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Madness: Even School Children Are Being Pepper-Sprayed and Shocked with Tasers | Civil Liberties. December 21, 2011 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. There is something truly disturbing about a society that seeks to control the behavior of schoolchildren through fear and violence, a tactic that harkens back to an era of paddle-bruised behinds and ruler-slapped wrists. The deployment of Tasers against “problem” students coincides with the introduction of police officers on school campuses, also known as School Resource Officers (SROs). As far back as 1988, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, National Congress of Parents and Teachers, American Medical Association, National Education Association, American Bar Association, and American Academy of Pediatrics recognized that inflicting pain and fear upon disobedient children is far more harmful than helpful.
Torturing Kids Into Compliance The officers then “kneed him in the back and neck while he was on the ground.”
Operation Sno_OP. Nazi_USA_Tactics. #NDAA Detention Without Trial. Drone_Arrest. #SOPA. US Mexico Border. Saps1867s_20111117. Twitter IDs for senators who voted for/against S1867 Defense. IMPORTANT MUST WATCH! LEAKED PENTAGON BRIEFING! ;P. US Supreme Court Could Soon Allow Police To Monitor the Movements of Smartphone Users Without a Warrant. Smartphones are great. They do a bunch of stuff like browsing the web, managing bank accounts and throwing angry birds at things. They can also do another thing that is not so cool: Constantly monitor your movements at any given time. Sure, location services can still be turned off on smartphones but most people don’t bother because, for one, they want to be able to find their expensive phone if they ever lose it. Lawmakers are currently taking advantage of these powerful devices along with a general “relaxed” attitude towards privacy by creating extremely intrusive laws. The US Supreme Court could soon allow police to monitor the movements of US mobile phone users without a warrant.
How much privacy can smartphone owners expect? MPs call for tougher personal data abuse laws. 27 October 2011Last updated at 15:57 Data protection laws allow people to know what information is held on them Courts should have the power to jail people who breach the Data Protection Act, MPs on the justice select committee have said. They say fines - usually about £150 per breach - are an "inadequate" deterrent when the financial rewards for wrongdoing can be considerable. Their report also warns the information commissioner lacks the powers to fully investigate personal data abuses. The government said the issue of prison sentences would be kept under review. 'Great harm' Sir Alan Beith, the Lib Dem chairman of the justice committee, said using deception to obtain personal information - known as blagging - or selling it on without permission, were "serious offences that can cause great harm".
"Magistrates and judges need to be able to hand out custodial sentences when serious misuses of personal information come to light," he said. Press behaviour "We need action, not more words.
NYPD Disorder Control Unit Holds 'Mobilization Exercise' In Wake Of London Riots. Police procedures leaked for getting into Facebook, other accounts | Privacy Inc. Confidential guidelines telling police how to access Facebook, Microsoft, Blizzard, and AOL user accounts have appeared online this week. The files, known colloquially as law enforcement guidelines, typically tell police what types of user data are stored, how long they're retained, and what procedures to use to gain access to them.
A few types of requests--for e-mail less than 180 days old, for instance--tend to require search warrants. In general, basic subscriber information can be disclosed with a subpoena, and a court order is required for more extensive information (whether that's sufficient is the subject of ongoing litigation in the Twitter-WikiLeaks case). Here are some highlights from each company's policies: Blizzard: Logs of Internet Protocol addresses are kept "indefinitely," according to the company behind World of Warcraft. Sent mail is not retained. The AOL, Blizzard, and Microsoft manuals were leaked as part of a recent data dump from Anonymous.
The Bionic Kitty. Fake terror plots, paid informants: the tactics of FBI 'entrapment' revealed | World news. David Williams did not have an easy life. He moved to Newburgh, a gritty, impoverished town on the banks of the Hudson an hour or so north of New York, at just 10 years old. For a young, black American boy with a father in jail, trouble was everywhere. Williams also made bad choices.
He ended up going to jail for dealing drugs. When he came out in 2007 he tried to go straight, but money was tight and his brother, Lord, needed cash for a liver transplant. Life is hard in Newburgh if you are poor, have a drug rap and need cash quickly. His aunt, Alicia McWilliams, was honest about the tough streets her nephew was dealing with. Even more shocking was that the organisation, money, weapons and motivation for this plot did not come from real Islamic terrorists.
Lawyers for the so-called Newburgh Four have now launched an appeal that will be held early next year. Some experts agree. But the issue is one that stretches far beyond Newburgh. Another "entrapment" case is on the radar too. Police arrest Chapel Hill 'Occupy' protesters - Local. By Katelyn Ferral and Mark Schultz — kferral@newsobserver.com, mschultz@newsobserver.com CHAPEL HILL — A police tactical team of more than 25 police officers arrested eight demonstrators Sunday afternoon and charged them with breaking and entering for occupying a vacant car dealership on Franklin Street.
Officers brandishing guns and semi-automatic rifles rushed the building at about 4:30 p.m. They pointed weapons at those standing outside, and ordered them to put their faces on the ground. They surrounded the building and cleared out those who were inside. About 13 people, including a New & Observer staff writer covering the demonstration, were forced to the ground and hand-cuffed. Those who had been outside of the building at the time of the arrests - including N&O staffer Katelyn Ferral - were detained and then let go after their pictures were taken.
"This weekend a group of protesters broke into and entered a privately owned building in downtown Chapel Hill. ... IntelliStreets. Intellistreets has designed patented and manufactured electronic modules (ECM) that may be embedded or attached to almost any form of structure or luminaire. Rated for both indoor and outdoor use, the ECM has an array of features that are designed to control and report status of digital lighting systems.
Unique in the world, Intellistreets is also enabled with an audio amplifier, digital sign output, relay closures and sensor inputs/outputs. System Components Intellistreets control unit (ECM) Dual Radio System Input ECM power supply (90-277V) LED power supply (provided by Light Manufacturer) PWM LED dimming control 0-10 LED dimming control DMX lighting control Intellistreet 5" audio driver Blue button emergency system LED Intensity & ambient light sensors Main input power (90-277v 50/60hz) Optional Features Controlled Power Outlet DMX Controlled floodlight Digital Banner Digital Street Sign Cameras Environmental Sensors. New Street Lights To Have “Homeland Security” Applications.
High-tech system to include speakers, video surveillance, emergency alerts Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Wednesday, October 26, 2011 UPDATE: Presumably in response to this article being linked on the Drudge Report, the company behind ‘Intellistreets’, Illuminating Concepts, has now pulled the video from You Tube entirely, presumably nervous about the negative publicity that could be generated from concerns about street lights being used for “Homeland Security” purposes – their words, not ours. We have added an alternative version of the clip below, but it may be subject to removal at any time. The video is still available on the company’s website. RELATED: Promo Video For DHS-Backed ‘Spy Street Lights’ Pulled From You Tube New street lights that include “Homeland Security” applications including speaker systems, motion sensors and video surveillance are now being rolled out with the aid of government funding.
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