US police disregard civil liberties

US police disregard civil liberties

The United States has been known as a beacon for civil liberties, except these days it seems those rights are being stripped away more and more. Police in Fort Benning, GA arrested RT correspondent Kaelyn Forde and cameraman Jon Conway at a rally that was protesting the SOA, however the two were doing their jobs as part of the press. Author and blogger David Lindorff says US police are a part of a joint strike force with Homeland Security to collect information on Americans in order to create a police state.

Terrorists coming to Manhattan

Terrorists coming to Manhattan

The first Guantanamo Bay detainee has been brought over to the United States to be tried in a court of law. The mainstream media has been involved from the beginning "blowing up" the story, when detainees were first brought over to the US. Why has the mainstream media hyped up these stories so much? Danny Schechter a filmmaker and blogger says that the mainstream media tries to sensationalize any story involved with 9/11 to play on the emotions of Americans