Freedom Watch • A Year in Prison for Criticizing Police; Police Kill Unarmed Naked Teen; Flashing Headlights To Warn Drivers MIGHT Be Protected Speech

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WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES D Is for a Dictatorship Disguised as a Democracy Predator Cops, Guilty of Sex Crimes Against Women and Children, Are a Menace to Society The Essence of Evil: Sex with Children Has Become Big Business in America

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES Man Faces a Year in Prison for Criticizing Police Gov’t Officials Arrest Disabled Veteran for Buying Canned Iced Tea, Bug Spray Napping Not Allowed: Ban on Sleeping in Cars Could Allow Police to Seize Car Occupants, Vehicles and Carry Out Warrantless Searches

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IN THE COURTS The Supreme Court’s Majority Defends the Death Penalty Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Gun Questions During Traffic Stops Federal Judge Sides With Federal Government, Rules Mass Surveillance Can Remain Secret Massachusetts Judge Says ATF Can Apply A Suspect’s Fingerprints To Unlock An IPhone Federal Judge Says Flashing Headlights To Warn Drivers Of Hidden Cops MIGHT Be Protected Speech

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AMERICAN POLICE STATE WATCH: Woman Goes Off on Montana Cops who Walked in Her Home Without a Warrant Police In Oklahoma Kill Unarmed Naked Teen Victims Say Domestic Abuse by Police Officers Goes Unpunished The Growth of the American Police State

AMERICA AT WAR US and China Account for Almost Half of World’s Military Spending

BEHIND BARS John Kelly Joins Board of Company Operating Largest Shelter for Unaccompanied Migrant Children People in Alabama Prisons Are Shackled to Buckets for Days on End

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NATIONAL SECURITY US Searches of Phones, Laptops at Airports Rising Monthly Arrests at U.S.-Mexico Border Top 100,000

GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION Police Officers Outran Misconduct, Felonies and Became Police Chiefs Former Cop Sentenced to 9 Years for Selling Drugs Stolen by Corrupt Police Squad

WAR ON KIDS, FAMILY Mother Arrested for Letting Child Take Lyft to School A 9-Year-Old Boy Was Handcuffed. How Many Other Children Have Been? After a False Accusation, Police and Child Services Forced a Family Apart for 7 Months Man Who Kept Girl In Dog Cage, Sexually Assaulted Her Won’t Serve Prison Time You Apparently Can’t Win A Drug War Without Sexually Abusing Kids And Murdering Parents Arizona’s Department Of Child Safety Has A Pattern Of Sending SWAT Teams For ‘Medical Kidnapping’

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY Amazon’s Facial-Recognition Technology Is Supercharging Local Police Uber To Track Drivers And Passengers In Real-Time Using RapidSOS App

FREE SPEECH Facebook Bans Far-Right Leaders for Being ‘Dangerous’ Offended By What Someone Said? Now You Can Report Them To Law Enforcement Florida Man Arrested After Refusing to Remove Obscene Sticker From Window

TECHNOLOGY Robots Edge Closer to Unloading Trucks in Amazon-Era Milestone

ECONOMY Wealthy Elites Freak Out As Homeless Hordes Take Over West Coast Neighborhoods

RESISTANCE Family Separation Protests Surveilled by Private Firm for DHS

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WAR ON KIDS, FAMILY Doctor Reveals Dangerous Content In YouTube Kids Videos Thousands of Migrant Children Report They Were Sexually Assaulted in U.S. Custody Filmmaker Documented Abuses in CPS and Children Murdered under State Custody Is Scared Straight Program Child Abuse?

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY The Microphones That May Be Hidden in Your Home Those Health Apps Send Your Biometric Data Straight to Facebook The Cellebrite and Its Threat to Your Constitutional Rights Digital Drivers Licenses and Smartphones Will Be Searched by Police Police in Canada Are Tracking People’s ‘Negative’ Behavior In a ‘Risk’ Database

ASSET FORFEITURE Michigan May Stop Police From Seizing Property Without Getting a Conviction First