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It happened in the Peoples Republic of California

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Police Officers Kicks Down Door, No Warrant, No Probable Cause,Tazes Occupant Filming

5/19/2013

This happened in Cotati, California. Watch how the police break down this mans door and taser him nearly to death.

Police State America. What can be done about these actions by the police?

It is clear the man filming was not a threat, yet he is still abused by these officers.

How did America come to be a police state where citizens have no rights?

U.S. Internal Revenue Service Snooping Emails And Social Media Without Warrant

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4/24/2013

by Clarence Walker

Americans have a big problem with the IRS (Internal Revenue Service). If anyone discuss the filing of tax return in their emails the IRS may be monitoring what you say to see if you may be trying to cheat on taxes, committing money laundering or sending non-reported funds to tax havens.

Americans are under siege by questionable U.S. government surveillance tactics, tactics that pry into people’s daily life even when no crime may have occurred. In the past FBI and DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) have used warrantless GPS tracking devices to [...]

Are Feds really “Going Dark” With Apple’s iMessage or other Cell Phone and Social Media Technologies?

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Feds “Going Dark” With Cell Phone Technology: DEA Miffed That Apple’s iMESSAGE System Forbids Access To Drug Dealers Text Messages….But Doesn’t Reveal How Easy To Obtain The Same Data With a Warrant.

4/13/2013

by Clarence Walker

When DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) publicly announced in a detailed memo sent to CNET, explaining how during an investigation they were unable to access the messages of drug dealers using the Apple iMessage system automatically built into a Verizon cell phone the riveting news triggered a media frenzy. News stories nationwide highlighted the effectiveness of Apple’s encryption protection from privacy invaders, [...]

6 arrested in Montgomery Co. drug bust thanks to new law

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4/05/2013

Norristown – April 8, 2013 (WPVI) — A man called a ‘notorious’ drug dealer and five other people were arrested following an investigation helped along by a new wiretap law, the Montgomery County District Attorney announced on Monday.

Ryan Gavlick, aka “Paul Wall,” was the initial target of the marijuana distribution operation, D.A. Risa Vetri Ferman said. Related Content

Investigators say they have been playing “cat-and-mouse” with the 26-year-old Gavlick for eight years. He’s been able to game the system, authorities say, spending very little time in prison despite seven arrests.

Ferman said Gavlick was brought [...]

StingRay: Feds’ New Cell Phone Spying Device Raising Privacy Concerns

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4/05/2013

by Clarence Walker / Stop the Drug War

Blocked by a Supreme Court decision from using GPS tracking devices without a warrant, federal investigators and other law enforcement agencies are turning to a new, more powerful and more threatening technology in their bid to spy more freely on those they suspect of drug crimes. That’s leading civil libertarians, electronic privacy advocates, and even some federal judges to raise the alarm about a new surveillance technology whose use has yet to be taken up definitively by the federal courts.

The new surveillance technology is the StingRay (also [...]

US Supreme Court Limits Front Door Drug Dog Sniffs

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3/31/2013

by Phillip Smith / Federal Courts News

The US Supreme Court Tuesday ruled that a drug dog’s sniff of a residence’s front door is a search under the meaning of the Fourth Amendment and that police must therefore obtain a search warrant before unleashing the hounds. The case was Florida v. Jardines.

While the high court has previously ruled that drug dog sniffs of vehicles stopped on the highway, packages at shipping centers, or luggage at airports do not constitute a search under the Fourth, it sets a higher standard for people’s homes. When it comes to [...]

Can the DEA Hide a Surveillance Camera on Your Land?

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3/16/2013

by Clarence Walker / Drug War Chronicle

Acting on a tip, DEA agents went on rural property without a warrant, set up surveillance cameras, and used the evidence obtained to get a search warrant and convict the property owners for growing marijuana. And a US district court judge said that was okay. Is it?

A case that began with reports of suspicious activity in northeast Wisconsin forest land last spring may be headed for the US Supreme Court. That’s because a US district court judge ruled in the case last fall that it was okay for [...]