I will now be publishing two weekly lists, the first will be U.S. News/Police Violence
U.S. News/Police Violence
BS Warning: Biden takes aim at countries that wrongfully detain Americans
Why does the White House/DOJ care more about Americans wrongfully detained in foreign countries while ignoring what is happening here?
https://www.courthousenews.com/biden-takes-aim-at-countries-that-wrongfully-detain-americans/
Amnesty International launches global campaign to protect protester rights:
https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/amnesty-international-launches-global-campaign-right-to-protest/
Hunter Biden Still Owns Stake in Chinese Oil Company:
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/07/18/hunter-biden-may-still-own-stake-chinese-oil-company-chinese-records-show/
China deploys tanks to prevent people from withdrawing money from their accounts:
Miami police to donate guns to Ukrainian police:
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article263607253.html
EU watchdog: Failure to find VDL-Pfizer texts is ‘wake-up call”
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-watchdog-european-ombudsman-emily-oreilly-failure-to-find-vdl-pfizer-texts-is-wake-up-call/
Fauci, Other US Officials Served In Lawsuit Over Alleged Collusion To Suppress Free Speech:
https://www.madisonjournal.com/national/fauci-biden-officials-served-subpoenas-lawsuit-over-collusion-suppress-free-speech
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/judge-orders-discovery-phase-in-social-media-collusion-lawsuit-against-biden-administration/article_df2275a4-02de-11ed-89e0-ef749bcc95fc.html
Secret Service says no new Jan. 6 texts found after records were deleted:
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/secret-service-jan-texts-found-records-deleted-investigation/story?id=87065042
BS Warning: Secret Service Has Managed to Locate Only One Coup-Related Text Message
https://truthout.org/articles/the-secret-service-has-managed-to-locate-only-one-coup-related-text-message/
DHS Inspector General Launches Criminal Probe Into Secret Service Text Deletions (Secret Service is Part of DHS)
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/07/21/dhs-inspector-general-launches-criminal-probe-secret-service-text-deletions
https://www.dhs.gov/employee-resources/us-secret-service-usss
AOC Pretends to Be Handcuffed After Arrest at Abortion Protest Outside of Supreme Court:
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/07/19/watch-aoc-pretends-to-be-handcuffed-after-arrest-at-abortion-protest-outside-of-supreme-court/
17 House Democrats Arrested Protesting Roe Reversal at Supreme Court:
Israel Unleashes Airstrikes On Gaza Hours After Biden Departure:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/hours-biden-visit-israel-strikes-gaza-response-rocket-fire-rcna38539
U.S. Says the UAE Has 'Significant Human Rights Issues. May Enter a Defense Agreement Anyway:
https://reason.com/2022/07/14/the-u-s-says-the-uae-has-significant-human-rights-issues-they-might-enter-a-defense-agreement-anyway/
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/07/11/us-uae-defense-agreement-saudi-biden-israel-security/
Human Rights Watch to US: Stop Selling Weapons to Saudis
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/07/15/human-rights-watch-us-stop-selling-weapons-saudis
DHS Establishes New Office of Health Security:
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2022/07/19/dhs-establishes-new-office-health-security
The Supreme Court just let a Trump judge seize control of ICE, at least for now:
https://www.vox.com/2022/7/21/23273467/supreme-court-ice-texas-united-states-biden-mayorkas
The CBP's Electronic Health Record System keeps detailed records of migrants’ medical information:
https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/privacy-pia-cbp-065-webeoc-september2021.pdf
Guess Who’s Buying Their Way Around the Fourth Amendment? (ICE, FBI, IRS, DOD, DEA and CBP):
https://www.rightsanddissent.org/news/data-brokers-selling-out-fourth-amendment/
ACLU Blasts Homeland Security Agencies (CBP, ICE) for Use of Location Data:
https://www.aclu.org/cases/aclu-v-department-homeland-security-commercial-location-data-foiahttps://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/new-records-detail-dhs-purchase-and-use-of-vast-quantities-of-cell-phone-location-data
DHS records show 'shocking' use of phone location data:
"The documents highlight conversations and contracts between federal agencies and the surveillance companies Babel Street and Venntel. Venntel alone boasts that its database includes location information from more than 250 million devices. The documents also show agency staff having internal conversations about privacy concerns on using phone location data. In just three days in 2018, the documents show that the CBP collected data from more than 113,000 locations from phones in the Southwestern United States — equivalent to more than 26 data points per minute — without obtaining a warrant. But in the same presentations where CBP was highlighting the advantages of using advertising data, the agency was also showing its staff how to reset their own advertising IDs on Android and iOS devices."
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/18/dhs-location-data-aclu-00046208
EFF and ACLU File Amicus Brief Objecting to Suspicionless Electronic Device Searches at the Border:
https://www.eff.org/files/2022/07/15/as-filed_amicus_brief_-_aclu_eff.pdf
Calls Mount to Protect American Citizens from Warrantless Mass Data Collection:
https://www.govtech.com/public-safety/calls-mount-for-blocking-warrantless-mass-data-collection
Federal Ability to Buy Citizen Phone Data Worries Lawmakers and Experts Alike:
Advisory Subcommittee Says ‘No Need’ for DHS’s Disinformation Board:
https://dailycaller.com/2022/07/19/dhs-says-theres-no-need-for-disinformation-board/
https://reason.com/2022/07/19/homeland-security-disinformation-board-nina-jankowicz-no-need/
Orlando International airport to use portable CBP facial recognition scanners to ID passengers:
https://www.cbp.gov/frontline/cbp-biometric-testing
Montana police tell lawmakers they want access to facial recognition:
The FBI Forced A Suspect To Unlock Amazon’s Encrypted App Wickr With Their Face:
Researchers defeat facial recognition systems with universal face mask:
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/07/12/defeat-facial-recognition/
Facial Recognition Search Engine PimEyes Pulls Up “Potentially Explicit” Photos of Kids:
https://theintercept.com/2022/07/16/facial-recognition-search-children-photos-privacy-pimeyes/
US government is tracking our phones more than we thought:
https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/18/daily-crunch-us-government-is-tracking-our-phones-more-than-we-thought-new-docs-show/
Former Congressman Goodlatte Testimony on Judiciary Hearing on “Digital Dragnets: Examining the Government’s Access to Your Personal Data”
"A loophole that we never imagined, one as big as the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building, has weakened the protection of Americans’ privacy. Government agencies, federal, state, and local, are asserting that they can flout the Fourth Amendment’s requirement for a probable cause warrant by simply buying our personal data."
https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20220719/115009/HHRG-117-JU00-Wstate-GoodlatteB-20220719.pdf
FCC sends letters of inquiry on use of geolocation data to top mobile carriers:
https://www.fcc.gov/document/rosenworcel-probes-mobile-carriers-data-privacy-practices
FBI Investigated Greenpeace, Other Environmental Organizations for Domestic Terrorism:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/3adbd8/fbi-terrorism-docs-show-agency-investigated-greenpeace-other-environmental-organizations
Police surveillance is pervasive: Yes, you are being watched, even if no one is looking for you
"The U.S. has the largest number of surveillance cameras per person in the world. Cameras are omnipresent on city streets and in hotels, restaurants, malls and offices. They’re also used to screen passengers for the Transportation Security Administration. And then there are smart doorbells and other home security cameras."
https://theconversation.com/surveillance-is-pervasive-yes-you-are-being-watched-even-if-no-one-is-looking-for-you-187139
Six Questions to Ask Before Accepting a Police Surveillance Technology:
https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/six-questions-to-ask-before-accepting-a-surveillance-technology
Crime-Obsessed San Francisco Flirts With ‘Police State’ Crackdown (Police Camshare Program):
https://www.thedailybeast.com/crime-obsessed-san-francisco-flirts-with-police-state-crackdown
https://www.axios.com/2022/07/20/video-surveillance-sf-police-controversy
Wirecutter, CNET, and Consumer Reports still recommend purchasing Ring doorbells:
https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2022-07-19-amazon-shares-ring-footage-with-cops-without-a-warrant-or-user-consent-why-are-sites-like-wirecutter-still-shilling-for-them
Community group urges Portland adopt ShotSpotter technology, along with list of ‘violent players’
The city also should consider working to identify people who are most at risk of firing on others by compiling something akin to the “Violent Impact Player” list kept by police in Tampa, Fla., the group recommended in a 61-page report.
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2022/07/community-group-urges-portland-adopt-shotspotter-technology-along-with-list-of-violent-players-to-help-curb-shootings.html
Portland should adopt controls for ShotSpotter, including officer bias training and data transparency:
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2022/07/portland-should-adopt-controls-for-shotspotter-including-officer-bias-training-and-data-transparency-community-group-says.html
ShotSpotter and the Misfires of Gunshot Detection Technology:
https://www.stopspying.org/shotspotter?rq=shotspotter
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c1bfc7eee175995a4ceb638/t/62cc83c0118f7a1e018bf162/1657570241282/2022.7.7_ShotSpotter+Report_FINAL.pdf
Activists Sue Chicago Police for Use of ShotSpotter Gunshot Detection Tech:
https://apnews.com/article/gun-violence-technology-crime-chicago-lawsuits-3e6145f63c96593866cf89ac01ce7498
California Police Collect DNA From a Breathalyzer Mouthpiece to ID Murder Suspect:
A 76-year-old California man accused of two decades-old murders was arrested after his DNA was collected from a breathalyzer during an unrelated traffic stop, a law enforcement official said Friday. Solano County Sheriff's Sgt. Brex Hawkins declined to provide additional details about the stop because of an ongoing investigation but said the detectives saw the stop and later requested the breathalyzer to obtain DNA from its mouthpiece.
Boston Dynamics dog with machine gun hints of a dystopian future:
https://cybernews.com/news/robot-dog-with-machine-gun-hints-of-a-dystopian-future/
https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/21/23272237/robot-dog-gun-skynet-russia-alexander-atamanov
https://www.unitree.com/products/go1/
Orting police use infrared drones ten times a year:
"The OPD uses its drone for search and rescue missions, among other things. The drone is about the size of a beach ball, Gabreluk said. They acquired it in 2019 through a grant from the United States Department of Homeland Security. It cost about $20,000.The OPD uses the drone with the FLIR system no more than 10 times per year, Gabreluk said. July marks the fourth time the department used it this year."
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/community/puyallup-herald/ph-news/article263359783.html
DroneUp expands Walmart drone delivery in Arkansas:
https://www.droneup.com/2022/07/19/droneup-announces-third-hub-opening-arkansas
Drone Harmony and Phase One work together to create higher resolution cameras and image capture:
https://droneharmony.com/phase-one/
Police Violence
Progressives In Congress Ask Biden's Cabinet To Rein In Military Surplus Transfers To Cops:
The number of NH cops has grown twice as fast as the population over the last twenty years:
https://www.concordmonitor.com/police-staffing-transparency-project-cities-46610493
Lawsuit Filed Over Massive California DOJ Firearm Data Leak:
Influential Law Professors Urge Supreme Court to Not Expand Qualified Immunity:
https://ij.org/press-release/influential-law-professors-urge-supreme-court-to-not-expand-qualified-immunity/
Crime, Incarceration, and "Reform" Prosecutors: a Debate
Irony: Prosecutors have problems getting information on criminal investigations from China-based servers
Why are they using China-based servers? What has happened to our so-called criminal justice system?
https://www.reuters.com/world/data-hosting-china-hampers-us-law-enforcement-prosecutor-2022-07-20/
One Way To Lose Judicial Immunity: Perform Impromptu Warrantless Searches Of People’s Houses
Justices say judge who pointed a gun at defense atty. also accused children of lying in neglect case:
Texas judge and his family serve as a clerk, county atty. and constable accused of cattle rustling:
Loving County Judge Skeet Jones and his family members — through blood or marriage — have a tight grip on the local government, serving as judge, clerk, county attorney and constable."
NYPD Bans Bead Blaster Super Soakers, Classifies Them As Air Rifles:
Family of NYC teen killed by off-duty corrections officer for carrying a super soaker:
https://nypost.com/2022/07/22/family-of-nyc-teen-allegedly-killed-by-correction-officer/
Bureau of Prisons Director Michael Carvajal Ordered to Testify on Abuse and Corruption:
Ex-Minneapolis cop Thomas Lane sentenced to ONLY 2.5 years in jail for George Floyd's Murder
https://news.yahoo.com/thomas-lane-sentenced-2-5-171255403.html
Bodycam Footage Shows California Cops Fatally Shooting Black Man In The Back, Killing Him:
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/20/us/rob-adams-san-bernardino-police-shooting/index.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/19/police-killed-robert-adams-black-man-running-san-bernardino-california
Police bodycam video shows Black 13-year-old teen raising arms before being shot:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/police-bodycam-video-shows-teen-raising-arms-shot-87209858
Breonna Taylor and Jacob Blake's Relatives Went to Ohio to Protest as Cops Beat and Arrest Them:
https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2022/07/breonna-taylor-jacob-blake-ohio-police-arrest/
The only Louisville cop charged with Breonna Taylor's murder has charges erased:
Black man beaten, left bloodied for a stop sign violation:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/black-man-beaten-left-bloodied-alleged-stop-sign-violation-tennessee-rcna39318
‘Where Was The Training?’ Outrage Over Police Beating Of Young Black Man In Tennessee:
Dozens of criminal cases dropped over East Contra Costa police crimes and misconduct:
Court allows cops to sue Seattle council rep. who called them racial profilers and murderers following the fatal shooting of a Black citizen:
Police chief fired after being caught on tape boasting about killing 13 people: "I shot that n***** 119 times"
https://www.wlbt.com/2022/07/20/fired-lexington-police-chief-out-job-after-racist-expletive-laced-recording-is-leaked/
https://www.mississippicir.org/news/mississippi-police-chief-linked-to-racist-recording
Cop charged with battery for choking fellow officer:
Man sentenced to 30 years in prison because a cop killed another cop:
Appeals court reverses decision barring female high school student's excessive force lawsuit against sheriff’s deputy:
"A federal civil rights lawsuit filed Thursday accuses a Sonoma County sheriff’s deputy of using excessive force against a recent Petaluma High School graduate when he allegedly grabbed the 115-pound teen by the neck and threw her onto a concrete driveway, grinding her face into the ground with a knee to the back of her head."
Cops shoot and kill cougar acting aggressively near a deer kill, residents told to shelter in place:
Cops: To Pull Or Not To Pull Their Weapon, There Is No Good Answer
"Too much cop love for you, since there are also a great many instances where the police simply murdered someone, choosing to shoot when it was not only unnecessary and unjustified, but flagrantly criminal."
https://blog.simplejustice.us/2022/07/17/to-pull-or-not-to-pull-there-is-no-good-answer
NH to provide line-of-duty death benefits to cops who commit suicide:
How Not Giving Miranda Warnings To Suspects Is Being Abused By Police:
https://reason.com/volokh/2022/07/20/should-there-be-a-cost-benefit-exception-to-mirandas-exclusionary-rule/
NY judge allows Vernon police to conduct strip and body cavity searches of Black and Latino arrestees:
https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/mount-vernon-strip-searches.pdf
ATF conducts surprise firearm inspection at man’s home without search warrant:
Still Hope for Some Plaintiffs Under Supreme Court’s New Standard for Reviewing Police Accountability Cases:
San Fransisco Judge Storms Out during Heated Debate with Public Defender:
https://www.davisvanguard.org/2022/07/judge-storms-out-during-heated-debate-with-public-defender/
DOJ launches race discrimination probe of Maryland State Police:
New Missouri law makes it a crime for the homeless to sleep on state-owned land including under bridges and overpasses:
https://www.businessinsider.com/missouri-law-felony-homeless-sleep-on-state-owned-land-2022-7
As LA police crack down on homelessness, unhoused end up in Mojave desert:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/18/california-homelessness-crisis-mojave-desert
NYPD gets owned on Twitter for bragging about confiscating speakers:
Supreme Court Tells Cops To Stop Arresting Doctors Who Prescribe Prescription Pain Pills:
https://reason.com/2022/07/15/supreme-court-tells-cops-to-stop-playing-doctor/
Appeals Court: Utah cops can ask fellow officers to stop out of state vehicles they already stopped on a pretext, so they can search it for drugs
https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/opinions/010110710769.pdf
Appeals court: Texas cops can't flag down cars they suspect might have drugs in rest stops without probable cause:
https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/20/20-30744-CR0.pdf
Appeals court: NY cops can't be sued for threatening to arrest owners of semi-auto rifles because they haven't arrested anyone yet
https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/bf952782-3f97-44b3-841f-1b479516976f/3/hilite/
Fentanyl Copaganda Is Turning Normal Citizens Into Fainting Goats:
https://www.techdirt.com/2022/07/20/omnipresent-fentanyl-copaganda-is-turning-normal-citizens-into-fainting-goats/
Corrections Officer Arrested for Heading Large-Scale Drug Trafficking Ring:
Corrections officer suspended, accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting woman while off-duty:
Louisiana Teens Are Being Sent to Notorious Adult Prison (Angola):
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/louisiana-sending-youth-angola-prison-rcna39150
‘Cultural Bias’ and Wrongful Convictions of Women:
https://thecrimereport.org/2022/07/22/cultural-bias-and-wrongful-convictions-of-women/
https://www.prosecution.org/wrongful-convictions-of-women-panel
Where People in Prison Come From: The geography of mass incarceration
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/origin/
New data reveals where people in Virginia prisons and jails come from:
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2022/07/14/vaorigin/
New data reveals where people in Colorado prisons come from:
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2022/07/07/coorigin/
Judge: DC crime lab’s conduct ‘shameful,’ but murder case that exposed errors can continue
Founder of GovLoop, to Lead Police Tech Startup Callyo:
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/callyo-announces-new-president-steve-ressler-300647936.html