Category: Law Enforcement
Our Surveillance State
From APNews.com: Once limited to policing the nation’s boundaries, the Border Patrol has built a surveillance system stretching into the
The 1915 Collision of the Iron Cure and the Harrison Narcotic Act in El Paso
Kicking an opiate habit is a bitch. Before the advent of modern medical and pharmaceutical interventions, counseling, and peer support
(Some of) The Straight Skinny on Torre Centinela
If you are interested in the Torre Centinela that is almost fully operational in downtown Ciudad Juárez, then you should
Big Brother is Watching
Here’s a comforting story from EFF.org, the website of the Electronic Frontier Foundation: Through an analysis of 10 months of
Who’s the New Guy?
Ken Paxton, the Texas Attorney General who sometimes gets indicted and impeached, has launched a campaign to infiltrate left wing
“The Eyes of Chihuahua”
Here’s a story from TexasObserver.org about the Torre Centinela, that surveillance tower going up in downtown Ciudad Juarez that will
The Purge is Coming
Here’s a video about McAllen, Texas. El Paso might not be next, but it’s on the list.
July 12 Border Policy Protest Planned for Santa Teresa, New Mexico.
By Kent Paterson Under the slogan “Humanize Don’t Militarize,” New Mexico and Texas activists intend to put their constitutional rights
Dystopia, USA
Imagine masked U.S. government agents kidnapping people off the street and sending them to concentration camps. Dystopian fiction? Nah. It’s
Immigration and Detention Witness
by Xavier Miranda I spent the morning of Friday, June 20, at the U. S. Courthouse in downtown El Paso,
Watching the Watchers
I told you about the Torre Centinela that’s going up in downtown Juarez. Well, Juarez isn’t the only city in
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE, SIR, or Fear and Loathing in El Paso
by Paul Dickerson This morning, I was crossing the Puente Paso del Norte back to El Paso after running a
Otero County Deputy Charged With Murder
Here’s a horrific story about a trigger happy deputy unloading a whole clip into a teenager who dropped an airsoft
Know Your Rights
by Xavier Miranda (Sigue en español) In light of Trump’s mass deportations, it is important to educate ourselves and our
Business as Usual
This story by Elida Perez on ElPasoMatters.com reveals that 4 of the 5 candidates for the Democrat nomination for Sheriff
Barbs along the Rio Grande
By Kent Paterson A pleasant and quiet day prevailed just above the International Dam on the Rio Grande near the
The New Chief
by Rich Wright From ElPasoTimes.com: Peter Pacillas was named the permanent chief of the El Paso Police Department after a