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IFJ and EFJ oppose media restrictions in the newly-enacted Spanish Public Security Law2015-07-06
International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its regional organisation, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), have joined their Spanish affiliates FAPE, FESP, FSC-CC.OO. and ELA-Gizal...
Israeli soldiers disguised as photojournalists endanger journalists' lives, says MADA2009-10-16
Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA)
The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) expresses concern over the Israeli occupation forces disguising themselves as photojournalists in the middle of Palestinian protesters.
Journalist's home searched, confidentiality of sources threatened2012-03-19
Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders is stunned and alarmed to learn that police raided the home of Montreal reporter Eric-Yvan Lemay, taking his finger prints, his computer and the clothes he wore while visitin...
New Street-Level Surveillance Project Tracks Spying Technologies Used by Local Law Enforcement 2015-08-09
Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFF Web Portal Provides In-Depth Resources About License Plate Readers, Biometric Collection, and Other High-Tech Surveillance Tools.
No Reason for Force Applied to UWO Student by Police2009-10-16
Omar Ha-Redeye
Members of the legal community at UWO have also raised issue with an incident of forcible arrest on the campus.
Press Conference: First Hand Accounts of Mass Arrests and Intimidation in Toronto2010-06-28
Alternative Media Centre, Toronto Community Mobilization Network, Movement
The Alternative Media Centre, Toronto Community Mobilization Network and Movement Defence Committee will hold a joint press conference to present first hand accounts of the events that have been takin...
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Absurd charges brought against reporters covering Occupy Wall Street movementArticle
2011
Reporters without Borders
Journalists covering the Occupy Wall Street movement’s protests and marches are not only exposed to police brutality but also to a sort of judicial lottery when detained. The situation varies from sta...
Agent provocateurConnexipedia Article
Article
A person employed by the police or other entity to act undercover to entice or provoke another person to commit an illegal act.
Amid the Tumult in DurhamReavis, Dick J.
Article
2017
CounterPunch
Peter Gilbert (a rights attorney) and his wife Elena Everett,a non-profit organizer, had their house searched by Sheriff's officers in Durham when nobody was at home. It had to do with a demonstratio...
Anti-Capitalist Demonstration of May 1, 2013 in MontrealJournée des Travailleurs et Travailleuses: Manifestation Anti-Capitaliste
Film/Video
2013
CUTV
Montreal 2013: police state. Montreal's municipal goverment passes a bylaw that suspends the right of citizens to assemble unless they have received advance permission from police. Citizens who assert...
Big Oil's Chokehold on Canadian DemocracyDobbin, Murray
Article
2014
CounterPunch
The fight against Big Oil corporatism may be the most important one you ever support.
The Central Park Five - reviewAgainst The Current vol. 162
S., George
Article
2013
Against The Current
A review of 'The Central Park Five', a documentary by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon.
Cops Are Now Less Cautious Than Soldiers In IraqShooting Mirian Carey
Carp, Jonathan
Article
2013
CounterPunch
Police militarization is a hot topic lately, but American police are beyond anything contemplated by the American military. American police today appear unwilling to accept any risk whatsoever and see...
Even the FBI Agrees: When Undercover Agents Pose as Journalists, It Hurts Real Journalists' WorkAaronson, Trevor
Article
2018
The Intercept
The FBI doesn't want the public to know more about how its agents pose as journalists during undercover investigations.The government acknowledged in a court filing that FBI agents who pretend to be j...
40 Reasons Our Jails and Prisons Are Full of Black and Poor PeopleIt's Not Just About Crime!
Quigley, Bill
Article
2015
CounterPunch
Quigley provides a list of reasons why the majority of prisoners in US jails are Black and poor people.
Handcuffed and herded My big Alpine adventure with Switzerland's police
Clark, Andrew
Article
2011
The Guardian
A journalist at the World Economic Forum Summit is detained and intimidated along with protestors by Swiss police.
How California police are tracking your biometric data in the fieldAgencies are using mobile fingerprint scanners, tattoo and facial recognition software
Brown, J Pat; Maass, Dave
Article
2015
EFF and MuckRock
EFF and MuckRock got together to reveal how state and local law enforcement agencies are using mobile biometric technology in the field by filing public records requests around the country. Thousands ...
How "Hate Crimes Against Police" Expose the Fatal Flaw Within Hate Crime Statutes Cantú, Aaron
Article
2015
truthout
Hate crime legislation lent legitimacy to a 40-year carceral program that has wrought immense damage on communities of colour. In an ironic twist, the police - who've been the main enforcers of this p...
Huge Pipeline Company Kinder Morgan Hired Off-Duty Cops to 'Deter Protests' in PennsylvaniaBrown, Alleen
Article
2015
The Intercept
Kinder Morgan, the self-proclaimed "largest energy infrastructure company in North America," paid $50,000 for off-duty police officers from a Pennsylvania department to patrol a controversial gas pipe...
IFJ and EFJ oppose media restrictions in the newly-enacted Spanish Public Security LawSources News Release
Article
2015
International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its regional organisation, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), have joined their Spanish affiliates FAPE, FESP, FSC-CC.OO. and ELA-Gizal...
Israeli soldiers disguised as photojournalists endanger journalists' lives, says MADASources News Release
Article
2009
Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA)
The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) expresses concern over the Israeli occupation forces disguising themselves as photojournalists in the middle of Palestinian protesters.
Kurt Vonnegut and the American Police StateJust Say "Hi-Ho!" as They Strip Search You
Lindorff, Dave
Article
2012
CounterPunch
The country seems to have crossed over a dark threshold. We are now a police state in all but name. Cops and wannabe cops are shooting innocent people and nothing gets done.
Madrid barrio expels 'racist' police patrolsJeering crowds chase away officers who try to detain immigrants
Tremlett, Giles
Article
2011
The Guardian
Community protests police practice of racial profiling: the protests have been dubbed the "indignant" movement.
Magnum force cops: 'If you're holding a hammer, everything looks like a nail'Article
2014
RT.com
US law enforcement is increasingly using military weapons for everyday tasks. Instead of hiding behind heavy armor, they should be building trust with the community, Peter Bibring, attorney for the AC...
Met police using surveillance system to monitor mobile phonesGallagher, Ryan; Syal, Rejeev
Article
2011
Guardian
Civil liberties group raises concerns over Met police purchase of technology to track public handsets over a targeted area.
Miners' strike: senior officer was 'appalled' at conduct of other policeTownsend, Mark
Article
2012
Guardian
A senior police officer breaks ranks to describe how he and others were "appalled" at the behaviour of colleagues during the 1984-85 miners' strike in the UK, as calls mount for a fresh inquiry into t...
Montreal spends $110,000 on private lawyers to fight challenge to anti-protest bylawThere's room for austerity around everything except repression
McSorley, Tim
Article
2014
Media Co-op
As the city of Montreal tightens its belt-buckle and is cutting budgets, two Montrealers who are challenging the city's regulations around demonstrations are questioning the amount of resources the ci...
No News is Not Good NewsCops Taping Protesters & Journalists
Lindorff, Dave
Article
2010
CounterPunch
If cops photograph and videotape protesters and journalists, it's news if it happens in China, but when it happens in the U.S., as it routinely does, the media are silent.
Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - July 2, 2016Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn, and Contempt for Democracy
Diemer, Ulli (ed.)
Article
2016
Connexions
Brexit, the British vote to leave the European Union, has thrown the political elites into turmoil and confusion. The referendum was supposed to be a safe political manoeuvre, a way to produce an appe...
Police actions in Ferguson, U.S. interfere with freedoms of assembly, pressHuman Rights Watch
Article
2015
IFEX
Though the majority of the Ferguson protests were peacful, the police still responded with overwhelming military force. Journalists were one of thier specific targets.
Police Broke Into Chelsea Manning's Home with Guns Drawn - in a 'Wellness Check'Lee, Micah; Speri, Speri
Article
2018
The Intercept
A video recording of a 'wellness check' by police in Maryland, USA, shows police officers arriving with weapons drawn. The incident sheds light on a very disturbing police procedure and whether law en...
Police log 'domestic extremists' and keep database on activistsForces survey and file details of peaceful protests and political activities
Lewis, Paul; Evans, Rob; Taylor, Matthew
Article
2009
The Guardian
'Domestic Extremists' are persons involved in political meetings and protests who are photographed and added to a national database by the UK police. This surveillance falls under the purview of "ter...
Political activists call for inquiry after revelations about undercover policeThompson, Tony
Article
2010
Guardian Weekly
Protest groups that were targeted by infiltrators plan legal action to obtain access to police files after disclosures by Officer A.
Quebecers' right to protest restricted after 2012 "Maple Spring" in CanadaCanadian Journalists for Free Expression
Article
2013
IFEX
In 2012, a massive student strike over tuition fee increases rocked Quebec and thousands took to the streets, marching in protest. In the aftermath, Montreal residents find that their ability to prote...
RCMP bombed oil site in 'dirty tricks' campaignArticle
1999
CBC
The Mounties bombed an oil installation as part of a dirty tricks campaign in their investigation into sabotage in the Alberta's oil patch.
The Return of COINTELPRO?Time to Target the Real Terrorists
McNamara, Tom
Article
2013
CounterPunch
The FBI was using its offices and agents across the country as early as August 2011 to engage in a massive surveillance scheme against Occupy Wall Street. The documents show a government agency at its...
Shedding light on the use of SWAT teamsBlako, Radley
Article
2014
Washington Post
A new bill in Utah that would require the state's police agencies to report statistics about how and how often they use their SWAT and tactical teams has just unanimously passed a committee in the sta...
SPP Agent Provocateur Cops Caught Red Handed Attempting To Incite ViolenceWatson, Steve
Article
2007
Infowars.net
Peaceful protestors at the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) summit in Montebello have captured sensational video of hired agent provocateurs attempting to incite rioting and turn the protest ...
State Law BreakersViolating the Law While Enforcing the Law
Carson, Kevin
Article
2013
CounterPunch
Police routinely break the law under the pretext of enforcing the law.
Stop-and-Frisk as a Policy of State Control Over Blacks and LatinosHobbes on Trial in New York City
Paul, Ari
Article
2013
Counter Punch
Nicholas Peart is one of the plaintiffs in the federal class action lawsuit against the New York Police Department’s policy of stop-and-frisk, where officers use their power to roam the streets and st...
10 Shocking Incidents of Police Brutality Caught on Tape Finally, a Reason to Like CCTV
Henderson, Clint
Article
2012
Counter Punch
The internet is full of videos exposing police officers’ use of excessive physical force when trying to apprehend or detain “potential criminals”. Every year in fact there seems to be an increase in Y...
UK police will soon start bagging people's heads during arrests Article
2016
RT
Metropolitan Police officers will soon be able to use specially designed bags, known as spit hoods, to cover suspects’ heads during arrests and in police stations. The mesh bags are used to restrain s...
Undercover Agents Infiltrated Tar Sands Resistance Camp to Break Up Planned ProtestTransCanada and Department of Homeland Security Keep Close Eye on Activists, FOIA Documents Reveal
Federman, Adam
Article
2013
Counter Punch
Law enforcement officials and TransCanad had been spying on a Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance training camp and were able to block some activists who had planned to block the gates at the company’s...
US has a new tool to control the massesNo one should want the state to have power to strip your clothes off. And yet that's what is happening, thanks to the supreme court
Wolf, Naomi
Article
2012
The Guardian
Denouncing a new US Supreme court ruling that allows police to strip search any person who is placed under arrest for any offence at any time. Wolf says this state sanctioned sexual humiliation is a t...
Violence and the Newspaper StrikeBernick, Thomas
Article
1997
Against the Current
To those who still allow their anti-union biases and their exposure to employer misinformation to cloud their perception of reality, I would pose the following question: If the employer and its suppor...
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