John Whitehead

The Three I’s of a Police State Education: Indoctrination, Intimidation & Intolerance
“Every day in communities across the United States, children and adolescents spend the majority of their waking hours in schools that have increasingly come to resemble places of detention more than places of learning.”—Investigative journalist Annette Fuentes This is what…

Supreme Court to Determine Timeline for Post-Conviction DNA Testing in Death Row Case Rife with Racial Bias & Prosecutorial Misconduct
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A legal coalition is weighing in on a case before the U.S. Supreme Court that throws into stark relief the racial bias, prosecutorial misconduct and systemic injustice at the core of Texas’ death penalty system.…

The Genetic Panopticon: We’re All Suspects in a DNA Lineup, Waiting to be Matched with a Crime
“Solving unsolved crimes is a noble objective, but it occupies a lower place in the American pantheon of noble objectives than the protection of our people from suspicionless law-enforcement searches… Make no mistake about it…your DNA can be…

Digital Authoritarianism: AI Surveillance Signals the Death of Privacy
“There are no private lives. This a most important aspect of modern life. One of the biggest transformations we have seen in our society is the diminution of the sphere of the private. We must reasonably now all…

Supreme Court’s Final Rulings Insulate Cops Against Lawsuits, Sanction Incompetence, Undermine Miranda Rights & Affirm Death by Firing Squad
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the midst of politically polarizing rulings on abortion, gun rights and religion, the U.S. Supreme Court closed out its 2021-22 term with a handful of disparate rulings that served to further shield federal officials…

Supreme Court: The Government Cannot Require That Citizens Prove the Need for Self-Protection in Order to Carry a Gun Outside Their Home
WASHINGTON, D.C. — By a 6-3 decision in N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Assn. v. Bruen, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a New York law which allowed government officials to pick and choose which class of citizens were deemed worthy…

Dismantling the Constitution: Police No Longer Have to Honor the Right to Remain Silent
“That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn’t even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction. There wasn’t even an enemy you…








