Axon Partners With a Public Hospital to Re-brand Stun Guns as Lifesaving Devices
By MassPrivateI Last month, an article in the Star Tribune revealed a disturbing partnership between Axon Enterprise Inc. (Taser) and a public hospital. For 14…
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Police Seized My Clients’ Children Because They Homeschooled. Last Week a Court Ruled It Was OK
By Robert Clarke The Wunderlich family wanted to do what thousands of families in America do with no questions asked: educate their children at home….
Pennsylvanians Should Know How The State Police Is Monitoring Social Media
By Andrew Christy, Criminal Justice and Poverty Attorney, ACLU of Pennsylvania “Sunshine is the best disinfectant.” That’s a line that is used so much that…
“The Punisher” Creator Blasts Cops for Using Logo, Says It Represents “Failure” of Law Enforcement
By Matt Agorist The man behind the comic book anti-hero, The Punisher, recently gave an interview to SYFY.com in which he put police on blast for continuing…
U.S. Government Using Amazon’s Facial Recognition Technology
Activist Post Editor’s Note: Despite the many warnings about the increased privacy invasion from this technology, as well as evidence showing that it is far…
Watch Good Cop Honor Oath to Constitution — Stops Bad Cop Who’s Tasing a Man for His Free Speech
By Matt Agorist Commerce City, CO — Freedom of speech, in the land of the free, is not guaranteed. Despite the wording of the First…
Bipartisan Support for Gun Confiscation Is Growing
By José Niño Is gun confiscation coming to Congress? The 2018 midterm elections produced a split Congress with Democrats gaining control of the House and Republicans gaining…
Handcuffed for Homeschooling? Paperwork Dispute Gets Ugly
By Jennifer Lade A school system in Massachusetts is proving to be malicious, incompetent, or maybe both. Of course, we suspected that already. But the…
To “Celebrate” Christmas, Police Forcibly Remove City’s Entire Homeless Population
By Matt Agorist Honolulu, HI — To “celebrate” Christmas Eve, the Waikiki Police Department is planning to remove all of the city’s homeless population in…
2018: The Year Public Watchlists Became Commonplace
By MassPrivateI A few months ago I called 2018 the “Rise of Spying Transit Police,” but after looking through my archives, I noticed a more…
Game Changer: French Police to Join Yellow Vests After Finding Out Gov’t is Ripping Them Off Too
By Matt Agorist As the “gilets jaunes” or “yellow vests” protests continue to take place across France, the government has been slowly acquiescing to the…
Cambridge, MA Joins Growing Ranks of Cities Requiring Civilian Control of Police Surveillance Tech
By Shahid Buttar Last week, the City of Cambridge, MA became at least the tenth local jurisdiction in the U.S. to adopt a crucial measure…
Child Handcuffed, Arrested and Thrown in Jail for Missing Too Many Days of School
By Jack Burns Muskogee County residents, whose school-aged children accrue four absences over a four-week period of time, get a ticket from police and have…
Hundreds of Police Departments Have Secretly Created Public Safety Watchlists
By MassPrivateI To everyone who thinks secret watchlists are nothing more than a conspiracy theory, I give you law enforcement’s secret public safety watchlists. The…