Matt Vespa What is the 1033 program? Well, it’s a law that says excess equipment from the Department of Defense can be transferred to local law enforcement. It started in the 1990s. Since then, $4.3 billion in equipment has been handed over to local police forces. These military equipment exchanges will reach record highs this […] Continue reading → 
“Two hours of pure hell” as SWAT team trashes home Kari Edwards said she and her boyfriend were forced to strip naked at gunpoint during a terrifying Department of Homeland Security dawn raid on their Florida home which lasted for two hours. The incident began on June 10 at 6:16am when numerous armed SWAT team […] Continue reading → 
Common Dreams – by Sarah Lazare Under the Obama administration, surplus weapons from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan—from grenade launchers to machine guns to silencers—have militarized police departments across the United States at unprecedented levels, the New York Times revealed in an investigation published Sunday. Pentagon data shows a massive transfer of military weapons to local law enforcement on Obama‘s watch, including […] Continue reading → 
Despite the emotional expressions of regret and concern for the family, the SWAT officers responsible for tossing the flash-bang grenade that injured a toddler in Georgia are still on the job. In fact, in a conversation with The New American, the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office retorts that there is no current investigation into the tragic events […] Continue reading → 
Live Leak A family says a SWAT team raided its home in the middle of the night and seriously injured a 19-month-old boy with a stun grenade. The child is at the Grady Memorial Hospital burn unit, and is in a medically induced coma. Phonesavanh said she was at her sister-in-law’s home, in Habersham County, […] Continue reading → 
As the American military draws down its commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan, stateside ports, armories, depots and warehouses are packed with excess military material and vehicles, some of them none-the-worse from their tours in overseas war zones. A lot of those weapons, uniforms, trucks and mine-resistant vehicles are patrolling the streets of central Indiana at […] Continue reading → 
The aftermath of the armed standoff in Nevada between the Bureau of Land Management and a rancher over unpaid grazing fees has raised some questions about the increasing militarization of government regulatory agencies, and the tactics they are using. Some members of Congress are looking into the legality of agencies like the BLM using excessive […] Continue reading → 
Cops give kids stuffed animals to make up for three hours of terror A Michigan SWAT team provided a small family fresh inspiration for nightmares after they broke down the door to the wrong home and turned the place upside down looking for drugs. Police in Kalamazoo apologized for mistaking Jeremy Handley’s home for that […] Continue reading → 
Watertown Police Chief Ed Deveau says he’s proud of the way his officers responded last April when his city was under siege. When the reports started coming in that there was an active incident in Watertown, none mentioned that police were involved in a gun battle with the suspected Boston Marathon bombers, who were allegedly […] Continue reading → 
Jeff Bauman was waiting for his girlfriend to cross the finish line of the Boston Marathon on a brisk April afternoon when he saw a young man in a black baseball cap and sunglasses who looked like he didn’t belong. “I remember this kid standing next to me,” said Bauman. “He just seemed out of […] Continue reading → 
Feds spying on customers to get leads on drug busts Drug Enforcement Administration agents stormed into an Illinois woman’s home and arrested her after she shopped for some organic fertilizer in a local garden store. Police reports released as part of a lawsuit detail how Four DEA agents and five local cops from Shorewood descended […] Continue reading → 
Dave Jolly, Hundreds of thousands, probably millions of Americans have said that they will not willingly give up their guns. They vow to protect their Second Amendment rights to bear arms. If necessary, patriotic Americans have promised that there will be a bloodbath before they relinquish their guns. Our socialist president has tried to pass restrictive […] Continue reading →