Young Americans for Liberty at Brandeis University

11/21/2021

This woman's name is Alteria Woods.

Alteria worked at a pharmacy and was studying to become a pharmacist. She also volunteered at a food bank and a pug rescue.

On March 19, 2017, Alteria was shot 10 times and killed by police during a no-knock raid of her boyfriend Andrew's home.

Prosecutors charged Andrew with Alteria's killing, and sought life imprisonment for him.

According to Alteria's family, she and Andrew were inseparable. The night before, they had gone to the movies, and then to the Firefighters' Indian River County Fair.

Then on that early morning, while Andrew and Alteria were sleeping, police smashed open their bedroom window and threw in a flashbang gr***de.

Andrew awoke and, believing that they were being robbed, fired out the window.

Police fired back dozens of times, hitting and killing Alteria, and then arrested Andrew.

Prosecutors sought life imprisonment for Andrew, and claimed to the media that he used Alteria as a "human shield", while he was in jail, unable to speak in his defense.

Thankfully, after reviewing all of the evidence, yesterday jurors acquitted Andrew of killing Alteria, recognizing that the entire firefight was instigated by the actions of the police.

Unfortunately, Andrew was convicted of possessing a firearm as a felon, and the prosecution is seeking the maximum 30 year sentence for it.

But the 2nd amendment doesn't give an exception to felons. The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Period.

And for that matter, Andrew should have never been a felon in the first place.

All of his arrests are related to possession and distribution of drugs. The war on drugs is an utter failure that should have been ended long ago.

The war on drugs is why police broke into a home while its owners slept.

The war on drugs is why Andrew still faces jail time for defending his home.

The war on drugs is why Alteria is dead.

It is long past time for it to end.

Her name was Alteria Woods, and no one else needs to be killed over this failed policy.

07/21/2021

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07/16/2021

07/07/2021

This is the Massucco family.

The Massachusetts government is suing them for $42 million, over a salamander that isn't endangered.

Back in 2017, the Massuccos bought a property in South Dartmouth, MA for them to raise their children, and care for their horses and multitude of pets.

Before they bought it, they made sure they has permission to clear some trees to make room for their horses. They were told everything was fine, so they bought it and proceeded to clear.

Soon after, the Massachusetts government informed them that their entire property was a "priority habitat" for the marbled salamander, a non-endangered species.

The reason no one knew this is because the government doesn't bother registering their "priority habitats" with the state registry.

The Massuccos have never seen a salamander on their property, but that's ok because the state is not required to prove that the species even lives on the properties they claim as "habitats".

Attorney General Maura Healy gave the Massuccos a chance to "settle" the matter by giving the property to the state and paying hundreds of thousands of dollars. They refused, so now she's suing them for $42 million, plus $30,000 each day for every day the suit continues.

Again, the state didn't bother telling anyone the property was "protected", they never have to show that a single salamander lives there, the salamander isn't even threatened, but that isn't stopping them from trying to ruin a family's life.

There's no way of knowing how many other families they've done this to, because these agencies are covered by laws that protect them from the public, who is not allowed to access their records.

This is what happens when government is put in charge of "protecting the environment": they use that power to ruin people's lives and steal their property, while the big businesses who put them in office continue to pollute with impunity.

(Link in the comments)

05/25/2021

Insanity