LawCommentary
Pastor Charged with Criminal Penalty for Feeding the Homeless
Should a 90-year-old pastor face sixty days in jail and a $500 fine for simply giving food to homeless people? The authorities in Fort Lauderdale,… Read More
LawCommentary
How a Fisherman Got Charged With Violating a Law Intended to Apply to Businesses Shredding Documents
John Yates may have dreamed that one day he would wind up on the cover of Florida Sport Fishing magazine. Instead, he wound up in… Read More
LawCommentary
Police Officer Sued for Pointing Gun at Teen’s Head for a Seatbelt Violation
The family of a Georgia teenager is suing the Waycross, Ga., Police Department for $12.5 million after a police officer allegedly pointed a gun to their… Read More
LawNews
Court: Illegal for Red Light Camera Operators to Give Citations to Drivers
MIAMI — Big changes could be coming to cities with red-light cameras after a Florida District Court of Appeals judge said it’s illegal for camera… Read More
LawCommentary
Watch This Man Get Arrested for Just Playing His Guitar in New York City
Watch out: dangerous guitar players could threaten you next! That seems to be the mindset of the New York Police Department. The NYPD recently arrested… Read More
LawNews
Why One Lawmaker Wants to Rein in Police Seizure of Your Property
FREDERICKSBURG, Va.—Blasting as “fundamentally un-American” the seizure of assets from citizens, a state lawmaker wants to rein in police powers in Virginia. Virginia law currently… Read More
LawNews
Tennessee Woman Jailed for Overgrown Yard
A Tennessee woman has been jailed because of her overgrown yard. Karen Holloway was cited by Lenoir City during the summer when she started to… Read More
LawCommentary
Unbelievable: City Demands Girl Tear Down Her Playground…That She Received from Make-A-Wish Foundation
We assume that everyone, including government officials, exercise common sense when making decisions. So much for that assumption: recently, a local government took an action… Read More
LawCommentary
This Hilarious John Oliver Video Explains How Police Can Legally Seize Your Property
What started off as a measure to hurt drug kingpins and their criminal empires by confiscation of their property has morphed into an often abused… Read More
LawCommentary
Video Shows Police Smash a Car Window, Taser Passenger As Children Watch
Sometimes a picture (or a video) is worth a thousand words, but does it tell the whole story? A video taken by a 14-year-old boy… Read More
