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Gary North
Written by Gary North on September 28, 2012
A Texas policeman fired 41 shots at a man who had led the police on a wild chase. The man died. A person who lived on the street where the incident took place took videos of the shooting. The police saw him doing this. They demanded that he turn over the cell phone to them. […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on March 9, 2012
Constitutional lawyer John Whitehead warns about new rules that violate the First Amendment. Congresspeople are doing their best to separate themselves from an increasingly unhappy electorate. Unfortunately, with gas prices rising, the economy tanking, the increasingly unpopular war effort dragging on and public approval of Congress at an all-time low, members of Congress have been […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on March 8, 2012
There is a new cell phone application. It allows anyone with a smart phone to record anything suspicious and send it to the Department of Homeland Security. There is a pilot program in West Virginia. It will spread. Here is where it gets interesting. The DHS is using regional centers to collect and maintain this […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on March 7, 2012
The state of Illinois has a law that prohibits citizens from recording police who do things such as violate civil rights. The government said that the cop had to give permission. A local judge has struck down the law as unconstitutional. It is way too broad. The police are saying nothing. Maybe that is because […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on February 13, 2012
The police do not like to have citizens record what they are doing. They tell citizens to stop doing it. They confiscate people’s cell phones. But the court system is increasingly saying that the police do not have the right to do this. Police now work in a YouTube world in which cell phones double […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on January 17, 2012
Congressman Chabot of Ohio was giving a speech in a public place. Two constituents were recording this. A policeman told both of them this was illegal and to hand over their cell phones. They both insisted they had every right to do this. The policemen told them they did not, that it was against the […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on December 19, 2011
So, you pull out your cell phone to make a call. The call goes through. You chat. What you did not know was this: the cell phone tower that you thought was owned by your carrier was in fact a decoy. It was that is known as a “stingray.” It functions like a cell phone […]
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