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Community between the anvil and the hammer
Police violence against African-American communities continues to be a commonplace feature of national life and must be seriously addressed. By Jay D. Jurie | The Rag Blog | July 7, 2015 The Black Panthers: Early proponents of Black Lives Matter … Continue reading
Muriel Kane : Austin Police Infiltrated Occupy Austin
Front page of Austin American-Statesman, Saturday, September 1, 2012. Image from Occupy Austin / Facebook. UPDATE: The Houston Chronicle reported on Sept. 5 that, according to Austin Assistant Police Chief David Carter, “High-ranking officials in the Austin Police Department had … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Police, Espionage, Muriel Kane, Occupy Austin, Occupy Movement, Police Tactics, Provocateurs, Raw Story
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Houston Pride : 2010 Parade is Horse of Different Color
Houston gay and lesbian community — and friends — stage a massive and joyous Pride Parade in the Montrose neighborhood, for the 31st straight year. Photos by Bill Maxey / The Rag Blog.(And the cops manage to hold their horses)Massive … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Maxey, Gay Pride, Houston, LGBT, Montrose, Police Tactics, Pride Parade
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FILM / ‘Harry Brown’ : Shallow Pastiche Mirrors the News
Michael Caine in Harry Brown.What is Harry Brown trying to tell us? It thrills and titillates without any socially redeeming value. It blames the kids on the streets for the drug war and ignores the manufacturing of violence happening in … Continue reading
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Tagged Ed Felien, Film, Jamaica, Michael Caine, Organized Crime, Police Tactics, Vigilante Justice, War on Drugs
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Greg Moses : The Cash Cops of Tenaha, Texas
Welcome to Tenaha! Photo by Exquisitely Bored in Nacogdoches / Flickr.Bizarre License on Highway 59: The Cash Cops of Tenaha By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / August 20, 2009 It was Friday of the last day of August, … Continue reading
The War on Drugs: Framing Suspects They’re Convinced Are Guilty Anyway
I have to ask, “How many times a week does this happen?” We watched a parade of trumped up terrorism charges fail in court in the years of hysteria following 9/11. Is there also a racist foundation to the hysteria … Continue reading
Police in Texas : Property Seizure called ‘Highway Piracy’
Beware all who enter here. Photo by MJW.Highway robbery on the open roads of Texas By Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog / February 11, 2009 See ‘Property seizure by police called “highway piracy,”‘ by Lisa Sandberg, Below. According to … Continue reading
Another Story of Police State Amerikkka: Plans for Economic Unrest
For cryin’ out loud, read what these clowns are planning. They are scared to death of their constituencies. And THAT scares me to death. First they trash the system, then they effectively scapegoat us for it having happened. What a … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Economic Crisis, Police Tactics, Political Protest
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Maryland State Police Spying: One Victim’s Story
The most telling fact concerning this story is that it appeared in the UK Guardian and on a quiet Web site for an environmental group in Seattle, Grist.org. This entire matter of the Maryland State Police spying has been routinely … Continue reading
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Tagged Environmental Groups, Police State, Police Tactics, War on Terror
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Mounted Cops Attack Protesters Led by Iraq Vets
Protesters at Hofstra University, site of the presidential debate, on Oct. 15. Photo by The West / College OTR. Around the time that Barack Obama and John McCain bent over backwards to show that they commiserated with the “hurtin’” middle … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-War Vets, IVAW, Peace Movement, Police Brutality, Police Tactics, Presidential Debates, Social Action
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Sarahcuda : Full Frontal Attack
‘For me, the heels are on, the gloves are off.’By Dana Milbank / October 7, 2008 FORT MYERS, Fla. — John McCain is collapsing in the polls in Florida and other swing states, but Sarah Palin, God bless her, has … Continue reading
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Tagged November Election, Obama Smear Campaign, Police Tactics, Sarah Palin
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New Media Targeted With Harassment, Arrests at RNC
Using horseback officers, police moved to cut off demonstrators during GOP convention in St. Paul. Photo by Nick Vlcek / City Pages.‘Dozens of journalists, photographers, bloggers and videomakers arrested in an orchestrated round up of independents covering the Republican National … Continue reading
