Obama administration says Constitution protects cell phone recordings The Obama administration has told a federal judge that Baltimore police officers violated the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments by seizing a man's cell phone and deleting its contents. The deletions were allegedly in retaliation for the man's use of the phone to record the officers' arrest of his friend. According to the Maryland ACLU, this is the first time the Obama Justice Department has weighed in on whether the Constitution protects citizens' right to record the actions of police with their cell phones. Christopher Sharp was attending the Preakness horse race in May 2010 with friends. Sharp initially refused, but fearing arrest he eventually handed the phone over. A pattern of misconduct? Sharp filed a federal lawsuit in October, charging that the police had violated his First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights. Sharp argued that this "pattern and practice" of misconduct made court intervention essential. An emerging consensus
We Are the 99 Percent 14th October 2013 Question with 172 notes Anonymous asked: How can you claim to speak for 99% of people? We don’t claim to speak for anyone, we merely present stories. 14th October 2013 Photo with 186 notes I am 23 years old I am a female (not that it should make a difference, but apparently in our society it does…) From the day I moved out of my parent’s house, I’ve supported myself 100%, not because they don’t love me but because they can’t support my dreams financially. For over two years I schlepped 2-for-1’s and shots to pay for my rent, a used car, and tuition at a community college. Now I’m attending the University of MN and I depleted all of my savings just so I wouldn’t have to take out a loan this semester. I’m majoring in journalism, a profession I consider a civic duty. I am the 99%. occupywallst.org 14th October 2013 Question with 12 notes Anonymous asked: We are the 99 percent- Why don't we RECALL these extremist NUTS that are in Washington, DC.??!!!! 9th September 2013 Thank you!
#whilewewatch peoplewitness.cat ps d'acció ... etc. La comunicació a les mans del poble. Un projecte originat per la [ICBcn] International Comission de acampadabcn per tal de mostrar a l'exterior el que passa a Catalunya a través de qualsevol voluntari que s'adhereixi al projecte. Per el mateix s'ha elaborat un tutorial per part de Comunicació i Audiovisuals de acampadabcn per facilitar als voluntaris el coneixement de com cobrir un esdeveniment o notícia en directe així com treure major rendiment de la tècnica audiovisual. Mes info: comissiointernacional@gmail.com [ESP]People Witness es una red de testigos con teléfonos 3G dirigidos a un mismo canal de streaming con la idea de transmitir un evento, un proyecto informativo, un seguimiento, asambleas, grupos de acción... etc. La comunicación a manos del pueblo. Un proyecto originado por la [ICBcn] International Comission de acampadabcn con el objeto de mostrar al exterior lo que sucede en Catalunya a través de cualquier voluntario/a que se adhiera al proyecto.
Utne Reader: Alternative coverage of politics, culture, and new ideas Democracy Now! Mobile The Occupy Wall Street Bible Is Out, and It's Good - Culture It’s probably no accident that the minimalist brown cover of Occupying Wall Street, the new title from OR Books about the now world-famous Manhattan movement, resembles the posters that, for a few months in 2011, came to define Zuccotti Park’s skyline. The title and subtitle—"The Inside Story of an Action that Changed America"—are written in black scrawl, adding extra authenticity to the stylization. It’s not just a book you’re holding, a reader soon realizes, it’s also a mini-protest sign. Fair warning up front: A little rectangular box on the back cover reads, "All profits from this book will be donated to Occupy Wall Street." If you’re certain you disagree with OWS and don’t want to support their cause, then this book is probably not for you. Though Occupying’s author is a collective of roughly 60 unnamed people calling themselves "Writers for the 99%," the book is not a disjointed assortment of individual essays. The OWS book isn't perfect, just as the OWS protest wasn’t.
Librotraficante | Houston, TX 77254-0181 Dissident Voice by Douglas Rushkoff (written for the human microphone at Zuccotti Park) I am humbled and honored to be amplified by your voices. You are not fighting against people, but against a machine. It was put in place over 500 years ago. They invented an operating system called central currency. The elite also invented software for that operating system. It is a program designed to extract value. We outsource our work, we outsource our savings, we outsource our borrowing, we outsource our investing – all instead of sourcing one another. This 13th Century, printing-press era operating system is incompatible with a 21st Century economy. Too many are mistaking this operating system – for the way things are. The Long Extraction is Over. The peer to peer society is back. They say that the Occupy Movement has no leadership. The rest of us are your followers. You are the classroom – we are the students You are the experiment – we are the results. You are the proposition – we are the resolution. If you can resist the cops.
Naomi Wolf: Fascist America, in 10 easy steps | World news Last autumn, there was a military coup in Thailand. The leaders of the coup took a number of steps, rather systematically, as if they had a shopping list. In a sense, they did. Within a matter of days, democracy had been closed down: the coup leaders declared martial law, sent armed soldiers into residential areas, took over radio and TV stations, issued restrictions on the press, tightened some limits on travel, and took certain activists into custody. They were not figuring these things out as they went along. If you look at history, you can see that there is essentially a blueprint for turning an open society into a dictatorship. As difficult as this is to contemplate, it is clear, if you are willing to look, that each of these 10 steps has already been initiated today in the United States by the Bush administration. It is my argument that, beneath our very noses, George Bush and his administration are using time-tested tactics to close down an open society. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
CrunchPanorama Prepare for riots in euro collapse, Foreign Office warns Recent Foreign and Commonwealth Office instructions to embassies and consulates request contingency planning for extreme scenarios including rioting and social unrest. Greece has seen several outbreaks of civil disorder as its government struggles with its huge debts. British officials think similar scenes cannot be ruled out in other nations if the euro collapses. Diplomats have also been told to prepare to help tens of thousands of British citizens in eurozone countries with the consequences of a financial collapse that would leave them unable to access bank accounts or even withdraw cash. Fuelling the fears of financial markets for the euro, reports in Madrid yesterday suggested that the new Popular Party government could seek a bail-out from either the European Union rescue fund or the International Monetary Fund. There are also growing fears for Italy, whose new government was forced to pay record interest rates on new bonds issued yesterday.
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