“There has never been an investigation into the Thai officials or agencies involved in the CIA’s covert detentions, which continued until at least 2004 and probably violated national laws.”
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-thailand-cia-haspel-2018-htmlstory.html
“FDA has shockingly defined ‘skim milk’ as having artificial vitamin additives that are not naturally found in skim milk. Business owners who insist on selling additive-free skim milk as ‘skim milk’ face fines and even possible incarceration.”
Read more: http://ij.org/case/fda-skim-milk/
“Palacio’s ranch is situated north of the Mexican border. Exactly how far away is of utmost importance when it comes to what rights you have in the US, where it’s commonly said that borders are a ‘Constitution-free zone’.”
“The next time someone warns about the potential for domestic abuse of supposed national security measures, do not dismiss him or her as a neurotic libertarian.”
“Baltimore officials are either ignoring the data, which show traffic cameras cause more harm than good, or, more plausibly, they just want to extort money out of drivers.”
Read more: http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/baltimores-failed-surveillance-regime/
“An elite police squad robbing its own citizens, stealing thousands of dollars and re-selling confiscated drugs — all seven cops were on the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force.”
“The public sexual assault of this innocent man turned up nothing. What’s more, the footage of the attack was hidden from public view and only discovered by accident.”
“A couple in St. Peters, Missouri, learned the hard way that even though they are listed as the owners of their home, the city they live in still has the ability to dictate what is and is not on their property—even if they are allergic to it.”
“Crystal Mason, who was already a convicted felon for tax fraud, voted while on supervised release, the Dallas Morning News reported. According to Texas law, convicted felons cannot vote until they serve the entirety of their sentence, including supervised release.”
Read more: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/probation-voting-5-years-prison/
“The officer who shot McDonald, Jason Van Dyke, was charged with first-degree murder. Van Dyke’s lawyers sought to compel me to testify on the basis of their claim, for which they offered no evidence, that the source had given me documents protected under the Garrity rule, which protects public employees from being compelled to incriminate themselves during internal investigations conducted by their employers.”
Read more: https://theintercept.com/2018/02/07/laquan-mcdonald-case-first-amdendment/