police-state special:

While we still don't know what sort of coordination there was between the various mayors on that infamous conference call (or what sort of support they had), there is now strong evidence for coordination between police chiefs and possible links to DHS.


Some good stuff on pepper spray and excessive force... Including kickbacks:

"If you see references to the FBI’s endorsement of pepper spray, look closely to see if the author also notes that FBI agent Thomas Ward, the person responsible for the research, 'pleaded guilty to accepting a $57,500 kickback from a pepper spray company.' That was 1996; he was sentenced to two months in prison and he was fired from the FBI."

And the Ninth Circuit Court's opinion on what constitutes excessive force:

"In Headwaters II ((August 26, 2011), the Ninth Circuit held that police officers employ excessive force in violation of the Fourth Amendment when they use pepper spray upon an individual who is engaged in the commission of a non-violent misdemeanor and who is disobeying a police officer’s order but otherwise poses no threat to the officer or others."

Looks like the lobbying firms are worried... The video clip is interesting, the memo is interesting. And, yes, this is one memo, from one firm, a year in advance of the elections. Expect lots of lies, lots of ugly; anybody want to start a betting pool as to when martial law is declared?