Police State

Escalating the war on the internet, David Cameron accuses internet companies of harboring terrorists.

Cleveland police say the toy gun held by the 12 year old boy they killed was indistinguishable from a real one. This is immaterial. If he had been holding a real gun, they shouldn't have killed him. They should have disarmed him. By all accounts, the boy threatened nobody after police arrived.

Accused Boston Marathon bombers have been slimed and the jury pool tainted by claims the older brother killed somebody else, but the government won't allow the younger brother's lawyers access to information about that case.

FAA closes air space over Ferguson again to prevent news helicopters from reporting.

German government discovers a backdoor for NSA into Windows 8.

Private sector security has succeeded in Ferguson where government has failed.

Ferguson police allowed the rioters to burn private sector buildings while protecting government buildings.

On corrupt police practices in Ferguson and most likely everywhere else.

"The most important details in Darren Wilson’s grand jury testimony come on pages 77-78 of the transcript. Asked if he had filled out an incident report on the shooting, Wilson explained that the “protocol” in such cases is to “contact your FOP [Fraternal Order of Police] representative and he will advise you of what to do step by step.”
When asked if he had committed his recollections to paper in a diary or journal, Wilson replied: “My statement has been written for my attorney.”
“And that’s between you and your attorney, then?” asked the exceptionally helpful prosecutor, who received an affirmative reply.
“So no one has asked you to write out a statement?” the assistant DA persisted.
“No, they haven’t,” Wilson acknowledged.
Like anybody else suspected of a crime, Wilson was presumed innocent and could not be forced to incriminate himself. Unlike a Mundane suspected of homicide, however, Wilson was given the luxury of crafting his story to fit subsequent disclosures, in consultation with a police union attorney who added the necessary melodramatic flourishes."

It's good to be the king's guard.

Killer cop says the right thing.

"Wilson told ABC News that he did not execute Brown on August 9 but was in fear for his life and was just doing his job. "

Drudge says he said something else, but it isn't in the article.

"'Did what was trained to do'..."

That must have been edited out of the article because that makes him sound guilty.

"Wilson told ABC News that Brown reached into his car and grabbed his gun."

This part doesn't sound credible. Cops are trained in weapon retention, and the cop had the car as a barrier.

This rioting was planned.

It's ironic that most of the businesses destroyed in Ferguson were owned by minorities. I don't understand why rioters attack private business owners instead of the government they are protesting. Maybe they know the government will more likely kill them.