Obama's Defense of Strip Searching for Traffic Violations (tags)
The US Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling that guards can strip search and visually inspect the body cavities of people arrested for minor offenses who are admitted into a jail’s general population is based largely on arguments contained in the amicus curiae “friend of the court” brief filed in the case on behalf of the Obama administration.
The Patriot Act is just a camouflaged version of the "War on Drugs" (tags)
The Patriot Act is just a war on the Bill of Rights and a war on the Constitution! It doesn't have anything to do with "terrorism" other then "terrorism" was the lame excuse used to create the Patriot Act.
U.S. Army Subjects Chicano Soldiers to Degrading Searches (tags)
The brave soldiers of the New Mexico National Guard were put through degrading searches by the U.S. Army last May. The soldiers were asked to remove their shirts, socks and shoes in order to check them for gang tattoos. It didn’t seem to matter to the Army that some of the soldiers are current and former police officers.
A call for an Anti-Authoritarian Bloc for the Inauguration. (tags)
The Parade Must End: A call for an Anti-Authoritarian Bloc for the January 20, 2005 protest of the Presidential Inauguration in Washington D.C.
NO Warrant searches Legalized!!!! (tags)
This is a link to other media story. Press link for full story.
Bill Of Rights: 4rth Amendment (tags)
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, house, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Bicyclists Arrested at DNC Sue L.A. (tags)
Bicyclists riding in the Critical Mass bike ride during the 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles sue L.A. for civil rights violations.
Courageous Resisters at Locke High Refuse to Be Locke'd Down (tags)
Students in Southeast LA / Watts face brutal criminalization on campus, including illegal searches where police frisk them, open backpacks and seize cell phones, pagers and cd players. One teacher refuses to allow searches in her classroom and is fired. Lawsuits have been filed against the Los Angeles Unified School District and Locke High.
Locke High Teacher Speaks Out (tags)
Safety means protecting what you value from harm. How is it possible to create any form of safety at schools, which do not value their community members enough to treat their children with respect?