Authoritarians and activists both operate on a fatal premise, which is that vengeance is justice. Vengeance culture permeates every aspect of American life these days. The solution to every problem comes down to making someone pay! From the wretched legal institutions that are focused entirely on punishment rather than reform, to those who protest those institutions […]
Half Of U.S. Adults Already In Facial Recognition Database Study Shows
A new study conducted by Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy and Technology shows that half of all U.S. adults are already in a facial recognition database accessible by police. According to the study, many adults are in some sort of facial recognition database because at least 26 states share their Department of Motor Vehicles databases with […]
Federal Judge Richard Posner Sees No Value in Studying “Outdated” Constitution
According to Judge Richard Posner, of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the “eighteenth-century guys” responsible for writing the Constitution could never have foreseen modern culture and technology. Therefore, in his eyes, it’s just a waste of time for judges to study the Constitution and the history behind it, since it’s irrelevant to today. Those […]
Can CopBlockers Lead Alternative to Police Monopoly?
Buckminster Fuller, perhaps most well-known as the popularizer of the geodesic dome, sought to understand “the principles governing the universe and help advance the evolution of humanity in accordance with them.” A lofty goal to be sure, but perhaps not so beyond reach as one may think. I’d proffer that you would rather sell a […]
Feds Making Thousands Of Augmented Reality Surveillance Flights Across US
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Homeland Security have been running thousands of surveillance missions employing cellphone tracking and augmented reality technologies over US cities. According to a new investigation by BuzzFeed News that collected flight data logged by planes registered with the two agencies from the public tracking service, FlightRadar24, over 3,500 […]
Abolish Police & the State – The Ideas That Will Replace Them
In my last two articles in this series I discussed the reasons that the police state must be abolished and why. Accountability Is Futile – Abolish the Police The Police State Is Slavery – Abolition, Not Reform, Is the Only Solution In this article I will discuss the emerging paradigms that will replace these institutions […]
Police to Receive X-Ray Glasses, Identify Suspects Through Walls
Police are Receiving X-Ray Glasses to Identify Suspects Through Walls The Rundown Live Say goodbye to privacy in the comfort of your own home as local police will soon be acquiring what is being dubbed the “Robocop Headset” giving users incredible advantages in tactical situations. Golden-i 3.8, the headset that will allow police to have […]
“Y-Stop” Police Accountability App Launches in UK
*Originally posted at ANTIMEDIA by Michaela Whitton November 4, 2015 United Kingdom — An app recently launched in the U.K. enables people stopped and searched by police to capture incriminating footage and report the experience instantly. Designed to hold police officers to account, the new Y-Stop app was developed by two U.K. groups: Release, which […]
I Am A Keyboard Warrior Against the Police State and Proud of It
Nary an earthly rotation occurs whence the titular designation ‘keyboard warrior’ is not thrust upon yours truly by some poor, confused meathead living in a bygone era. Woven within this accusatory label is the highly illogical inference that the systems of communication technologies are not a valid method of creating and affecting positive change in […]
Military Facial Recognition Tech Now In The Hands Of Local Police
According to a new New York Times report, facial recognition software utilized by intelligence agencies and the military is currently being imported from places like Iraq and Afghanistan to local United States police departments. Originally utilized to identify terrorists, the Times reports, the technology has currently been adopted by dozens of police departments around the […]
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