ISIL Freedom Network: United States > Introductions and FAQs > Police Conduct

Verbal abuse
Source: New Scientist
Country: United States

"By twisting their words U.S. cops deny suspects their rights." If you want a lawyer, say, "I want my lawyer." Otherwise, the police have the legal right to refuse your request. (02/24/01)

The choice: oversight or abuse
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Doug Bandow
Country: United States

Law enforcement agencies are more and more becoming a threat to our liberties. Doug Bandow explores just of few of the more recent examples. (9/9/99)

Smash-up policing: When law enforcement goes military
Source: Independence Institute
Author: Dave Kopel
Country: United States

Civilian policing has taken on an increasingly militaristic -- and lethal -- edge that turns cops into occupying troops. (7/3/00)

The expanding federal police power
Source: Cato Institute Handbook for Congress
Country: United States

In its handbook for Congress, the Cato Institute warned America's elected officials that the federal government was taking an excessive role in law enforcement, and that the Posse Comitatus Act's restrictions on military involvement in law enforcement were in peril. (10/25/99)

The Bonus Army
Source: LewRockwell.com
Author: Jeff Elkins
Country: United States

The suppression of the "Bonus Army" in 1932 -- overseen by Douglas MacArthur -- foreshadows the militarization of law enforcement we see today.

The lawful arrest FAQ
Source: Ahimsa Dhamapada
Author: Ahimsa Dhamapada
Country: United States
E-mail: ahimsa@mu.clarityconnect.net

Updated monthly, this FAQ provides information about the elements of a Lawful Arrest, and Lawful Police Actions in general, including detainment, search, seizure. There are additional sections on rights and powers, and for what happens after the arrest. Available in many different formats for distribution purposes.

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