“No-knock police raids destroy Americans' right to privacy and safety. People's lives are being ruined or ended as a result of unsubstantiated assertions by anonymous government informants. ... Unfortunately, no-knock raids are becoming more common as federal, state, and local politicians and law enforcement agencies decide that the war on drugs justified nullifying the Fourth Amendment. ... No-knock raids in response to alleged narcotics violations presume that the government should have practically unlimited power to endanger some people's lives in order to control what others ingest.” PeopleShouldWarStatesGovernmentLawOrderResultsCommonBecomingPoliticianDrugShould HavePoliceSafetyResponseLocalsAgencyPrivacyAmendmentsFourthUnlimitedLaw EnforcementRuinedEnforcementJustifiedViolationAssertionBecoming MoreWar On DrugsNarcoticsUnlimited PowerRight To PrivacyFourth AmendmentInformants Author:James Bovard
“It is not true that the perfection of police power is the result of the state's Machiavellianism or of some transitory influence. The whole structure of society implies it, of necessity. The more we mobilize the forces of nature, the more must we mobilize men and the more do we require order.” MenStatesWholeOrderForceResultsInfluencePerfectionPoliceStructureTransitoryForces Of NaturePolice Power Author:Jacques Ellul
“Nonviolent action involves opposing the opponent's power, including his police and military capacity, not with the weapons chosen by him but by quite different means. Repression by the opponent is used against his own power position in a kind of political "ju-jitsu" and the very sources of his power thus reduced or removed, with the result that his political and military position is seriously weakened or destroyed.” KindMeanDifferentActionPoliticalUsedResultsPowerMilitaryPositionSourceWeaponsCapacityPoliceIncludingChosenDestroyedOpponentsRepressionOpposing Author:Gene Sharp
“The sex abuse crisis in the Catholic Church is the result of what police call "noble cause corruption," the belief that because you are dedicated to doing good, you can do no wrong.” BeliefSexCausesCan DoChurchResultsAbusePoliceCatholicCrisisCorruptionNobleDedicatedDoing GoodCatholic ChurchNoble CausesSex Abuse Author:Alex Gibney
“I made an asylum application to Ecuador in this embassy, because of the U.S. extradition case, and the result was that after a month, I was successful in my asylum application. The embassy since then has been surrounded by police: quite an expensive police operation which the British government admits to spending more than £12.6 million.” Has BeensMadeGovernmentResultsMillionsCasesSuccessfulMonthsPoliceBritishSpendingOperationsExpensiveApplicationAsylumsEmbassyEcuadorBritish Government Author:Julian Assange
“So we want to make sure that happens is that we build a relationship with the police department and the community that results in better policing and better cooperation with the community.” WantHappensCommunityResultsPoliceDepartmentCooperationPolice Department Author:Al Sharpton
“...this bill will require the creation of a Federal police force of mammoth proportions. It also bids fair to result in the development of an 'informer' psychology in great areas of our national life-neighbors spying on neighbors, workers spying on workers, business spying on businessmen-were those who would harass their fellow citizens for selfish and narrow purposes will have ample inducement to do so. These, the Federal police force an 'informer' psychology, are the hallmarks of the police state and landmarks in the destruction of a free society.” StatesPurposeForceResultsPsychologyCreationDevelopmentCitizensAreasFairsDestructionPoliceFellowsBillsWorkersNeighborSelfishCivil RightsProportionBusinessmanFree SocietyHallmarkPolice StateLandmarksPolice ForceInformers Author:Barry Goldwater
“Crime in the city streets is more than a political issue. It's a too rampant fact.... In Indianapolis they have come up with a most sensible, affordable approach to the problem. Policemen are assigned their police patrol cars for personal use after hours. They are encouraged to use the police car while taking the family shopping, to the movies, and everywhere one takes one's family. As a result, says the Police Chief's assistant, we may have as many as 400 cars on the street instead of 100 or so per shift. [And] the presence of the police car obviously indicates the proximity of policemen.” MayFactsUseProblemPoliticalEvilHoursResultsCitiesIssuesStreetsCarCrimeApproachPoliceCome UpChiefsShoppingSensiblePolicemenAffordableAssistantsProximityPolitical IssuesCity StreetsAfter HoursIndianapolisPolice Cars Author:Malcolm Forbes
“On television and in the movies, crimes are always solved. Nothing is left uncertain. By the end, the viewer knows whodunit. In real life, on the other hand, many murders remain unsolved, and even some that are "solved" to the satisfaction of the police and prosecutors lack sufficient evidence to result in a conviction.” KnowsRealEndsHandsLeftResultsCrimeTelevisionEvidenceMurderPoliceSatisfactionConvictionReal LifeSufficientUncertainViewersProsecutor Author:Alan Dershowitz
“No one made a decision to militarize the police in America. The change has come slowly, the result of a generation of politicians and public officials fanning and exploiting public fears by declaring war on abstractions like crime, drug use, and terrorism. The resulting policies have made those war metaphors increasingly real.” MadeWarRealUseAmericaDecisionResultsGenerationsCrimePolicyPoliticianDrugPoliceMetaphorTerrorismOfficialsAbstractionDeclaringDrug UsePublic OfficialsDeclaring War Author:Radley Balko
“Secondly, as a result of this political favoritism, the FDA has become a primary factor in that formula whereby cartel-oriented companies in the food and drug industry are able to use the police powers of government to harass or destroy their free-market competitors.” UseGovernmentAgeAblePoliticalDarkResultsCompanyIndustryDrugPoliceMedicalFactorsPrimariesFormulasCompetitorsFree MarketDark AgesFdaCartelsFavoritismPolice Power Author:G. Edward Griffin
“A system in which legal police shootings of unarmed civilians are a common occurrence is a system that has some serious flaws. In this case, the drawback is a straightforward consequence of America's approach to firearms. A well-armed citizenry required an even-better-armed constabulary. Widespread gun ownership creates a systematic climate of fear on the part of the police. The result is a quantity of police shootings that, regardless of the facts of any particular case, is just staggeringly high. Young black men, in particular, are paying the price for America's gun culture.” MenWellsFactsAmericaYoungCultureBlackResultsCommonCasesParticularSeriousApproachGunConsequencePoliceClimateShootingFlawsQuantityOwnershipCiviliansStraightforwardSystematicFirearmsCitizenryUnarmedDrawbacksGun OwnershipGun Culture Author:Matthew Yglesias