False Positives Equal False JusticeSource: mpp.org
This two-year scientific/legal investigation reveals a drug testing regime of fraudulent forensics used by police, prosecutors, and judges which abrogates every American's Constitutional rights.
Woman Arrested While in Labor Sues Police | StrollerderbySource: blogs.babble.com
A Jacksonville, Florida mother has been given a green light to sue local police after they first tackled her and then arrested her for running a red light on her way to the ER. She was in premature labor.
Police State Canada 2010 and the Dark Side of the OlympicsSource: NAUresistance
The 2010 Winter Olympic Games will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, from February 12-28. It will be the largest security operation in Canadian history. Military planners will undoubtedly use it as a template for securing future high profile events.
A Nation of SnoopsSource: CounterPunch.org
As accommodating of police-state tactics as Congress has been, especially since 9-11, at least some members of that body have raised concerns and demanded investigations of some of those abuses by organizations like the FBI and the Defense Intelligence Agency.
Sound Beam Weapons Turned On AmericansSource: EXILED ONLINE - MANKIND'S ONLY ALTERNATIVE
Here's some blowback anyone could have seen coming from 10,000 miles away–or however far Iraq and Georgia are from the USA: those crazy LRAD sound-beam weapons which were used to devastating effect by Georgia's authoritarian leader to crush massive pro-democracy demonstrati …
Honduras clash kills one, world pressure risesSource: publicbroadcasting.net
A man was shot dead in a clash between police and supporters of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, as international pressure mounted on the de facto government to allow the leftist back in power.
City council delays giving police new powers for G-20 Source: Freedom Fighter Radio
Legislation to allow police to cite people for wearing masks or hoods to conceal their identities with the intent of committing a crime got just two yes votes — from Ricky Burgess and Jim Motznik — and seven no votes, meaning it is defeated finally.
Do You Have the Right to Flip Off a Cop?Source: TIME
David Hackbart was mad and he wanted to show it, but he didn't think he would end up in Federal Court to protect his right to a rude gesture and demanding that the City of Pittsburgh stop violating the First Amendment rights of its residents.

America is toying with danger and ignorance in its latest action of some parents being allowed to remove their kids from school because of a short speech by its own President.
Cops jump on swine-flu power: Shots heard 'round the worldSource: WorldNetDaily News
A "pandemic response bill" currently making its way through the Massachusetts state legislature would allow authorities to forcefully quarantine citizens in the event of a health emergency, compel health providers to vaccinate citizens, authorize forceful entry into private dwell …
Obama Will Preserve Bush-Era Laptop Searches and Expand Them!Source: The Washington Post
The Obama administration will largely preserve Bush-era procedures allowing the government to search -- without suspicion of wrongdoing -- the contents of a traveler's laptop computer, cellphone or other electronic device, although officials said new policies would expand oversig …
Is the U.S. on the Brink of Fascism?Source: AlterNet.org
All through the dark years of the Bush Administration, progressives watched in horror as Constitutional protections vanished, nativist rhetoric ratcheted up, hate speech turned into intimidation and violence, and the president of the United States seized for himself powers only d …

The question is no longer rhetorical. We are not yet living in a total police state, but it is fast approaching.