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In this video, Occupy Wall Street activists call on the movement to support their fellow New Yorkers, Muslims who have come under undue police surveillance simply because of their religion.
In what might be the coolest news of the day, the torrents website The Pirate Bay -- much despised by the recording and film industries, and harassed by prosecutors and police the world over -- has announced that it plans to store its servers on drones. The group says the Air Force is the only thing that could take down their operation once the system is mobile.
Drone servers!
How is it possible to rein in an out-of-control police force with nearly 40,000 sworn officers, thousands of support staff, an annual budget of $3.9 billion, a enough military weapons to outfit an army, a culture of total impunity and a political establishment that is solidly on its side?
Here's a better video of the NYPD's clearing of Liberty Plaza and of activist Cecily McMillian in police custody, apparently having a seizure while in handcuffs:
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The ACLU of Northern California is representing three young people pepper sprayed by a UC Davis police officer in a suit against the university police. The students were protesting tuition hikes that would prevent at least one of them from graduating. Watch.
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UPDATE: See this collection of tweets from Saturday night and Sunday morning -- a telling of events from various people on the scene.
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While our communities hemorrhage from budget cuts, Fortress America is getting an infusion of $4 billion earmarked by the Senate to “secure” the border with Mexico.
There's a lot going on in the press today re: surveillance and spy technologies. Here's a breakdown:
