Law Enforcement

Indicted Felon Trump Greeted With Handshakes From Law Enforcement In Massachusetts

Indicted Felon Trump Greeted With Handshakes From Law Enforcement In Massachusetts

Trump arrived in Massachusetts and was greeted by a group of law enforcement officers who wanted to shake his hand.

10 months ago

Man Shoots Himself After Ramming Security Barricade at Capitol Amid Heightened Threat of Political Violence

In another chilling reminder of the times in which we live, police are investigating an incident in which an armed…

2 years ago

Data Brokers Are Selling Info on Pregnant People Because It’s Not Illegal

Betting on the legislative graveyard overseen by certain Senators, data brokers in a post-Roe country are selling listings on and…

2 years ago

Gov. Ron DeSantis Dangerously Calls for an ‘Election Police Force’

This is modern Jim Crow, no different than poll taxes, literacy tests, and the like. It is an even more…

2 years ago

New Poll: Majority of Americans Believe Police Treat African Americans Worse Than White People

A clear majority of Americans think the police treat black people worse than white people. A new CBS Poll also…

4 years ago

Opinion: Three White Terrorist Arrests In One Week – Where’s Trump Outrage?

The response from the Trump administration to the dangers from homegrown white terrorists, or the arrest of three in one…

7 years ago

Opinion: One Politician Shows How To Handle The Threats Of Blowhard Bully Trump

Trump blithely talked about destroying the career of a man who disagreed with Trump on a policy issue and Senator…

7 years ago

Despite Capturing Manhattan Bombing Suspect, Trump Says Police Are “Afraid”

Trump got around to criticizing another demographic in America and this time chose to insult the professional law enforcement community.

8 years ago

To Enrich Big Pharma, FDA and DEA Deny Science on Medical Marijuana

It would be unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious for DEA to stand between sufferers and the benefits of this substance in…

8 years ago

Oregon Sheriff Offers To Aid Bundy Insurgency Escape Justice, Gets Lectured on Constitution

Sheriff Ward told Ammon Bundy he'd provide the armed criminals with adequate protection and safe escort out of state without…

8 years ago

Police Would Have Massacred Texas Bikers If They Were Black

For the second time in a year, law enforcement officials held their violent aggression and hostility normally reserved for peaceful…

9 years ago

President Obama Bans the Gifting of Some Military-Style Equipment to Police

No more playing war on citizens with federally funded military-style equipment for local police. So says President Obama. Police need…

9 years ago

Baltimore Police Forced Students Off Buses and Likely Violated Their 4Th Amendment Rights

If mainstream media had reported what several school teachers and students' parents saw with their own eyes, the public would…

9 years ago

Fox News Host Sides With Killer Cops After Officers Charged In Death Of Freddie Gray

Fox News host Todd Starnes' immediate reaction to the breaking news that all six officers are being charged in the…

9 years ago

President Obama Acknowledges Ferguson’s Racist Police Practices Not An “Isolated Incident”

In a Friday morning interview, President Obama made it clear that Ferguson, Missouri's racist police practices are not unique.

9 years ago

Republicans Support And Defend Extremism Against America

Republicans are ardent defenders of right-wing extremists posing the greatest terrorism threat to the United  States and since they are…

9 years ago

President Obama Demonstrates Statesmanship to Republicans in Meeting Mexico’s President

President Obama and Mexican president, Enrique Peña Nieto, talked yesterday about various issues involving the two countries, including Cuba, immigration,…

9 years ago

In 2014 America Abandoned Its Constitution And Devolved Into a Fascist Theocracy

Republicans in state after state spent the past year hastily passing legislation abolishing other Americans' 14th Amendment rights

9 years ago

Tennessee Woman In Body Armor Shoots Up Suburban Neighborhood

A middle-aged Tennessee woman is under arrest after she drove around a suburban Chattanooga neighborhood, inexplicably shooting at people.

9 years ago

Black Cops Feel Threatened By And Fear Other (White) Officers

Black New York City police officers admitted they are regularly racially profiled by white officers and worse

9 years ago

Blame N.Y. Officers Deaths On Convicted Criminal With A Gun, Not Obama

However, as Americans have witnessed more and more,  when police kill citizens, especially unarmed African American citizens, no one is…

9 years ago

Joe Scarborough Predictably Blames Protesters For Senseless Deaths Of Two NYPD Officers

During the Monday morning broadcast of Morning Joe, host Joe Scarborough delivered a monologue where he specifically blamed the protests…

9 years ago

Republicans Condemn North Korean Human Rights Violations While Ignoring Their Own

The hypocrisy of this nation co-sponsoring a resolution condemning anyone country for human rights abuses (torture) is beyond the pale.…

9 years ago

Ferguson Protesters Send Peaceful And Powerful Message To Law Enforcement

PoliticusUSA's Justin Baragona was on the scene during a protest march through downtown St. Louis Friday morning.

9 years ago

Welcome to the Age of Authoritarianism – Sponsored by the 1 Percent

The 21st century is seeing the spread of the authoritarian principle that far from being the origin of authority, people…

9 years ago

Attorney General Eric Holder Announces Federal Restrictions And Bans On Racial Profiling

The Department of Justice announced Monday that Attorney General Eric Holder has unveiled stricter policies governing federal law enforcement when…

9 years ago

MSNBC Contributor Calls Out Media For Not Covering Obama’s Initiatives In Wake Of Ferguson

During Monday morning's episode of Morning Joe, MSNBC contributor Dorian Warren called out the media for not giving proper coverage…

9 years ago

Conservatives Have A Double Standard When It Comes To Use Of Police Force On Blacks

In the past few weeks, there has been an uprising of awareness of police brutality all over the U.S. yet…

9 years ago

Michigan License To Discriminate A Portent Of Impending Theocracy  

It is astonishing, but the extremist Christian fundamentalists are basing their punitive power on the religious freedom guarantee in the…

9 years ago

Fox News Blames Obama for Apartheid, Racist Cops, and GOP Jobs Obstruction

The latest "blame Obama" crusade is reaction to the President's request for funding to train and outfit racist cops with…

9 years ago

Racists Demand Punishment For African Americans Exercising First Amendment Rights

For decent Americans it is beyond comprehension that it is acceptable for white supremacists, whether they are St. Louis-area cops…

9 years ago

President Obama Will Request $263 Million To Outfit Law Enforcement With Body Cameras

President Obama will announce on Monday a proposal to provide $263 million in funds over a three-year period to outfit…

9 years ago

Ferguson Decision Is Another Sign Of American Apartheid

America is not a civilized society and the concept of equality for all its citizens is exactly that; a concept.…

9 years ago

Ferguson Police Chief Says Darren Wilson Will Return To Active Duty If Not Indicted

In a conversation with St. Louis news station KSDK 5 on Friday evening, Ferguson police chief Tom Jackson told the…

9 years ago

Oregon Initiative Is A Blueprint For National Marijuana Legalization

Regardless what one thinks about marijuana use, whether for recreational purposes or for its many medicinal applications, the time has…

9 years ago

Why Police Treated Cliven Bundy Differently Than Michael Brown Is As Clear As Black and White

Contrast law enforcement's overwhelmingly violent military response to peaceful, and unarmed, African Americans protesting the cold-blooded murder of an unarmed…

10 years ago

Here And Now: Why Events in Ferguson Have Been a Long Time in the Making

Ferguson is not as isolated incident. It never was. What Ferguson is and will continue to be is a microcosm…

10 years ago

2nd Amendment Extremists Lose as Judge Upholds Two Colorado Gun Laws

After a two-week civil trial a U.S. District Chief Judge, Marcia Krieger, ruled the lawsuit lacked standing and dismissed it,…

10 years ago

Around the Country, Right-Wing Cops Refuse To Follow and Enforce Gun Laws

It is not the responsibility of law enforcement to interpret or make the laws of the land, or to mete…

10 years ago

Protesting Right Wing Truckers Are Hauling a Load of Constitutional Ignorance

A group of vigilante truck drivers will set upon Washington to demonstrate that when it comes to Constitutional ignorance, they…

11 years ago

Key Republican Defections Mean Missouri Will Not Secede from Union

Republican attempts to nullify federal laws in Missouri are on hold after attempts to override Gov. Nixon's veto failed in…

11 years ago

Colorado Recalls Are an NRA Political Terror Campaign to Keep the Violence Flowing

The real point of the recall elections of two Democratic Colorado state senators is to scare legislators into never supporting…

11 years ago

When Pressed Conservatives Can’t Name One Reality Based Example of Obama Tyranny

It is noteworthy that regardless the cries of tyranny, conservative and libertarian devotees never cite one example that could be…

11 years ago

Cops Arrest Teen For ‘Terror Threat,’ But Ted Nugent Threatens Obama and Goes Free

Finally law enforcement has acted and arrested an American citizen who faces felony charges for making terrorist threats, but the…

11 years ago

Hypocrite John Boehner Praises Law Enforcement for Boston While Cutting Their Funding

John Boehner praised the response of federal, state, and local law enforcement in the Boston area, while his House budget…

11 years ago

Anonymous Demands Justice After Bullied and Alleged Gang Raped Teen Ends Her Life

A 17-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons hung herself in her family's bathroom last week after pictures of her allegedly being gang raped…

11 years ago

John McCain Faces the Consequences of His Party’s Fear-Mongering at Town Halls

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) faced the consequences of his party's targeting of undocumented workers in Arizona as he held a…

11 years ago

Texas A&M Shooting is More Blood of Innocent Victims on NRA and Right Wingers

It is not a coincidence that many of the recent wave of shootings, including the one near Texas A&M, were…

12 years ago

No More!: We Need National Solidarity Against Police Brutality

Police brutality is a complex and long-standing plague on our national community., and it demands a large movement.

12 years ago

Corrupt LA Politicians Silence Police Support of Occupy

Many LAPD officers are in solidarity with the Occupiers, but because the management including the chief answers to the mayor,…

12 years ago