Google Is Selling Advanced AI Surveillance Tools to Israel:
https://theintercept.com/2022/07/24/google-israel-artificial-intelligence-project-nimbus/
Were weapons shipped to Haiti marked church donations sent from U.S.?
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/anger-grows-haiti-over-weapons-trafficking-us-after-guns-shipped-church-2022-07-28/
Trump requests immunity (again) from Jan. 6 civil cases that could bankrupt him:
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/trump-immunity-civil-lawsuits-jan-6-rcna40431
The political marriage between the GOP and militias:
"Across this country, Republican politicians are embracing right wing militia groups. It’s a pattern seen around the world in failing democracies: a mainstream party co-opts extremists to assert power."
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/07/20/the-political-marriage-between-the-gop-and-militias
John Pilger: “Assange Is the Courageous Embodiment of a Struggle Against the Most Oppressive Forces in Our World
Glenn Greenwald whitewashing Alex Jones and Sandy Hook video:
Fauci on school lockdowns: "I didn't recommend locking anything down"
CDC Spent $25K on Media Training and Executive Coaching:
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2022/07/27/walenksys-500-an-hour-media-training-00048200
How the CDC Coordinated With Big Tech To Censor Americans:
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/how-the-cdc-coordinated-with-big-tech-to-censor-americans/
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/cdc-told-big-tech-censor-covid-claims-now-debated-mainstream-scientists
Biosurveillance (pandemic) has become an information technology:
“We spend a lot of time not only ingesting the raw sequence data,” Dr. Katharine Jennings is the lead scientist at Noblis’s Applied Science Research Center said, “but also making those bioinformatics algorithms and visualization tools then trying to make them easier to use. Ultimately, we want to make bio surveillance more accessible to more populations, to push it out to the field for animal surveillance and environmental surveillance and health care workers.”
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-insights/2022/07/bio-surveillance-has-become-an-information-technology/
CDC Admits It Performed Vaccine Safety Data Mining After Claiming It Didn’t:
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom/cdc-covid-vaccine-adverse-effects-data
https://www.theepochtimes.com/exclusive-cdc-says-it-performed-vaccine-safety-data-mining-after-saying-it-didnt_4617563.html
Good News: BlackRock suffers $1.7 trillion loss in 6 months
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/how-blackrock-lost-1-7-trillion-in-six-months-8858251.html
FBI Accused of Cooking the Books on Domestic Extremism Data:
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/robert-spencer/2022/07/28/whistleblowers-bidens-fbi-pressured-incentivized-agents-to-classify-cases-as-domestic-violent-extremism-n1616498
https://republicans-judiciary.house.gov/press-release/whistleblowers-fbi-leadership-pressuring-agents-to-artificially-pad-domestic-terrorism-data/
The FBI Trying To Keep The Public From Discovering Why It Raided Innocent Americans' Safe Deposit Boxes:
The Cost of Saying No to the FBI:
https://theintercept.com/2022/07/27/intercepted-fbi-aswad-khan/
FBI Labeled ‘Derogatory Information’ on Hunter Biden as Disinformation:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chuck-grassley-fbi-justice-department-downplay-hunter-biden-information/
The Radicalization of the FBI:
Florida gov. touted sheriff's action against undocumented migrants. Most arrests were legal residents:
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article263877522.html
DC mayor requests National Guard help as migrants arrive:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/07/28/migrants-dc-texas-national-guard-bowser/
It Will Now Be Harder For Unaccompanied Immigrant Children To Languish In ICE Custody:
ICE Uses LexisNexis Data to Skirt Sanctuary Laws and Deport Immigrants:
ICE is developing new ID card for migrants amid growing arrivals at the border:
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/22/politics/ice-immigrants-id-card-migrants-border/index.html
Activists Slam ICE for Using LexisNexis Data to Target Undocumented Immigrants:
https://gizmodo.com/lexisnexis-ice-data-brokers-undocumented-immigrants-1849340046
Feds ask judge to toss ACLU-backed lawsuit over interrogating Muslims at border:
https://www.courthousenews.com/feds-ask-judge-to-toss-aclu-backed-lawsuit-over-grilling-of-muslims-at-border/
DISGUSTED: DHS Challenge Coins Say ‘Border Patrol Lives Matter’
https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjkby7/dhs-challenge-coins-say-border-patrol-lives-matter
OIG Report: DHS Has Controls to Safeguard Watchlist Data
https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2022-07/OIG-22-53-Jul22.pdf
DHS Hosts Urban Operational Experimentation For First Responders:
https://executivegov.com/2022/07/dhs-hosts-operational-experimentation-to-explore-first-responder-technology/
https://www.dhs.gov/publication/st-nustl-urban-opex-fact-sheet
https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Operational%20Experimentation%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf
DHS offers foreign states access to 1.1B biometric “encounters” in return for reciprocal database access:
https://www.statewatch.org/news/2022/july/usa-offers-foreign-states-access-to-1-1-billion-biometric-encounters-in-return-for-reciprocal-database-access/
https://www.statewatch.org/media/3407/usa-dhs-ibis-ebsp-marketing-brochure-7-22.pdf
TSA could ID and screen airline passengers "as they're walking"
Senators want 40% of passenger vehicles and 90% of commercial vehicles scanned at borders:
"The Non-Intrusive Inspection Expansion Act will require CBP to use non-intrusive inspection systems to scan at least 40 per cent of passenger vehicles and at least 90 per cent of commercial vehicles entering the United States at land ports of entry in the fiscal year 2024."
https://www.sooleader.com/local-news/michigan-senator-wants-90-of-commercial-vehicles-scanned-at-the-border-5604261
https://www.peters.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/peters-introduces-bipartisan-bill-to-improve-screening-of-vehicles-and-cargo-at-ports-of-entry
The Non-Intrusive Inspection Expansion Act:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4572?s=1&r=1
DHS/CBP/PIA-017 Non-Intrusive Inspection Systems Program:
https://www.dhs.gov/publication/non-intrusive-inspection-systems-program
CBP opens new Port of Entry at Alexandria Bay in New York:
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/grand-opening-alexandria-bay-port-entry
EPIC’s Jeramie Scott to Testify to Congress on CBP’s Facial Recognition:
https://epic.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Testimony-Scott-CBP-FRT-Use-2022.07.27.pdf
Coming to a giant airport screen: Your face and personal flight information
Delta Air Lines recently introduced a “Parallel Reality” system that lets travelers access individual flight information on a shared overhead screen based on a scan of their boarding pass — or their face. The twist is that 100 people can do this at a time, all using the same digital screen but only seeing their own personal details.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2022/07/25/delta-tech-flight-info-screen/
https://news.delta.com/groundbreaking-parallel-realitytm-technology-coming-deltas-detroit-hub-0
ACLU says pot store camera requirements violate Maine’s ban on facial recognition:
New Orleans City Council approves police use of facial recognition, reversing ban:
https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_d31cb51a-090c-11ed-8929-7bc8922a7d0d.html
Mayor Cantrell Praises Police Facial Recognition:
MI Supreme Court: Grand Rapids police can’t record teens’ faces and fingerprints because they want to
"Supreme Court justices ruled Friday, July 22 that the practice, which Grand Rapids police largely discontinued in 2015, is an unreasonable search that violates the Fourth Amendment."
Court Declines to Reconsider Dismissing Illinois Clearview AI Facial Recognition Lawsuit:
"Using the database, paying customers like newly added defendants Best Buy, Macy’s, and Albertson’s, could upload a photo to the database to determine the identity of a previously unknown individual without their consent."
Paravision Appoints Former U.S. Senior National Security Executive to lead ethical use of facial recognition:
"Bishop Garrison held multiple national security positions under the Obama Administration, including Executive Director of the Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee and Deputy Lead on a TSA Blue Ribbon Panel reviewing the airline passenger screening system. A U.S. Army veteran, Garrison graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 2002 and completed two tours in Iraq."
https://www.paravision.ai/news/paravision-appoints-former-u-s-senior-national-security-executive-bishop-garrison-as-vice-president-of-government-affairs-and-public-policy/
Police Are Still Abusing Investigative Exemptions to Shield Surveillance Tech:
Police Are Using Newborn Genetic Screening to Search for Suspects, Threatening Privacy and Public Health:
https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/police-are-using-newborn-genetic-screening
We’re All Suspects in a DNA Lineup, Waiting to be Matched with a Crime:
https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/the_genetic_panopticon_were_all_suspects_in_a_dna_lineup_waiting_to_be_matched_with_a_crime
Experts told lawmakers to blacklist abusive spyware makers from doing business in the U.S.
https://gizmodo.com/congress-hearing-nso-group-commercial-spyware-blacklist-1849338365
Halting backdoor government snooping seen as key to data privacy:
https://rollcall.com/2022/07/26/halting-backdoor-government-snooping-seen-as-key-to-data-privacy/
Domestic Political Surveillance: How Deep Is DoD Involvement?
In the GOP’s New Surveillance State, Everyone’s a Snitch:
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/07/in-the-gops-new-surveillance-state-everyones-a-snitch/
Google's Nest will let police see your video without a warrant:
https://www.cnet.com/home/security/ring-google-and-the-police-what-to-know-about-emergency-requests-for-video-footage/
Nest allows customers to see live feeds on their TV's:
Mobile police arrest suspected shooter a few hours after new ShotSpotter goes live:
Flock Safety admits license plate readers are all about public surveillance:
“Many of our private customers share camera access directly with local law enforcement, creating a collaborative public safety infrastructure.” These private customers can include neighborhood groups, homeowners’ associations and local businesses" Holly Beilin, head of public relations at Flock Safety said.
https://www.americancityandcounty.com/2022/07/25/police-adopt-license-plate-readers-at-an-accelerating-pace/
The Ford F-150 Lightning Pro SSV is an electric truck police truck:
https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/28/23281139/ford-f150-lightning-pro-ssv-police-cop
Ford raises F-150 Lightning prices across the board:
https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/09/ford-raises-f-150-lightning-prices-across-the-board/
Hallandale Beach Adds 13 Spying Teslas to its Police Fleet:
Teslas have 8 outward facing cameras:
https://themotordigest.com/how-many-cameras-does-a-tesla-have/
Tesla Cuts Car's Range By 30%, Demands $4,500 to Get It Back:
https://futurism.com/tesla-range-reduce-remote
Unilever drones deliver ice cream to customers in TX and three cities in NC:
https://www.flytrex.com/
Coral Gables police to use private security drones to monitor crowds and suspicious people:
"During an emergency call, security services company Bond deploys a drone to the scene to quickly assess the situation — be it a fire or potential criminal activity, for example — and help intervene or identify suspects if needed."
https://www.ourbond.com/airguardian/
Police Violence
Maine's trial backlog so bad it could take 15 years to have a case heard:
https://www.bangordailynews.com/2022/07/29/news/down-east/washington-county-backlog-joam40zk0w/
Native Americans Disproportionately Sent to Prison in Montana:
Pro-Trump sheriff's trying to prove bogus voter-fraud claims:
"Barry County, Sheriff Dar Leaf is in the vanguard of the so-called “constitutional sheriffs” movement, which asserts that sheriffs, typically elected in counties, possess supreme law-enforcement power in their jurisdictions – exceeding that of state police, federal agencies and any other official, including the U.S. president. The movement’s most prominent group, the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, takes the extreme position that sheriffs can and should ignore any law they deem unconstitutional."
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-elections-michigan-investigation/
Justice Alito Mocks World Leaders Who Criticized Court's Abortion Ruling:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alito-rome-dobbs-abortion_n_62e2fdeae4b0c60a5666937a
Why prosecutors are using grand juries to investigate efforts to overturn the 2020 election:
"The secrecy of a grand jury presents some dangers. The defendant does not know the evidence being considered, does not have a right to be present, and cannot question the evidence early in the criminal justice process."
Judge Resigns And Somehow It's NOT Over The Drunken Shooting At White Castle:
Federal Bureau of Prison Officials Knew of Misconduct, Corruption, and Abuse:
https://theintercept.com/2022/07/26/atlanta-prison-suicide-senate-investigation/
Alabama police say releasing body cam footage of police K-9 attacking and killing innocent Black man may cause riots:
"Despite national press coverage and the long-running lawsuit, the public still hasn’t been allowed to see the footage nearly four years later. The videos are currently filed under seal in the lawsuit because of a protective order preventing their release to the public."
https://www.rawstory.com/joseph-lee-pettaway/
Deputy Shoots Unarmed Black Man in the Back for Shoplifting laundry detergent from Dollar Store:
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/07/26/watch-live-attorneys-family-speak-on-fatal-officer-involved-shooting-of-roderick-brooks/
https://abc13.com/roderick-brooks-family-harris-county-deputy-shooting-body-camera-footage-does-not-show-full-story/12075130/
White veteran cop called a teen student the 'n-word multiple times outside school:
https://www.fox19.com/2022/07/25/bodycam-cincinnati-police-officer-uses-n-word-duty-report-finds/
Cop to serve 1 year in jail for assault, paralyzing of handcuffed man:
Appeals court finds Michigan cop had no duty to warn before siccing K-9 on suspect:
Florida Sheriff's use Armored Vehicle to Tear Down House With a History of Criminal Activity:
https://therook.ringpower.com/
Florida's Loud Car Ban Gives Police A New Reason To Harass Motorists:
https://theappeal.org/floridas-loud-car-ban-gives-cops-a-new-excuse-to-harass-drivers/
Florida allows residents to check if police officers have been disciplined:
Sixth Black Teenager Charged in Central Park Jogger Case to Be Exonerated:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/25/nyregion/steven-lopez-central-park-jogger-case.html
Man shot in eye by off-duty NYPD cop sues for $35M:
https://nypost.com/2022/07/30/man-shot-in-eye-by-off-duty-nypd-cop-sues-for-35m/
Can a NY Police Department Reform Without Confronting the Sins of Its Past?
NY parole officer accused of planting evidence:
https://www.wivb.com/news/investigates/state-parole-officer-accused-of-planting-evidence
Michigan school district forced to make changes after arresting Black teen for not doing her homework:
Entire NC Police Department Resigns After Hiring Black Progressive Town Manager:
https://www.foxnews.com/us/entire-north-carolina-police-department-resigns-new-town-manager-hired
Cop Who Killed An Innocent Man During A Swatting Denied Qualified Immunity:
https://www.techdirt.com/2022/07/28/kansas-police-officer-who-killed-innocent-man-during-a-swatting-denied-qualified-immunity/
Cop who put a motorist running away from him in a chokehold and killed him found not guilty of murder:
https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/courts/2022/07/14/judge-dismisses-murder-charge-in-christopher-smelser-trial/65373410007/
Trooper Arrested for Ramming His Cruiser Into a Horse, Driving On Top Of It:
https://www.phillyvoice.com/chester-county-horse-killed-state-trooper-charged-michael-perillo/
2 Denver cops arrested for stealing thousands from private employer:
https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/2-denver-officers-arrested-accused-of-stealing-thousands-from-private-employers
Colorado detective's son who used his dad's guns to commit shootings and robberies will not be charged:
"Detective Asher Rose has been with the Denver Police Department since 2016. He was given a 10-day suspension in 2019 after he mishandled his gun in reaching for his flashlight and nearly shot a suspect in the head."https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/denver-cop-s-guns-found-during-son-s-shooting-arrest/ar-AA105glk
Cop who distributed child porn while on duty was allowed to stay on job and retire with pension claimed he suffered from BLM, PTSD:
https://lbpost.com/news/crime/lbpd-missteps-anthony-brown-child-pornography-sentence-drop-case
https://lbpost.com/news/crime/lbpd-child-pornography-officer-arrested-delay-phone-data-deleted
https://lbpost.com/news/lbpd-officer-child-pornography-pension-retires
Texas Deputy and Preacher Who Forced a Woman to Expose Herself to Him While He Masturbated Denied Qualified Immunity:
https://www.kjas.com/news/local_news/article_5135fc34-bade-11e9-b1fa-6f8b591bc0dc.html
Woman Shoots Cop Husband for Sexually Abusing Kids at a Daycare She Owns:
Appeals Court: Ohio cops who shot and killed a 13-year-old trying to run away from them can be sued
https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/22a0291n-06.pdf
Appeals Court: Oklahoma cop who slapped a cigarette out of a man's hands, beat and choked him can be sued
https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/opinions/010110713030.pdf
Appeals Court: Being Hispanic on a bike is not suspicious in Texas
Appeals Court: Marijuana Legalization Means Police Drug Dogs Are Mostly Useless
Michigan Supreme Court: Police cannot randomly photograph and fingerprint people without probable cause
A Houston Drug Cop's Lies Sent This Innocent Black Man to Prison for 25 Years:
https://reason.com/2022/07/22/a-houston-drug-cops-lies-sent-this-man-to-prison-for-25-years/
Pay raises for Oakland police draw pushback from some residents:
https://www.courthousenews.com/pay-raises-for-oakland-police-draw-pushback-from-some-residents/
Florida man charged with DUI after driving scooter into Walmart shelves:
San Francisco man gets red zone parking ticket after curb was repainted while his car was parked:
https://abc7chicago.com/parking-in-san-francisco-street-red-zone-sf-ticket-pay-ticketsf/12074455/
House progressives sound the alarm about a series of bills that would increase funding for local law enforcement:
House Democrats Delay Plan to Fund Police Before Midterms:
Female inmates raped for hours when male detainees bribed corrections officer for $1,000:
https://news.yahoo.com/night-terror-female-inmates-raped-140023100.html
The Fatal Cost of Waiting for Reform in NYC Jails:
https://www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/liz-glazer-nyc-jails-fatal-cost-of-waiting
Teva reaches proposed $4.35B settlement of opioid lawsuits: