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Wups, our bad

Sunday, 14 June 2009 by Mike Gogulski
crime, police | 12 Comments »

Via ABC News and AFP-via-Google-news: Man 'cooked' to death in Australian prison van SYDNEY (AFP) — The family of an Australian Aboriginal elder who died after being "cooked" in the back of a scorching hot prison van may sue after a coroner ...

So-called “First World” leads in development of electronic police state

Wednesday, 13 May 2009 by Mike Gogulski
police, surveillance | 4 Comments »

Oh, yeah, along with such fun places as China, Belarus and North Korea. Stay safe, pplz... From Cryptohippie, where a PDF report with rankings is available: [caption id="attachment_1991" align="aligncenter" width="502" caption="How's that security blanket working out for ya?"][/caption]

“Only guilty people say they do not consent”

Tuesday, 12 May 2009 by Mike Gogulski
police | 11 Comments »

An anarchist friend who prefers to be anonymous with respect to this story called me last night, but I couldn't answer the phone. I sent him an SMS back asking what was up, and he gave a very short reply. ...

A taxing day for America

Wednesday, 15 April 2009 by Mike Gogulski
police | 3 Comments »

Government: If you refuse to pay unjust taxes, your property will be confiscated. If you attempt to defend your property, you will be arrested. If you resist arrest, you will be clubbed. If you defend yourself against clubbing, you will ...

The still further education of Willow Kinloch

Saturday, 29 November 2008 by Mike Gogulski
police, prison | 7 Comments »

From the Vancouver Sun: Victoria must pay tethered teen $30,000 Friday, November 28, 2008 VICTORIA - Willow Kinloch has been granted half of the $60,000 she won in a lawsuit after being tethered in Victoria police cells, with the payment of the rest ...

Educating for anarchism #3

Sunday, 19 October 2008 by Mike Gogulski
people, police | 12 Comments »

I sometimes visit a popular Slovak online chat/social networking site. Had an interesting conversation last night with a young woman of nineteen who started writing to me: hi boy... how are you? :) ahoj girl :) Fine, thanks, and you? fine.... ahoj? do ...

The Stand

Wednesday, 3 September 2008 by Mike Gogulski
police | 4 Comments »

America, Fuck Yeah! From the protest events around the Republican National Convention. Photo via NYC Indymedia. Click through on the photo for more. [caption id="attachment_468" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="No police state here. Move along now. Nothing to see here."][/caption]

Well, that’s America!

Monday, 1 September 2008 by Mike Gogulski
police | 1 Comment »

Second Amendment, RIP. From Seacoast Media, Portsmouth, NH, USA: Police use Taser on man reported carrying rifle on street 1 September 2008 SEABROOK — Police say they arrested an armed man at his house on Friday, Aug. 29, after receiving a report of a ...

Horrors of the present

Monday, 11 August 2008 by Mike Gogulski
police | 4 Comments »

The horrors of the future have NOTHING on the horrors of the present... [caption id="attachment_268" align="alignleft" width="432" caption="Jinan, China, 2 July 2008"][/caption]

The state and others respond

Tuesday, 29 July 2008 by Mike Gogulski
diary, police | 5 Comments »

Well, some of the responses to my letters seeking alternate means of identification have started coming back. The Slovak post sent back a form letter listing the documents they accept. Worthless, as none of the options I presented were addressed. No ...