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Police State
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Protest Is the New Terror: How U.S. Law Enforcement Is Working to Criminalize Dissent
While the recent NSA reform bill passed in Congress is a victory for civil liberties advocates, the fear of terrorism being openly exploited by law enforcement has allowed police to resurrect COINTELPRO in all but name.
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With Deep Ties to Politicians, Private Prisons Have Exploded As Profit Centers
Politicians have favored private prisons because they’re supposed to save taxpayer money – but they haven’t, and meanwhile they generate windfall profits for corporate shareholders while creating far worse conditions for prisoners.
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Former S.Carolina Police Officer Who Shot Walter Scott Is Indicted for Murder, Faces 30 to Life
A video of the April 4 shooting showed officer Michael Slager firing eight times as 50-year-old Walter Scott ran away.
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U.S. Congress Passes Surveillance Reform In Vindication for Edward Snowden
The bulk collection of Americans’ phone records will end as the Senate passes the USA Freedom Act.
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Black Americans Killed By Police are Twice As Likely To Be Unarmed As Whites
102 people killed by police so far this year were unarmed - twice the rate calculated by U.S. government.
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Protests Continue Across Canada Against Repressive "Patriot Act" Style Bill
One major concern is how the Canadian government categorizes who and what types of actions will be targeted as “terrorism” – with language vague enough to include just about anyone.
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Exclusive: Two Years After Snowden Revelations, Glenn Greenwald Talks About Impacts on Surveillance State
"Defeatism is never warranted. There are always ways individuals can tap the power within themselves to confront injustices.”
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Cleveland Announces Historic Second Settlement Over Chronic Police Abuse
The decision marks a new way of policing in the city, the mayor said a week after a police officer was acquitted for killing an unarmed black couple.
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Why a Death Sentence for Mohamed Morsi Signals the End of the Arab Spring
The timing of Morsi's death sentence couldn’t have been better for Egyptian authorities – since the U.S. news media that week was focused on another high profile death sentence, that of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokar Tsarnaev.
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Eyes on the Spies: Art In the Age of Hyper Surveillance
A new exhibition opening Thursday in San Francisco depicts the depth and breadth of spying, listening, recording and gathering data.
