The recent confrontations between the Ferguson, Missouri Police Department and the city’s African-American community have served at least one purpose: it has shown the entire nation that too many police departments have become militarized units committed to absolute control, rather…
Category: Terrorism Criminology
Feb.14
2014
2014
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Terrorism Criminology
Pratheepan Thavaraja is a Sri Lankan native. He was the principal procurement officer for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (“LTTE”)—a group founded in 1976 dedicated to establishing an independent state for the island’s Tamil minority.
LTTE was labeled a…
Aug.12
2013
2013
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Terrorism Criminology
As the Government increases its investigation and prosecution of individuals suspected of involvement in terrorism, criminal defense lawyers are increasingly representing individuals thought to be sympathetic to terrorist causes. When representing individuals charged in “homegrown” terrorism cases, it is helpful…
Nov.30
2012
2012
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Federal Criminal Law | terrorism | Terrorism Criminology
Should there be a prisoner exchange between the U.S and Pakistan?
Governments routinely lie to their citizens, including some in the government of the United States. Governments operate from the flawed premise that “you can’t handle the truth.” Perhaps…
Dec.14
2011
2011
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Terrorism Criminology | Uncategorized
Indefinite Detention of Homegrown Terror Suspects, Citizens inside U.S. Unnecessary and Dangerous Erosion of Civil Liberties
By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
Like it or not, the term “Jihadist” has become a commonly used…
May05
2011
2011
The Cost of the War on Terror: Orwellian Inspired Torture, Extrajudicial Rendition, Racial/Religious Profiling, Warrantless Wiretaps, Investigations without Reasonable Cause…
By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
Osama bin Laden is dead. Many peoples in the…
Apr.17
2011
2011
Guilt by Association: Politically Inspired Fear of Muslims Continues to Infect Politics, Law Enforcement Investigations and Potential Jurors
By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
The month of March was saturated with state and national news…
Jan.09
2011
2011
Government Avoids 4th Amendment Requirement of Probable Cause
By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
In 1970 it was discovered by a gentleman named Christopher H. Pyle that the U.S. Army Intelligence Command had 1500 commissioned officers…
Dec.28
2010
2010
Promoting Fear of Muslim Terror Government Continues Invasion into Privacy, Civil Rights
By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
Did you know that the nation’s Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) has given $31 billion in grants,…
Dec.10
2010
2010
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Terrorism Criminology | Uncategorized
Keeping the government in Check, the Uncomfortable Reality of Freedom of the Press
By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange surrendered to British authorities on December 7, 2010 in connection with sexual assault…
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