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California Lawmakers Want to Limit Police Drones, but Activists Want Them Banned
California lawmakers just passed new limits on how police can use drones, but some argue that only legitimizes their use and that police shouldn't have them at all.
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Protesters Beware: Don’t Get Stung By Stingrays
If you're planning to take to the streets in New York City or elsewhere this week, know that today's IMSI technology used by police or the FBI could greatly affect the privacy of your cell phone and protest communications.
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Snowden: New Zealand’s Prime Minister Isn’t Telling the Truth About Mass Surveillance
Any statement that mass surveillance is not performed in New Zealand is categorically false. If you live in there, you're being watched.
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Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Unable to Account for Missing Military Style Weapons
The department was given equipment to fight terrorism but it's now being used to fight local communities.
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35 Arrested As Police Block Ferguson Highway Protest, and New Video of Killing Is Released
Three dozen people were arrested during a largely peaceful protest near Interstate 70
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Stop and Seize: How Aggressive Police Are Bilking Hundreds of Millions from Innocent Motorists
Thousands of people have been forced to fight legal battles that can last more than a year to get their money back since private police-training firms helped make “highway interdiction” the norm.
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Spain Prepares for Autumn of Unrest by Buying $1.3 Billion In Riot Gear
Since June, the Interior Ministry has tendered four contracts to purchase riot equipment ranging from shields to stab vests, and finalized the purchase of a new truck-mounted water cannon due to "the current social dynamic."
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Six Vital Conversations Jumpstarted on the Streets of Ferguson
As the outrage in Ferguson takes on new forms and becomes less openly confrontational, the shooting of Michael Brown has started a nationwide dialogue about race, class and American law enforcement.
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How California's “Kill Switch” Law on Cell Phones Could Be Used to Disrupt Protests
The California bill signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown this week allows government to disrupt communications under certain guidelines – but includes an “emergency” exception that requires no independent approval.
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UC Study: Police Often Provoke Protest Violence – Not the Other Way Around
From clashes during the Occupy movement to violence this month in Ferguson, Mo., researchers say protests get ugly when officers use aggressive tactics, dress in riot gear and line up like military.
