​​Signs of a Less Than Free Society

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​​"Where the people fear the government you have tyranny. Where the government fears the people you have liberty." - John Basil Barnhill, 1914 (notes)

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​​Police State USA

​​http://www.policestateusa.com/

​​Headlines read like the Onion, but are all sadly, simply reporting facts

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​​Botched Paramilitary Police Raids

​​http://www.cato.org/raidmap

​​https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5928424

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​​Unleashed and Unaccountable: The FBI's Unchecked Abuse of Authority

​​https://www.aclu.org/unleashed-and-unaccountable

​​The No-Fly List: Where the FBI Goes Fishing for Informants

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​​Ham Sandwich Nation: Due Process When Everything Is a Crime

​​http://columbialawreview.org/ham-sandwich-nation_reynolds/

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​​US Incarceration Rates (highest in the world)

​​http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_incarceration_rate

​​http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/uk/06/prisons/html/nn2page1.stm

​​http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/world/americas/23iht-23prison.12253738.html?pagewanted=all

​​http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/04/racial-disparities-criminal-justice_n_4045144.html

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​​http://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/police-shootings/

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​​http://thefreethoughtproject.com/police-kill-citizens-70-times-rate-first-world-nations/

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​​http://bluenationreview.com/john-oliver-grow-underneath-drones-going-affect-way-see-world/

​​“Right now we have the executive branch making a claim that it has the right to kill anyone anywhere on earth at any time for secret reasons based on secret evidence in a secret process undertaken by unidentified officials.  That frightens me.”

• ​​Special Coordinator for the Defense Department Rosa Brooks

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​​Leaked Documents Reveal Dothan Police Department Planted Drugs on Young Black Men For Years, District Attorney Doug Valeska Complicit

​​http://henrycountyreport.com/blog/2015/12/01/leaked-documents-reveal-dothan-police-department-planted-drugs-on-young-black-men-for-years-district-attorney-doug-valeska-complicit/

​​https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10660021

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​​How Chicago tried to cover up a police execution

​​http://chicagoreporter.com/how-chicago-tried-to-cover-up-a-police-execution/

​​http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/30/opinion/cover-up-in-chicago.html

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​​2015-11-18

​​Police Civil Asset Forfeitures Exceed All Burglaries in 2014

​​http://www.armstrongeconomics.com/archives/39102

​​https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10591250

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​​2015-11-18