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Police surprised by citizen opposition to gun search program!

BOSTON, Massachusetts - March 25, 2008 - Boston police officials, surprised by intense opposition from residents, have significantly scaled back and delayed the start of a program that would allow officers to go into people's homes and search for guns without a warrant.

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Justices to weigh in on search and consent!

WASHINGTON - March 25, 2008 - When an unsuspecting drug dealer opens the door to a police informant masquerading as a customer, is he also opening the door for the police to come in and conduct a search of his home without a warrant?

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to answer that question, which has divided the lower federal courts.

Several federal circuits have adopted

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D.C. gun crackdown meets community resistance!

Police Ask Residents To Submit To Voluntary Searches

WASHINGTON - March 24, 2008 - A crackdown on guns is meeting some resistance in the District.

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Trial of three police officers accused of beating a man is set to begin!

AUSTIN, Texas - March 23, 2008 - Federal court on Monday is set to hear the 2005 case of a man beaten by three Austin police officers.

Ramon Hernandez was beaten and shocked with a Taser during a September 2005 arrest for leaving the scene of an accident, a charge that was later dismissed. That following March, two of the officers involved were found not guilty of official oppress

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Tasering the country into submission!

January 19, 2008 - Day by day our civil liberties are eroded in a purposeful campaign to turn this country into a police state. They start with pretending that seat belt laws are designed for safety, when it really just gives the police another reason to pull you over. Same goes for cell phone laws. Then they place cameras at red lights to generate revenue without applying any resources. We

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South Carolina troopers hit suspects with their patrol cars!

March 20, 2008 - Federal authorities are looking into possible civil rights violations following the release of videos showing misconduct by South Carolina State Highway Patrol troopers.

The controversy began a month ago, when the South Carolina Legislative Black Caucus came forward with a video from 2004 in which a trooper told a suspect, ""You better run, n**, because

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Police State Tactics! (not for the faint-heated or small children)

The following is a first-hand account of an incident that occurred recently in southern California. I have cleaned up some of the language and grammar but have otherwise left the story intact.

CALIFORNIA - March 20, 2008 - I got home last night and was grabbing some beers out of the garage to put in the fridge. My neighbor was just pulling in, and then