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Being passive is damaging says Julian Assange 6 3feetofsnow Aug 2012 Feb 2013 24 3972
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For those enamored with local citizen's Police Review Boards: The Devil's always in the details 5 99th_Monkey Apr 2015 Apr 2015 0 3383
Across the Desk - S5:E13 (Oklahoma SB612 - Full Ban On Abortion) 0 Across-the-Desk Apr 2022 Apr 2022 2 1351
S8:E11 (Special Guest - The Village Vice Mayor Sean Cummings) 0 Across-the-Desk Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 2267
Proposed Amendment to the Constitution, Ending Class Bias in the Law 2 Al Carroll Sep 2015 Sep 2015 5 3369
The Prison-Industrial Complex: Why we need publicly funded elections 1 Alison Hartson Nov 2015 Nov 2015 3 2946
Help finding images of possible white nationalist logo 4 AllyCat Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 2662
Ruling on Contraception Draws Battle Lines at Catholic Colleges 4 alp227 Jan 2012 Feb 2012 2 3850
You Can’t Protest at the Supreme Court 13 alp227 Jan 2012 Feb 2013 5 9967
(UK) Convicted murderers lose appeal against whole-life tariffs 0 alp227 Jan 2012 Jan 2012 1 2480
Judge tosses $3.25M award against San Jose (but upheld ruling against police for seizing kids) 0 alp227 Jan 2012 Jan 2012 0 2505
Ruling by Justice Dept. Opens a Door on Online Gambling 0 alp227 Dec 2011 Dec 2011 0 2318
DNA samples of felony arrestees OK, court rules 2 alp227 Feb 2012 Feb 2012 1 3386
Oakland man guilty of murder - no body of victim 11 alp227 Feb 2012 Jan 2013 0 7640
Australian Muslim women must show faces for identity checks under new law 9 alp227 Mar 2012 Aug 2012 0 5121
Indian police still using truth serum 0 alp227 Jul 2012 Jul 2012 0 2350
Denouncing City’s Move to Regulate Circumcision (NYC) 2 alp227 Sep 2012 Sep 2012 1 3637
The effort to normalize drone surveillance 8 Android3.14 Dec 2013 Jan 2014 0 3903
Judges’ Kids-for-Cash Scandal Was Allowed Under Conspiracy of Silence, says Author. 4 AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2012 Nov 2012 3 3863
Students Busted for 'Studying While Black' 4 AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 Jan 2013 3 3124
Cop Claims Chicago's Finest Beat Their Own 4 AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 Jun 2013 2 3070
Mind-Boggling Road-Side Cavity Searches Aren't Isolated Incidents: Lawyers 2 AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 Aug 2013 5 2714
Teen Kills 4; Judge LITERALLY Lets Him Off Because He is Rich! 8 appleannie1 Dec 2013 Dec 2013 4 4577
Mississippi judge resigns after barring mother from seeing baby for 14 months over unpaid court fees 2 appleannie1943 Oct 2017 Oct 2017 4 2117
Death penalty injustice, not such a new idea... 0 Bay Boy Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 1983
Our Civics Lessons 0 bdamomma Nov 2016 Nov 2016 1 1972
DC and civil liberties 0 Be Leave On Aug 2025 Aug 2025 2 756
Protect our rights: protests against Kavanaugh, Aug 26th. 0 BigmanPigman Aug 2018 Aug 2018 3 1741

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PROTESTS AGAINST KAVANAUGH Aug 26th... 2 BigmanPigman Aug 2018 Aug 2018 6 2153
Anti KAVANAUGH events this week... 1 BigmanPigman Aug 2018 Aug 2018 7 2084
Are you protesting KAVANUAGH on Sun. Aug 26th? 7 BigmanPigman Aug 2018 Aug 2018 5 2912
FBI warned of white supremacists in law enforcement 10 years ago. Has anything changed? 4 BigmanPigman Jun 2020 Jun 2020 3 2626
I'm an Activist in Russia. I Can't Believe What My Life Has Become. 8 BigmanPigman Aug 2020 Feb 2021 22 3961
ABUSE OF POWER: THE CASE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR'S IMPEACHMENT 4 BigmanPigman Sep 2020 Sep 2020 8 2232
Trump is indicted in N.Y. Here's what it means and what happens next. 2 BigmanPigman Mar 2023 Mar 2023 1 2681
Amnesty Intl: "This is not the Bush administration, this is torture happening under Obama" 1 bigtree Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 2430
crazy kop. Cop sees guy pumping gas, mistakes it for pistol. doesn't apologize, tries to justify his actions 4 BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 2025 Oct 2025 12 1053
Judge rules (Illinois) eavesdropping law unconstitutional 7 Bozita Mar 2012 Feb 2013 10 5305
Detroit Police policies changed in First Amendment settlement with ACLU 0 Bozita Mar 2012 Mar 2012 1 2242
Beware of SHOCK EXHAUSTION 2 brakester Jul 2025 Jul 2025 13 940
Dystopian definition 0 brakester Aug 2025 Aug 2025 7 766
CISPA Offers Choice between Security and Liberty 2 BridgeTheGap Apr 2012 Feb 2013 5 3220
In my head, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan are the same person 0 Bucky May 2018 May 2018 0 1957
Strict Constructionists and the Second Amendment 16 bucolic_frolic Dec 2012 May 2013 4 13784
I've had 2 drivers run a red light/stop sign in a week 6 bucolic_frolic Jul 2019 Sep 2019 2 2672
Felony Forgiveness 2 BudHardener Jan 2013 Feb 2013 1 3397
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Cartaphelius Jan 2016 Jan 2016 0 2258
Appeals court to decide if 1st Amendment should have protected Laredo's "big crazy lady" from arrest 0 catbyte Jan 2023 Jan 2023 7 2124
No DEI shopping at WalMart this year 3 CatWoman Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 1936
Why Trump's regime will fall 5 CatWoman Jan 18 Jan 27 6 813
Seattle starts stop and frisk under new mayor 1 cbabe May 2022 May 2022 5 1722
Caste discrimination in America 1 cbabe May 2022 May 2022 3 1751
Philippines' Nobel laureate Maria Ressa loses appeal against cyber libel conviction 0 cbabe Jul 2022 Jul 2022 1 1694
Defiant Philippine Nobel laureate Ressa fights for her freedom 0 cbabe Jul 2022 Jul 2022 0 1424
Fossil Fuel Giants Have Targeted 150+ Activists With 'Judicial Harassment': Report 4 cbabe Sep 2022 Sep 2022 12 2524
The Trevor Project teams up with a student surveillance company accused of LGBTQ+ bias 0 cbabe Sep 2022 Sep 2022 1 1871
TSA now wants to scan your face at security. Here are your rights. 7 cbabe Dec 2022 Dec 2022 4 3152
WA Councilmember Sawant Proposes Legislation Against Caste Discrimination 0 cbabe Jan 2023 Jan 2023 2 1889

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City of Seattle settles BLM protesters' lawsuit for $10 million 4 cbabe Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 2490
The ICE List: Tracking Deportation Agents Across America 1 cbabe Jun 2025 Jun 2025 5 2928
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Stonewall Veteran and Legendary Trans Activist, Has Died at 78 0 cbabe Oct 2025 Oct 2025 2 618
ICE agents hold teens at gunpoint at Dutch Bros in Hillsboro 2 cbabe Oct 2025 Oct 2025 16 1044
Man challenges arrest for mocking DC troops with Darth Vader's theme song 3 cbabe Oct 2025 Oct 2025 26 958
Advocates Applaud as Pro-Palestinian Commentator Sami Hamdi Released by ICE 2 cbabe Nov 2025 Nov 2025 6 710
Clemency for Keith Giammanco 3 CherokeeDem Jan 2018 Jan 2018 2 2194
Ask not what you can do for your religion, but what can the government do for your religion. 0 cheyanne Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 1964
Video Letter To President Obama From Cambodian Deportees 0 ChicagoRonin Apr 2012 Apr 2012 0 3519
Deportation Video Wins White House Contest, But Disappears From Winners List 1 ChicagoRonin Apr 2012 Apr 2012 4 2394
Commentary: It's too easy to extract false confessions from youths 0 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 6 1362
AZ man spent 17 days in jail for crime he didn't commit. He blames American Airlines 5 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 12 2141
10th Circuit denies immunity to Denver detectives who coerced teenager's false murder confession 7 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 42 3519
The new court's absurd inhumanity: To preserve procedure, an innocent man must die 2 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 7 1784
A lawsuit claims Waukegan police extracted another false confession from a Black teen 2 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 5 1582
$14.25M settlement proposed for man who spent 20 years in prison for double murder he didn't commit 0 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 4 1152
He spent most of his adult life in a W.Va. prison on a wrongful conviction. Two years later, he 0 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 6 1535
Enforcing Criminal Abortion Bans Post-Roe: 'A Massive Escalation of Surveillance' 0 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 6 1361
Idaho Falls settles wrongful conviction lawsuit for $11.7M 0 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 2 1310
Supreme Court prioritizes expedience, not justice, in wrongful convictions 0 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 3 1428
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