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Sheriff Arpaio Under Investigation By U.S. Justice Department

Cara, Feministe AlterNet: Immigration. March 12, 2009.
"The U.S. Justice Department has launched a civil-rights investigation of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office."

Terrifying: Companies are Marketing Police State Normalcy to Children

Lucinda Marshall, Feminist Peace Network AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. February 10, 2009.
Hey kids, wanna play security checkpoint?

Has Sarah Palin Been Picked as the Titular Head of the Coming Police State?

Naomi Wolf, Huffington Post. September 24, 2008.
Palin will help to establish a true and irreversible 'fear society' in this once free once proud nation.

Incredible Documentary Footage of Mass Arrest in St. Paul

Laura Flanders, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. September 19, 2008.
Newly released footage, which was buried to avoid confiscation, shows riot cops arresting and abusing a giant group of people for nothing.

Tasers and Holding Cells: Denver Prepares for the DNC

Steven D., Booman Tribune AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 15, 2008.
Sounds more like Gitmo than the Mile High City.

Suspected Illegal Immigrants Deported Without Getting Their Day in Court

Tara Tidwell Cullen, National Immigrant Justice Center. June 10, 2008.
Due process is a vitally important tenet of liberal democracy.

Amid Anti-Immigrant Fervor, ICE Deporting More American Citizens

Jacqueline Stevens, The Nation. June 10, 2008.
The war on 'illegal immigration' is a war on poor people, U.S. citizens among them.

Government May Have Massive Surveillance Program for Use in "National Emergency"

Satyam Khanna, Think Progress AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. May 20, 2008.
During a national emergency, an illegal surveillance program may classify up to 8 million Americans as "enemies of the state."

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