Tag: nypd
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Street Artist Behind Satirical NYPD “Drone” Posters Arrested
from thelastdefense2012.tumblr.com: A street artist who hung satirical posters criticising police surveillance activities has been arrested after an NYPD investigation tracked him to his doorstep. With the help of a small crew, the artist now identified as Essam Attia had placed the fake Big Brother-style adverts in locations throughout Manhattan, using a fake Van Wagner maintenance van…
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12/8 defcon: kepler, voyager, zynga & more
new planet an earth-like world, 600 light-years away?* video: new planet eerily like earth* nasa spacecraft ‘voyager 1’ exploring solar system’s edge* video: surfer blood ‘voyager reprise’* iran shows intact drone, boasts of cyberattack* house cyber panel chair says put dhs over cybersecurity* on facebook, nypd officers maligned west indian paradegoers* oregon judge rules bloggers…
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nypd says fbi declined to pursue ‘lone wolf’ nyc bomb plot
from ap: U.S. authorities declined to pursue a case against an “al-Qaida sympathizer” accused of plotting to bomb police stations and post offices in the New York area because they believed he was mentally unstable and incapable of pulling it off, two law enforcement officials said Monday. New York Police Department investigators sought to get…
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#OccupyWallStreet US police ‘maced peaceful protesters’ in new york
from channel4: The #OccupyWallStreet campaign said police confined a small number of protesters before spraying them with mace. Clips of the alleged incident have appeared across social media – however, Channel 4 News cannot verify the footage independently. The New York Police Department has so far not responded to a Channel 4 News request for…
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dna ‘genetic patdown’ introduced to airports by dhs
from activist post: A new level of invasive screening is scheduled for airports this summer: a portable DNA scanner to conduct on-site, real-time genetic testing. This technology is being implemented under the cover of combating human trafficking, illegal immigration, and finding missing persons, but Richard Seldon of NetBio, creator of the scanners, clearly states that…
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nypd begins biometric iris scans upon arrest
from cbs: Along with fingerprints and mug shots, the New York City Police Department is now taking photographs of the irises of crime suspects. The NYPD says the images will be used to help avoid cases of mistaken identity. The process takes about five seconds. Every suspect will be scanned again using a handheld device…
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Time Bomb In Times Square Sparks Homeland Lockdown
new york city police defuse car bomb in times square from reuters: Police have “rendered safe” a car bomb found inside a sport utility vehicle that triggered the evacuation of New York’s Times Square on Saturday night in an incident that the city’s mayor said early on Sunday could have turned into a very deadly…
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Police State Updates: Homeland Amerika, Contractors & Quotas
1 in 4 Germans wants microchip under skin // ‘Suspicious substance’ at Utah IRS building was fake but the terror was real // Original tenant of Stack attack building was microelectronics & computer tech corp // New Mexico state police ordered to write tickets or face punishment // Suspected Colorado school gunman participated in strange…
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change: more christmas-time terror & suspicious characters
northwest bomb plot ‘oddities’* wealthy, quiet, unassuming: the christmas day bomb suspect*flight 253 passenger: sharp-dressed man aided terror suspect umar farouk abdul mutallab onto plane without passport* hero tackled alleged northwest plane bomber as flames came from him on flight to detroit*govt allowed plane bomber to attempt attack* the lap bomber mystery*webster tarpley: detroit jet…
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wikileaks set to unleash half-a-million 9/11 pager intercepts
from threat level: The document-leaking site Wikileaks says it’s preparing to release 500,000 intercepted wireless pager messages from a 24-hour period encompassing the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Site operators say they plan to start rolling out the texts beginning at 3:00 a.m. New York time, paced to display as they were broadcast at the…
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drugwar: hayfork harvest, oregon pot school & more
marijuana growers upend hard-luck hayfork, californiafrom latimes: This hardscrabble Northern California town has become a hotbed for medical marijuana farming… Some students talk openly of farming pot after graduation, about the only opportunity in this depressed timber town. “It’s not a subculture here,” said [Supt. Tom] Barnett, who heads the Mountain Valley Unified School District.…
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police state intl: political activism as ‘domestic extremism’
audio: uk police define political activism as ‘domestic extremism’*uk council bans parents from play areas*the raid that rocked the met: why gun & drugs op on 6,717 safety deposit boxes could cost uk taxpayers a fortune*2 men are charged by US with plotting terrorism attack*’pacific horizon’ war training on a california beach*nypd to shake up…
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police state int’l: fbi, dmv, fema, norad, apf & more
police stop more than 1m people on street*phone company is arm of govt, feds admit in spy suit*report: US considers phone companies ‘arm of government’*nypd tracking cell phone owners, but foes aren’t sure practice is legal*los angeles’ anti-terrorism program sparks controversy*battening down the hatches: secret state monitors protest, represses dissent*fit to fly? balance board tapped…
