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These deaths continue to happen, but as cops only get put on paid administrative leave for killing people, there’s probably no end in sight.  A young Chicago man who happens to be the son of a retired police officer was tasered by a cop after he ignored warnings to stop fighting.  Certainly the young man should have heeded the warnings, but when did the penalty for ignoring a cop become incapacitating electric shocks and/or death?  As cops get lazier and continue to rely on tasings, more people continue to die.  It’s a tragedy that’s easily preventable; cops were successful in apprehending people long before tasers were invented.

While on the campaign trail (he’s since quit the race), ex-Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney held up his health-care reform efforts in Massachusetts as an example of what the rest of the country could do if only they tried.  Well, it turns out that his system might not be so good after all, what with the costs of the program soaring.

While his comments praising the Columbine killers were certainly objectionable, one of the most paramount functions of the First Amendment is the ability to guarantee that even speech that’s not liked is protected.  His opponents are claiming that he was inciting violence (which courts have ruled is speech that’s not protected), which anyone reading the story can clearly see isn’t the case.

Under the guise of “preventing dangerous car chases”, GM is now planning to add remote stopping capabilities to 1.6 million 2009 vehicles. The idea (which the police are apparently very excited about) is that when a car is stolen, the owner will report it, and then when a police officer spots the vehicle, they can contact OnStar to have the vehicle brought to a stop. The driver (in this case a presumed felon) will only lose the ability to accelerate, and all other functions of the car will continue to work. (Read on for why I think it’s a bad idea and get a video link of the technology in action.) Read more

Apparently, in Orlando Florida, it’s against the law to feed the homeless. One group, “Food Not Bombs” continues to do that, and one of their members is now going to go to trial for feeding the homeless during what they’re terming a “ladle-fest” (thereby eschewing “protest”).
That such a law exists says a lot about our country today - acts of charity are now against the law in Orlando, Florida!

Two people who sprinkled flour in a parking lot to mark a trail for their offbeat running club inadvertently caused a bioterrorism scare and now face a felony charge.

The sprinkled powder forced hundreds to evacuate an IKEA furniture store Thursday.

New Haven ophthalmologist Daniel Salchow, 36, and his sister, Dorothee, 31, who is visiting from Hamburg, Germany, were both charged with first-degree breach of peace, a felony.

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The second amendment is still alive and well, at least in New Hampshire. Dave Ridley was on his way to a Porcupine (Free State) Meeting, when he was stopped by a NH Department of Public Safety officer. Dave was stopped because Read more

A Federal judge has issued a permanent injunction against a California law that labels violent video games and bars them from being sold to minors. While a win for free speech Read more

California has had hackers attempt to break the security on their e-voting machines in order to test how reliable they would be, and therefore, the trustworthiness of the resultant votes. They all failed.

If you live in Illinois, and send a fax to your Senator indicating that you’re opposed to his new gun control legislation, you may get a visit from the Illinois State Police. And this isn’t a case where there were threats made; the Illinois State Rifle Association has examined the faxes in question, and found them to be non-threatening. It is investigating further why the police were involved at all.

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