Law

A federal court has made a landmark ruling, saying that U.S. citizens have a First Amendment Constitutional right to film cops.  Amid the ongoing battle between police and citizens over who has the right to film in public spaces, a federal civil rights lawsuit has finally put the matter to bed. In a lawsuit filed by Phillip Turner vs. Driver, Grinald, and Dyess, a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has finally ruled that the rights of the American public to hold officials accountable, is sacrosanct.

British police are treating the death of conspiracy theorist Max Spiers as suspicious and have reopened their investigation into his death.  Spiers was found dead on a sofa in Poland last year after allegedly vomiting over 2 litres of a mysterious black fluid shortly after he had uncovered evidence of an elite pedophile ring. According to Spiers’ mother, Vanessa Bates, a number of people wanted her son dead due to the fact that he was getting “too close to the truth” and was about to expose a massive political pedophile ring that would have sent shockwaves through the establishment.

Just over a month ago we wrote about the Obama administration's parting middle finger to the Chicago police force after the Department of Justice, led by then Attorney General Loretta Lynch, released what appeared to us to be a politically motivated report accusing the CPD of a "pattern of racial discrimination" and "unconstitutional use of force."  And while the DOJ's 164-page report was heavy on accusations and innuendo, it was mysteriously lacking on scientific facts to support their highly controversial claims.  Here's how we summarized the DOJ's findin

In a brand new book, the son of Medellín drug king Pablo Escobar says that his father worked for the CIA (English translation).

Sound crazy? Maybe …

But Time reports:

The U.S. government allowed the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel to carry out its business unimpeded between 2000 and 2012 in exchange for information on rival cartels, an investigation by El Universal claims.

 

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The Popes firm belief in the power of mercy has been called into question after a previously-convicted paedophile priest re- offended. The priest in question struck again around two years afters sanctions against child-abusing clery were reduced by the Pontiff. According to a report by the Associated Press the case of Italian priest, Rev. Mauro Inzoli, who received church clemency but was later convicted for abusing children, has put the spotlight back on the sins of the Catholic Church.