Posted on 08 February 2011. Tags: Arson, California, Flashbang grenades, Greenfield CA, Homicide, Rad Geek, SWAT
[The following post was written by Charles "Rad Geek" Johnson with reference to an article I published last month titled "Burning down the house." It was originally published at Rad Geek People's Daily on January 28th. Rad Geek is a Las Vegas-based software developer and libertarian activist who frequently comments about police brutality and cop [...]
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Posted on 19 June 2010. Tags: Alcohol, Double Standard, Homicide, Rad Geek
Q.: When does a government police officer who shot and killed an unarmed man actually get arrested and promptly charged with first-degree murder, within a week of the shooting? Stumped? Click here for the answer.
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Posted on 19 June 2010. Tags: Double Standard, Georgia, Homophobia, Rad Geek, Savanna GA
Two American soldiers beat a gay man unconscious for winking at them. The police decided to charge them with a misdemeanor instead of a felony. I guess tax-subsidized thugs look out for tax-subsidized thugs. Get more info and some spot-on analysis from Rad Geek here.
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Posted on 29 April 2010. Tags: Cato Institute, Civil asset forfeiture, Drug war, Homicide, Psychology, Rad Geek, Radley Balko, Reckless driving, SWAT
Here’s an excerpt from an interesting USA TODAY article discussing the dangers of high-speed police chases: Innocent bystanders account for one-third of those who are killed in high-speed police chases, a USA TODAY review has found. The deaths have several communities around the USA wrestling with whether to restrict pursuits only to suspects in violent [...]
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