A police state is one in which the government exercises rigid and repressive controls over the social, economic and political life of the population. A police state typically exhibits elements of totalitarianism and social control, and there is usually little or no distinction between the law and the exercise of political power by the executive.
The inhabitants of a police state experience restrictions on their mobility, and on their freedom to express or communicate political or other views, which are subject to police monitoring or enforcement. Political control may be exerted by means of a secret police force which operates outside the boundaries normally imposed by a constitutional state.
Many police officers are asking the question: if prohibition didn’t work for alcohol, why are we in denial about it working for other things? LEAP is a major initiative now, and gaining steam.
Tennessee Law Enforcement is using the laws of civil forfeiture to steal cash from motorists without charging them with a crime.
Owen Myles is being censored by Google, for posting a video to YouTube, depicting US soldiers acting inappropriately.
See how CBS/CNET ignited the widespread use of Internet Piracy.
Since the pilot program began in 2004, hundreds of high-tech, license-plate-reading cameras have been deployed in the District of Columbia area that can archive and “pinpoint people’s movements all over town.”
The U.S. military can see you breathing on the other side of that wall. It can even see your heartbeat racing while you crouch behind the door. But if you think running farther away or hiding in a crowd will make you invisible to the Defense Department’s sensors, you might be in for a surprise.
Prolonged detention confirmed by the president. I guess the Fourth Amendment is out the window.
What will we say when the government announces that “for security reasons” it will begin conducting random checks of our homes? That we will be required by law to open our doors and stand aside while government agents do a walk-through, just to “be sure” and (of course) “to keep us safe”?
What if there weren’t any real terrorists threatening America and the whole thing was just made up to justify a military agenda?
Local and state police agencies want their own spy drones. This might not seem like a big deal, until you read about what these drones can do, and how they will end personal privacy.
