Tag: police
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#MorningMonarchy: August 26, 2026
West by god declarations, hot beef injections and devil dolly follies + this day in history w/sausage party conspiracy stew and our song of the day by George Jones on your #MorningMonarchy for August 26, 2026.
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#MorningMonarchy: July 23, 2018
Black sites, paper trails and foreign recruits + this day in history w/the ‘Twilight Zone’ accident and our song of the day by Weaves on your Morning Monarchy for July 23, 2018.
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#MorningMonarchy: February 2, 2016
Red dawn, death by robot and celebrity messaging apps + this day in history w/G.I. Joe and our song of the day by Esperanza Spalding on your Morning Monarchy for February 2, 2016.
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Police Departments To Equip Patrol Cars With Guns That Shoot GPS Projectiles
from copblock.org: A company by the name of StarChase has developed what is being claimed as a high-tech way to safely deal with high speed car chases. The Virginia Beach company describes itself as a “pursuit-management technology company” and says that over 55,000 injuries occur each year due to high-speed pursuits. The technology will fire…
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US Govt. Uses Fake Cell Towers, Flown on Airplanes, to Harvest Phone Data
from extremetech.com: Proving yet again that the US government can show a surprising soupçon of tenacity when it comes to gross invasion of privacy while occasionally catching a terrorist, a new report claims that, since 2007, the US Marshals Service has been criss-crossing the country with small airplanes equipped with fake cell towers. These small aircraft (fixed-wing Cessnas) intercept…
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The Police Tool That Pervs Use to Steal Nude Pics From Apple’s iCloud
from wired.com: As nude celebrity photos spilled onto the web over the weekend, blame for the scandal has rotated from the scumbag hackers who stole the images to a researcher who released a tool used to crack victims’ iCloud passwords to Apple, whose security flaws may have made that cracking exploit possible in the first place.…
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Police Story: Hacking Team’s Government Surveillance Malware
from citizenlab.org: This report analyzes Hacking Team’s Android implant, and uses new documents to illustrate how their Remote Control System (RCS) interception product works. This work builds on our previous research into the technologies and companies behind “lawful interception” malware. This technology is marketed as filling a gap between passive interception (such as network monitoring) and physical searches.…
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Canadian cyber-bullying law would let police ‘remotely hack into computers, mobile devices, or cars’
from nationalpost.com: The Harper government’s new cyberbullying legislation includes little-noticed provisions that would allow police to remotely gain entry to computers and track cellphone users’ movements, privacy experts warn. Bill C-13, being studied by the House of Commons justice committee this week, is described by the Conservatives as cyberbullying legislation, but will dramatically expand the…
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Minnesota cops don’t want to legalize medical marijuana for fear they could lose millions
from rare.us: The Minnesota Law Enforcement Coalition’s opposition to marijuana legalization is another case of the drug war run amok. The coalition, which includes Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association, Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association, Minnesota Sheriffs Association, Minnesota County Attorneys Association, and Minnesota State Association of Narcotics Investigators, have been as unhelpful as possible with…
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EFF, ACLU Lawsuit Against LAPD ALPRs Begins
from blacklistednews.com: Last Friday the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the American Civil liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California filed the opening brief in their lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles Sheriff Department. The lawsuit deals with how the law enforcement agencies are using Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPR) to…
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Joining a Handful of Other Cities, Lincoln, Nebraska Bans Police #Drones
from motherboard.vice.com: In two sentences, Mayor Chris Beutler of Lincoln, Nebraska has grounded any aspirations for unmanned aerial vehicles within his police department. As part of a comprehensive executive order on police surveillance activities, Mayor Beutler curtly singled out drones as clearly prohibited. “Drones are not authorized under this policy or any other Lincoln Police…
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Warrantless DNA Testing: Why A National DNA Database Is On The Horizon
from storyleak.com: Your DNA could soon be on file in hundreds of law enforcement databases across the nation and in a national database due to a recent Supreme Court decision allowing the collection of DNA without a warrant. Last month, the Supreme Court came to a decision over a case known as Maryland v. King , ruling that…
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To Protect And Serve = Self-Serve Protection
Joe Lozito demonstrated amazing will to live, when confronted by seriously deranged madman Maksim Gelman. Gelman killed 4 on a Feb. 12th, 2011 28-hour killing spree just prior to boarding a New York subway, where Lozito was seated on a two hour commute from his Philadelphia home. We Are Change Video reveals failure of New…
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#MurderAndMayhem: Trains, Troopers and More
Argentina declares mourning after train crash kills 50 // Official: Argentine train crash was avoidable // Twilight Language: Argentina RR Wreck // Suspect In Washington Trooper Death Shoots Self, Dies
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north miami beach police dept fires two in alleged santeria plot
casting spells on your boss could get you fired* from patheos: For those faith traditions that incorporate magic and spellwork into their practices, Wicca, Santeria, Vodou, and any number of modern Pagan faiths, the urge to invoke supernatural help to solve a problem is sometimes overwhelming. This is especially true when an individual feels limited…