The Drunkard’s Cloak: the humiliating punishment for being drunk in public
Some things never change.
Cops
‘Hands Up! Get Down!’: The ‘garage-groovin’, punk-glam chaos’ of Fat Cops (an exclusive interview)
In 2014, Scotland held a referendum on whether to be an independent nation again or remain part of the UK. Like all binary referenda it…
Bloody Thursday: Killer cops and the Battle for the People’s Park, 1969
BLAM!!! Fifty years ago, the rules of engagement changed. On Thursday May 15th 1969, police opened fire with shotguns on mostly peaceful, unarmed student demonstrators…
Cops offer to test your meth for the Zika virus — free of charge!
The Bath Township Police Department in Michigan is making meth users with Zika contamination concerns an offer they can’t refuse. With a Facebook post containing…
Dangerous Finds: A peek inside Mr. Robot’s toolkit; Weaponized drones for cops; Republicans like pot
A peek inside Mr. Robot‘s Toolbox: The USA show concludes its powerful first season tonight. UPDATE: Mr. Robot‘s season finale will NOT air tonight after…
Don’t f*ck with firemen: Riot cops foamed knee-deep by protesting firefighters
Some Belgian firemen reading the riot act to some riot cops on Monday during a protest against fire department budget cuts. Belgian firemen were protesting…
MASKED, heavily-armed paramilitary rent-a-cops are freaking out Wisconsin
It cannot be said that the citizens of Wisconsin didn’t truly get what they asked for when they had a chance to shitcan Republican Governor…
Dangerous Finds: Man on PCP asks cops ‘Am I dead?’, Happy Canada Day; Human head transplants?
Egypt’s army gives parties 48 hours to resolve crisis – BBC News George W. Bush defends PRISM: ‘I put that program in place to protect…
Cops and Nobbers: Police pounding the beat with a dildo in their hands
Oo-er. Bringing a double meaning to when a cop says “Assume the position,” or “Up against the wall,” (fnarr, fnarr) Cops and Nobbers re-imagines different…
Cops confiscate the biggest joint EVER
Police confiscate a 2.5lb doobie at Porter Meadows during the annual UC Santa Cruz campus-wide smoke out on 4/20. According to the YouTube description:…