“There are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of not challenging it are more dangerous, even fatal.” Hunter S. Thompson, Kingdom of Fear The American police...

“As I look at America today, I am not afraid to say that I am afraid.” Former presidential advisor Bertram Gross The American governmental scheme is sliding ever closer...

John Whitehead “Man is born free but everywhere is in chains.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau Authoritarian control freaks out to micromanage our lives have become the new normal or, to be...

A couple of days ago someone brought the following clip to our attention on Twitter: The other week journalist @MikeSegalov got hassled and shouted at by the police for...

by James Petras and Robin Eastman Abaya, 2012 Introduction: One of the most significant political developments in recent US history has been the virtually unchallenged rise of the police...

A US law enforcement officer poses in front of a “weaponized” police vehicle. Mint Press News reports:   President Barack Obama recently moved to ban police departments from receiving...

While the Toronto G20 meeting was going on, armed police patrols in the city practiced zero-tolerance, seizing and locking up ordinary citizens on the flimsiest pretext. One man...