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Canadian Town Makes Insulting Police Online a Crime

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Canadian Town Makes Insulting Police Online a Crime Constitutional lawyer calls bylaw a violation of free speech by Adan Salazar | Infowars.com | May 8, 2015 A Canadian town has widened an ordinance that now makes insulting police officers and public officials via social media a finable offense. City council members in the town of Granby, Quebec, voted unanimously this week in favor of an addendum that would impose stiff fines ranging from $100 to $1,000 on citizens who belittle or otherwise offend public officials with online insults. “In my opinion, if I threaten you via my keyboard, it’s as though I am making that threat right in front of you… For me, it’s the same thing,” Granby Deputy Mayor Robert Riel defended the law to CBC News , conflating harmless “insults” with “threats.” “Here in Granby we don’t stop people from giving their opinions — people are allowed to express themselves,” Riel added. “But there’s a question of respect, and respect is important today. Police ha...

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS AND USE THEM OR LOOSE THEM

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Video: Border Patrol Rips Innocent Family Out Of Car This is what it looks like to live in a police state by Steve Watson | Infowars.com | March 18, 2015 In a shocking incident caught on video, Border Patrol agents in California forcefully pulled a man out of his car and drove off with his distressed wife and 4-year-old son simply because he refused to tell them where he was driving to. The footage, taken from Rick Herbert’s dashboard cam, begins with his son singing songs in the backseat and ends with the child screaming in distress as thug agents rifle through the vehicle. Driving through the checkpoint 35 miles north of El Centro, east of San Diego, Herbert was stopped and asked “Where are you going today?” to which he replied that he did not have to answer that question. The border agent then immediately attempted to open the car door, which was locked. He then reached through the window, inside the vehicle and unlocked the door. “Get your hands out of my vehicle, this is assau...