[Pretorian]

Once I come home from work around 2 am or so, open an entrance door and see a pool of blood on the floor. Literally, blood was everywhere. So out of nowhere a cop appears with a jerky smile and says: " You live here, dont you? Lets go." My first thought was " This is it."

[Pretorian]

An uncle of my friend disappeared ages ago. They found him in archives recently. He was arrested when he was 20 or so working at some factory and three months later executed. Charges: none. They didnt even bother to charge him with anything! And you are complaining.

[midnight-gamer]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'Y')ou guys are really lucky with your police force.

[mattduke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', ' ')Police Tasered an 86-year-old disabled grandma in her bed and stepped on her oxygen hose until she couldn't breathe, after her grandson called 911 seeking medical assistance, the woman and her grandson claim in Oklahoma City Federal Court. Though the grandson said, "Don't Taze my granny!" an El Reno police officer told another cop to "Taser her!" and wrote in his police report that he did so because the old woman "took a more aggressive posture in her bed," according to the complaint.
Lonnie Tinsley claims that he called 911 after he went to check on his grandmother, whom he found in her bed, "connected to a portable oxygen concentrator with a long hose." She is "in marginal health, [and] takes several prescribed medications daily," and "was unable to tell him exactly when she had taken her meds," so, Tinsley says, he called 911 "to ask for an emergency medical technician to come to her apartment to evaluate her."
In response, "as many as ten El Reno police" officers "pushed their way through the door," according to the complaint.
The grandma, Lona Varner, "told them to get out of her apartment."
The remarkable complaint continues: "Instead, the apparent leader of the police [defendant Thomas Duran] instructed another policeman to 'Taser her!' He stated in his report that the 86 year-old plaintiff 'took a more aggressive posture in her bed,' and that he was fearful for his safety and the safety of others.
"Lonnie Tinsley told them, 'Don't taze my Granny!' to which they responded that they would Taser him; instead, they pulled him out of her apartment, took him down to the floor, handcuffed him and placed him in the back of a police car.
"The police then proceeded to approach Ms. Varner in her bed and stepped on her oxygen hose until she began to suffer oxygen deprivation.

[mattduke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'F')ormer UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is to receive a prestigious US medal and $100,000 (£67,000) prize for his work in conflict resolution. The National Constitution Centre is awarding him its Liberty Medal for "steadfast" efforts to broker peace in Northern Ireland and the Middle East. Previous winners include Nelson Mandela and former US presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush senior. Mr Blair said he was driven by values of "freedom, liberty and justice". Mr Clinton, the centre's chairman, will present the medal in Philadelphia on 13 September.

[mattduke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'F')amily members claim they called police for help Wednesday morning, but when officers arrived, they were treated like criminals and an officer shot and killed their family dog.

[mattduke]

Goon attacks girl in subway. Goons are taught to repeatedly yell "stop resisting" so that they can later claim their violence was justified.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe_IQDOvp2o

[PrestonSturges]

And in the category of weekly right wing nutcase shooting spree
http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/ca ... und-shoote
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 's')aid Tuesday O’Rourke was yelling when he came on to the playground and started shooting. He was armed with a .357 Magnum revolver. Durkee said he shouted: “Death to Obama. Kill all the little (expletive). Death to them.”

[dinopello]

Former sherrif's deputy breaks into neighbors house and kills him because he wanted to drive fast

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'S')tephen A. Carr worked aggressively, but patiently, to try to slow down the cars that flew past his house in the Burke area of Fairfax County. Most of his neighbors applauded his help, and earlier this year a speed hump was installed in front of his house.

But David A. Patton evidently was not a fan. In June, court and police records show, Patton angrily confronted Carr about the speed hump outside Carr's house.

On Sunday night, police say, Patton went further. Witnesses told police he burst into Carr's house, tied up Carr and his girlfriend and, when Carr struggled, fatally shot him in the head, court records allege.

[Oneaboveall]

A grandmother at Hooters is man-handled by a off-duty cop working as a security guard there:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/40254301#40254301?from=en-us_msnhp&Gt1=43001

[mattduke]

Graphic clip of police beating an obviously unconscious man.

http://img.chan4chan.com/img/2010-05-19 ... tality.gif

[mattduke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'S')ecuring the Washington Monument from terrorism has turned out to be a surprisingly difficult job. The concrete fence around the building protects it from attacking vehicles, but there's no visually appealing way to house the airport-level security mechanisms the National Park Service has decided are a must for visitors. It is considering several options, but I think we should close the monument entirely. Let it stand, empty and inaccessible, as a monument to our fears.

An empty Washington Monument would serve as a constant reminder to those on Capitol Hill that they are afraid of the terrorists and what they could do. They're afraid that by speaking honestly about the impossibility of attaining absolute security or the inevitability of terrorism -- or that some American ideals are worth maintaining even in the face of adversity -- they will be branded as "soft on terror." And they're afraid that Americans would vote them out of office if another attack occurred. Perhaps they're right, but what has happened to leaders who aren't afraid? What has happened to "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself"?

An empty Washington Monument would symbolize our lawmakers' inability to take that kind of stand -- and their inability to truly lead.

Some of them call terrorism an "existential threat" against our nation. It's not. Even the events of 9/11, as horrific as they were, didn't make an existential dent in our nation. Automobile-related fatalities -- at 42,000 per year, more deaths each month, on average, than 9/11 -- aren't, either. It's our reaction to terrorism that threatens our nation, not terrorism itself. The empty monument would symbolize the empty rhetoric of those leaders who preach fear and then use that fear for their own political ends.

The day after Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab failed to blow up a Northwest jet with a bomb hidden in his underwear, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said "The system worked." I agreed. Plane lands safely, terrorist in custody, nobody injured except the terrorist. Seems like a working system to me. The empty monument would represent the politicians and press who pilloried her for her comment, and Napolitano herself, for backing down.

The empty monument would symbolize our war on the unexpected, -- our overreaction to anything different or unusual -- our harassment of photographers, and our probing of airline passengers. It would symbolize our "show me your papers" society, rife with ID checks and security cameras. As long as we're willing to sacrifice essential liberties for a little temporary safety, we should keep the Washington Monument empty.

Terrorism isn't a crime against people or property. It's a crime against our minds, using the death of innocents and destruction of property to make us fearful. Terrorists use the media to magnify their actions and further spread fear. And when we react out of fear, when we change our policy to make our country less open, the terrorists succeed -- even if their attacks fail. But when we refuse to be terrorized, when we're indomitable in the face of terror, the terrorists fail -- even if their attacks succeed.

We can reopen the monument when every foiled or failed terrorist plot causes us to praise our security, instead of redoubling it. When the occasional terrorist attack succeeds, as it inevitably will, we accept it, as we accept the murder rate and automobile-related death rate; and redouble our efforts to remain a free and open society.

The grand reopening of the Washington Monument will not occur when we've won the war on terror, because that will never happen. It won't even occur when we've defeated al Qaeda. Militant Islamic terrorism has fractured into small, elusive groups. We can reopen the Washington Monument when we've defeated our fears, when we've come to accept that placing safety above all other virtues cedes too much power to government and that liberty is worth the risks, and that the price of freedom is accepting the possibility of crime.

I would proudly climb to the top of a monument to those ideals.

[Sixstrings]

Well.. not a whole lot to see inside anyway. And not tourist friendly, the top room is very small and the windows are small and the view not so great.

[careinke]

Video of fatal Seattle police shooting of woodcarver released. Took the cop 7.1 seconds from the time he first called to the man until he shot him in the back and killed him. The victim was hard of hearing and the knife was found unopened at the scene.
http://www.king5.com/news/Video-of-fata ... 06374.html

[mattduke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')t a group called the National Council of Nonprofits, Tim Delaney, chief executive, says, "Governments are taking their public burdens and putting them on the backs of nonprofits, at a time when the demand for our services is skyrocketing."

[Serial_Worrier]

It's purely theoretical whether the money people pay in taxes that go to welfare programs would be given as private charitable donations. However many studies have shown that Republicans give more then Democrats.

[dinopello]

Man arrested by out-of-control cops, just for offering them a cigarette!

[Newfie]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('careinke', 'V')ideo of fatal Seattle police shooting of woodcarver released. Took the cop 7.1 seconds from the time he first called to the man until he shot him in the back and killed him. The victim was hard of hearing and the knife was found unopened at the scene.
http://www.king5.com/news/Video-of-fata ... 06374.html

[mattduke]

Crazy footage of Cairo rioting. Now's not a good time to visit. Is this news allowed to be on TV?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xWiBCIxjIk

[mattduke]

Funny, well done video about austrian economics versus Keynesian mumbo jumbo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTQnarzm ... r_embedded