“Government agents attempting to force Nutty out of the monopod have blocked her access to food and water, burned fires near the pole, sent smoke into the monopod, trained spotlights on her at night, and operated a noisy generator at the base of the pole. Forest Service officials blocked [her doctor] from accessing Nutty on the threat of arrest.”
“California police say they have arrested two people for abducting and attempting to deport a 21-year-old foreign flight school student.”
Read more: http://time.com/5293011/chinese-flight-student-kidnapped-deportation/
“The agency’s original statement said the group of migrants started to hit him with ‘blunt objects,’ while the new statement makes no mention of any objects.”
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“How did a person who should be in the criminal dock both in the US and in the International Criminal Court for running a torture prison get appointed the Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency?”
Read more: https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2018/05/19/64514/
“This is still our country. Don’t just sit there. Do something.”
“In one case, federal officials had turned over eight immigrant children to human traffickers.”
“The fact that this criminalizes speech against a public official is even more concerning.”
“It was a banality of evil that characterized the mindsets of bureaucrats who worked in the Nazi governmental machinery. They were just enforcing the rules. It is that banality of evil that pervades the bureaucracy that enforces the U.S. federal war on drugs.”
Read more: https://www.fff.org/2018/03/09/banality-evil-war-drugs/
“All over the United States, law-enforcement agencies quietly adopt technology that would spark intense debate if they first asked permission. They treat the public they are meant to serve as if its views don’t matter.”
Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/05/the-undemocratic-spread-of-big-brother/560999/
“Theresa May says new laws are needed to outlaw the online abuse and bullying of politicians and other public figures.”