The police and the abuse of power

This is a living post – to be updated continually as I find interesting abuses of power by our so called “peace keepers”:

Citizen arrested for taking a picture of a police officer in his own home after unlawful entry:

http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/06/21/28235.htm

Apparently an officer no longer needs a radar gun to guess your speed – his eyes are enough:

http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2010/06/police_officers_visual_estimat.html

The growing unrest over citizens with cameras filming “peace officers”

http://gizmodo.com/5553765/are-cameras-the-new-guns

62 year old woman falsely arrested for asking “Why” when told to move:

http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/woman-61-arrested-for-309285.html?cxtype=rss_news_128746

4 year old boy told to remove his leg braces by TSA officer:

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/84368492.html

Biker arrested after the fact for video taping plain clothes officer

http://carlosmiller.com/2010/04/16/maryland-motorcyclist-spends-26-hours-in-jail-on-wiretapping-charge-for-filming-cop-with-gun/

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~ by JayZee on April 27, 2010.

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