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POPSThe Tyranny of Paramilitary Police Raids and SWAT Teams Great article and podcast from CATO on police extremism (terrorism) that is akin to fascism and contrary to the principles of "proportionate" responses to evidence of crimes, etc. The recent example of a Mayor in Maryland being held at military-style gun point (with his wife and mother-in-law) , after they shot his dogs is what sparked this issue more. These "over the top" police tactics must be stopped. Police increasingly are "swarming", using their paranoid principle of "overwhelming force", which is overwhelmingly irrational, yet is supported by politicians who want to appear "tough on crime", while being ridiculous. They mention in the short podcast that what you see on TV is not representative of what really happens commonly in these SWAT and other raids.
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POPSFBI Pushes for Internet Dragnet FBI wants to go Big Brother versus the limits of the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution. The excuse includes the doctrine of "preemption", the plea of "necessity".
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POPSU.S. Leads World in Citizen Imprisonment Consider the high population of China, yet it has fewer in prison, and much lower rate per capita. Why? While the report talks about higher "crime rates" methinks that too many things have become a "crime" on paper, that do not justify incarceration. It is a very simple thing to become imprisoned now, e.g. a couple DUI offenses (it only takes moderate drinking to be over the limit) and you will be thrown into the slammer as a "criminal" in many states. This can be blamed on legislators of the states in particular. Tonight I saw, again, 4 police cars pulling over one vehicle and searching it. This "swarm" mentality of police training (based upon paranoia, as if everyone is an armed assassin) is a waste of resources and generally done for "paperwork" arrests that turn into drug searches, etc..
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