Allison Kilkenny, True/Slant. September 28, 2009. This technology has been deployed in Iraq as an "anti-insurgent weapon" -- it could easily be used as a torture tool.
Scott Thill, AlterNet. August 17, 2009. Police officers are brutalizing innocent civilians with accelerating lunacy. How did this happen? How can we make it stop?
David Edwards, John Byrne, Raw Story AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 3, 2009. A noise complaint to police results in another senseless act of brutality.
Agence France Presse July 28, 2009. Grants totaling $1 billion will be awarded to some 1,046 law enforcement agencies in 50 states according the Justice Department.
Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet. May 27, 2009. Yesterday's Supreme Court ruling was a big disappointment, but there's no time to mourn: We must turn this anger into momentum.
Tonda MacCharles, The Toronto Star. May 26, 2009. More troops, more searches, more surveilance drones. The U.S. is taking Canadians' pictures as they cross the border, and their biometrics.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. April 24, 2009. Is the government is allowed to shoot citizens with electricity solely because they fail to do what agents of the government tell them to do?
Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal. April 21, 2009. HBO's critically-acclaimed "The Wire" creator David Simon talks about inner-city crime and politics, storytelling and the future of journalism.
AlterNet Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. March 6, 2009. An amazing and disturbing YouTube video that shows an American military officer trash-talking to a group of Iraqi police.
Cara, Feministe AlterNet: Media and Technology. March 4, 2009. You’ll notice that I titled this post "NYPD accused." I don’t consider this kind of thing an isolated incident.
Christopher Moraff, AlterNet. February 26, 2009. Three former Atlanta police officers were sentenced for shooting Kathryn Johnston and attempting to cover up their cruel acts.
Lisa Derrick, Firedoglake AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. February 8, 2009. He was charged with two counts of damage to property, i.e. graffiti--the art form for which he is best known.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. January 13, 2009. Here are two stories about the torture of teenagers by police with tasers ... one of whom died.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. December 26, 2008. Finally, someone has written a thoughtful argument against tasers in a mainstream newspaper. But for some it is too little too late.
Jill Filipovic, Feministe AlterNet: PEEK. December 21, 2008. The girl was innocent and did not even fit the description of the alleged criminal the police were looking for.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. December 10, 2008. In Oklahoma, a driver goes into severe diabetic shock, but instead of getting help, he's tasered and then handcuffed.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 28, 2008. A lawyer was stunned with a Taser twice this afternoon after he became upset at a Tampa Code Enforcement Board meeting
Michael M. Hughes, Baltimore City Paper. November 14, 2008. On a night of historic celebration, Baltimore city police arrested revelers without cause or provocation.
Diego Graglia, Feet in 2 Worlds AlterNet: Immigration. October 7, 2008. From the east coast to the west coast reporters are covering America's dysfunctional immigration enforcement policies.
ZP Heller, The Nation AlterNet: Video. September 16, 2008. The Rage Against the Machine guitarist recounts his raucous RNC protest and explains his inspiration for melding politics and popular music.
