
ICE Has Several Rules Banning Unreasonable Force
Though agents may only employ “objectively reasonable” force, in reality there have been numerous legal actions regarding questionable practices.

Though agents may only employ “objectively reasonable” force, in reality there have been numerous legal actions regarding questionable practices.
By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 24th, 2016The current lack of transparency maintained by U.S. police forces – especially regarding its activities in and around American black communities – has come…
By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 26th, 2016Although a number of federal agencies collect data on sexual violence, “differences across the data collection efforts … lead to varying estimates of sexual…
By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 19th. 2016On Aug. 16th, the American Spark revealed the top individual contributors to the Clinton presidential campaign today, we look at Donald Trump’s leading donors.Trump…
By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 16th, 2016In 2016, the American political system offers a real choice for the country’s next president: Voters may choose between a leading Washington insider who…
By Cliff Montgomery – July 28th, 2016WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has told Democracy Now that the U.S. presidential candidates for the 2016 election – Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton -…
By Cliff Montgomery – June 30th, 2016“Since the enactment of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, there have been notable changes in how states and local election jurisdictions conduct…
By Cliff Montgomery – May 18th, 2016 The modern world’s trend toward greater human health and longevity has, in recent years, all but ceased for poorly-educated white Americans. The death…
By Cliff Montgomery – May 15th, 2016The modern world’s trend toward greater human health and longevity has, in recent years, all but ceased for poorly-educated white Americans. In fact, the…
By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 30th, 2016Donald Trump likes to talk a lot about the ‘weakness of U.S. immigrant laws’ in his stump speeches. He apparently feels that it’s a…
By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 14th, 2016“In each year from 2006 to 2012, at least two-thirds of all active corporations had no federal income tax liability,” declares a little-discussed study…
By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 28th, 2016This U.S. election cycle has produced two of the more interesting presidential candidates in recent memory: a proudly elitist billionaire and an avowed socialist.…
By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 1st, 2016It’s been said that America has ‘the best democracy money can buy’. That’s why has worked to uncover who has quietly been buying our…
By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 29th, 2016Who is buying America’s presidential candidates? That can be a tough mystery to unravel.One doesn’t just count donations from individual people and entities. There…
By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 25th, 2016Who is buying the 2016 presidential candidates? is here to tell you.It can be a tough matter to untangle. One doesn’t just count donations…
By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 18th, 2016The U.S. may possess the most powerful modern weapons on earth – so it’s a shame that America’s armed forces don’t always know where…
By Cliff Montgomery – June 30th, 2015 offers a series of quotes from a legal syllabus which plainly explains the Supreme Court’s acknowledgment that gay individuals have a natural right…
By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 10th, 2015It seems that even the Pentagon now has trouble reigning in the growing cost of America’s military-industrial complex.“Costs on 47 of the 78 [major…
By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 13th, 2015 The Justice Department may soon file corruption charges against Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s ranking member, CNN stated on…
By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 18th, 2015Republican campaign operative Tyler Harber pleaded guilty on Feb. 12th to an illegal misuse of federal campaign funds. The actual charge is said to…
By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 8th, 2015Ever wonder who is supposed to be watching over U.S. bankers and securities traders? A recent, easy-to-understand report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS)…
By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 28th, 2015The current rift between those who make up our justice system – police officers, judges, prison guards – and a number of American communities…
By Cliff Montgomery – Dec. 30th, 2014“Concerns remain that the government [may] overpay contractors that provide no, or little, added value for work performed by lower-tier sub-contractors,” declares a little-noticed…
By Cliff Montgomery – Dec. 5th, 2014In 2010, the 400 individuals in America’s highest-income bracket forked over only about 18 percent of theiryearly earnings to federal tax officials – down…