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Chris Kite with the Community Singers speaks with one person listening, in the "Free Speech Area," during the 2012 Democratic National Convention.

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Foreign Policy ‘Hypocrisy’: Canada Becomes Second-Largest Weapons Exporter To Middle East

‘[E]verybody knows that there is rank hypocrisy right at the core of U.S. foreign policy but I don’t think everybody knows that about Canada,” one anti-war activist said.

Kit O'Connell
بواسطة Kit O'Connell
Members of 1st Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment prepare to board their light armoured vehicles on to the French Navy Ship Le Mistral.

OTTAWA --- Despite its reputation as our less war-inclined neighbor to the north, Canada has become second only to the United States in weapons exports to the Middle East. The increase in military equipment and weapons sales was noted by IHS Jane’s in its annual “Global Defence Trade Report,” published June 13 by IHS, Inc., a corporate data

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Study: Crime By Police Officers Rampant — 3 Cops Arrested Every Day, Over 1,100 Every Year

“The data directly contradicts some of the prevailing assumptions and the proposition that only a small group of rotten apples perpetrate the vast majority of police crime.”

Claire Bernish
بواسطة Claire Bernish
A police officer throws an object at protestors, Monday, April 27, 2015, following the funeral of Freddie Gray in Baltimore. Gray died from spinal injuries about a week after he was arrested and transported in a Baltimore Police Department van.

A new study tracking criminal activity perpetrated by police found, on average, three law enforcement officers are arrested each day — around 1,100 cops every year — and, more pointedly, this is not the case of a few rotten apples. “The most common crimes were simple assault, drunken driving and aggravated assault, and significant numbers of sex

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The Latest Law Enforcement Trend: Porn Sniffing Dogs

Who would have thought that man’s best friend could provide so many ways to aid our police state?

Joshua Krause |The Daily Sheeple
بواسطة Joshua Krause |The Daily Sheeple
The operate a checkpoint for vehicles entering Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009.

Now that the drug war is slowly but surely winding down in America, you have to wonder what the police are going to do with their drug sniffing dogs and handlers. Granted, not all drugs will be decriminalized, but surely there will be some superfluous LEO positions after marijuana is completely decriminalized? Unfortunately the government

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NJ Votes To Expand Medical Marijuana Program

New Jersey’s medical marijuana program removes one layer of laws prohibiting the possession and use of marijuana, but federal prohibition remains in place.

Mike Maharrey for the Tenth Amendment Center
بواسطة Mike Maharrey for the Tenth Amendment Center
A bag of medical marijuana

Last week a New Jersey Senate committee approved a measure that would expand the state’s medical marijuana law, further nullifying federal prohibition in practice. Sen. Nicholas Scutari (D) and Sen. Joseph Vitale (D) introduced Senate Bill 2345 (S2345) on June 9. The legislation would add post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to the list of

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Senator Says Shooting At Cops During No-Knock Raids Is Entirely Justified

Innocent people are regularly terrorized by SWAT teams raiding the wrong house for no-knock warrants, but the practice continues.

Justin Gardner
بواسطة Justin Gardner
A Duplin County Sheriff’s Office special response team prepares to shatter a door, and presumably it's owners 4th Amendment rights, during a training exercise.

A self-proclaimed ‘strong advocate for law enforcement’ is being attacked for criticizing the practice of no-knock warrants, where SWAT teams burst into homes with no warning—often in the middle of the night—to apprehend suspects and search the premises. Georgia Sen. Mike Crane is running in the state’s Republican primary to replace U.S. Rep.

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GOP Adjourns Session Of US Lower House Amid Sit-in Over Gun Control

The US Republican Party adjourned, early Thursday, a session of the House of Representatives amid an hours-long sit-in staged by the Democratic Party, which is demanding the adoption of tougher gun controls, local media reported.

Sputnik News
بواسطة Sputnik News

Over 100 Democrats began a sit-in on the House floor shortly before noon on Wednesday, demanding House Speaker Paul Ryan put two pieces of gun legislation to a vote. Republican lawmakers voted in favor of adjourning the session shortly after midnight in an effort to put an end to the 16-hour long sit-in. The next session of the House is scheduled

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