 euros at No. 1 lender Bank of Cyprus, and four percent on deposits over the same level at others. Cypriot lawmakers voted in late-night session on Friday to nationalize state pensions and split failing lenders into good and bad banks.  They also gave the government powers to impose capital controls, anticipating a run on banks when they reopen on Tuesday.  A plan to nationalize semi-state pension funds has met with resistance, being possibly even more painful for ordinary Cypriots than a deposit levy.”

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/23/us-cyprus-parliament-idUSBRE92G03I20130323

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1,000 bank workers march on Cyprus’ presidential palace to protest bank restructuring

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“At least 1,000 bank workers fearing for their jobs staged a march on the Cyprus presidency on Saturday ahead of a planned protest outside parliament which is to debate a bailout to save the island from bankruptcy.  The workers marched from union headquarters towards the presidential compound where they held a brief rally at the gates before heading towards the finance ministry.  The marchers held placards that read: ‘Hands off provident funds’ and ‘No to the bankruptcy of Cyprus’ as well as ‘Let us dream.’  Police initially blocked the protesters from nearing the presidential palace before then letting them through.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/23/1000-bank-workers-march-on-cyprus-presidential-palace-to-protest-bank-restructuring/

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Let Us Go A-Wassell-ing

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“Mr. Wassell has become rapidly and widely known as ‘The First Victim’ of Guano’s-sorry, Cuomo’s unconstitutional SAFE Act.  I was pleased to read in the Buffalo News that friends of freedom and of the Wassells ‘crowded’ the courtroom. We have historical precedence for such a tactic. In 1786 and 1787, patriots sick of the State’s depredations and tyranny surrounded courthouses in Massachusetts to prevent courts from sitting since each time they did, more poor farmers lost their land to rich and corrupt rulers. That same tactic can work today.”

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/134327.html

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NYPD officers testify stop-and-frisk program motivated by quotas and race

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“The New York police department’s controversial stop-and-frisk program is being driven by a high-pressure quota system imposed upon lower-ranking officers by their supervisors, two NYPD officers testified in court this week.  The claims were made as part of a landmark class action lawsuit that seeks to prove that the nation’s largest police department has demonstrated a widespread and systemic pattern of unconstitutional stops that disproportionately target minorities. The trial represents a historic challenge to the legacies of NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly and mayor Michael Bloomberg, who have both vocally supported stop-and-frisk.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/22/officer-testifies-stop-and-frisk-program-motivated-by-quotas-and-race/

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New Mexico’s Torture State

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“The habeas corpus guarantee requires that anyone arrested by the police be quickly brought before a judge and either formally charged or released. Slevin was never given a judicial hearing. Nor was he given medical attention by his jailers. He was literally left to rot in solitary confinement until relatives inquired into his case.  After being released, Slevin was awarded a $15.5 million tax-funded civil settlement – and nobody has been held accountable for the two years of torture he endured.”

http://prolibertate.us/index.php/new-mexico-s-torture-state?blog=7

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Man Lists Home for Sale in Terms of Bitcoins

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“Taylor More is selling his family’s bungalow with an asking price of $405,000 (that’s Canadian dollars) or 5,521 Bitcoins. He would rather have the Bitcoins.  The two bedroom room and one bath bungalow in Alberta, Canada, sits on 2.9 acres of land along the Crowsnest River. That part of the deal is easy to understand. Why More wants Bitcoins isn’t.  ‘I just really believe in them and once I read my first article about them, I was hooked,’ said More, who is 22 and said he used to be a currency trader. ‘I can take control of my own money, I don’t have to worry about the government stepping in and taking it and freezing my account.'”

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/03/man-lists-home-for-sale-in-terms-of.html

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Brooklyn man released from jail after 22-year murder conviction is overturned

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“A 58-year-old Brooklyn man was released from prison Thursday after his murder conviction was overturned following a witness’ confession that he was coaxed by authorities into identifying him as the suspect, CNN reported on Friday.  ‘As I said from the beginning, I had nothing to do with this case,’ David Ranta said after leaving prison. Ranta’s case was reopened in 2011, after a witness, Menachem Lieberman, told his court-appointed attorney that police had told him to ‘pick the guy with the big nose’ when identifying suspects in a lineup.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/22/brooklyn-man-released-from-jail-after-22-year-murder-conviction-is-overturned/

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