U.S. News/Police Violence
U.S. News/Police Violence
US Deploys B-2 Stealth Bombers to Attack Yemen Without Congressional Approval
https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-bombs-yemen
American's Being Asked To Believe That The Palestinians Are Genociding Themselves
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2024/10/16/were-basically-being-asked-to-believe-that-the-palestinians-are-genociding-themselves/
Alarm as Pentagon Confirms Deployment of US Troops to Israel
https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-troops-to-israel
The Israeli Spies Writing America’s News
https://www.mintpressnews.com/revealed-israel-unit-8200-spies-american-media/288457/
Drug-Sniffing Police Dogs Are Intercepting Abortion Pills in the Mail
https://theintercept.com/2024/10/16/abortion-pills-mail-usps/
Phoenix cops tasing and punching a deaf Black man with cerebral palsy criticized
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/phoenix-polices-violent-arrest-deaf-black-man-with-cerebral-palsy-criticized-2024-10-16/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/10/16/phoenix-police-tyron-mcalpin-arrest-bodycam-video/
Prosecutors drop charges against deaf Black man beaten by Phoenix cops
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/10/17/arizona-deaf-black-police-beating/75726113007/
School District bans off-duty cop/substitute teacher for reenacting George Floyd's murder in class
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/10/16/substitute-teacher-banned-minnesota-district-reenacting-murder-george-floyd-during-class
Reporter Arrested for Asking Questions. The Supreme Court Just Revived Her Lawsuit
https://reason.com/2024/10/15/this-reporter-was-arrested-for-asking-questions-the-supreme-court-just-revived-her-lawsuit/
NYC Homeless Shelter Execs Make Huge Salaries and Hire Family Members
https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/10/17/homeless-shelter-bosses-pay-nepotism-department-investigation/
Leonard Leo’s Concord Fund Is A Top Donor To Right-Wing Attorneys General That Backed Jan. 6th Insurrection
https://accountable.us/new-yet-again-leonard-leos-concord-fund-revealed-as-top-donor-to-right-wing-attorneys-general-that-backed-insurrection/
The law enforcement officers with surprising power
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/15/opinion/sheriff-power-trump.html
Crypto super PAC ads flood House, Senate races without mentioning cryptocurrency
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/15/crypto-election-ads-fairshake-00183700
Trump Calls for Using Military Against Left-Leaning “Enemies” on Election Day
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-calls-for-using-military-against-left-leaning-enemies-on-election-day/
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-democrats-enemies-within-rcna175628
Trump drops the pretense identifies himself as a Jan. 6th rioter
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/17/trump-jan-6-insurrection/
Judge in Trump 2020 election case unseals more evidence from special counsel
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-2020-election-case-evidence-unsealed-tanya-chutkan-jack-smith
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67656604/united-states-v-trump/
Trump Campaign Selects 30 Election Deniers to Be Electoral College Electors
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-campaign-selects-30-election-deniers-to-be-electoral-college-electors/
DOJ To Monitor Election In Ohio County Where Sheriff Called Harris A 'Hyena'
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-election-portage-county-ohio-sheriff-zuchowski_n_670ea51fe4b0c5b8c0af958a
Georgia judge blocks election rule requiring hand counting of ballots
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/georgia-judge-blocks-election-rule-requiring-hand-counting-of-ballots/
Trump’s Big Lie Attorneys Are Back
https://theintercept.com/2024/10/17/trump-lawyers-election-fraud-lawsuits-strategy/
Officials Are Sounding the Alarm Over Musk’s Payments to Pro-Trump Voters
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/pennsylvania-musk-cash-lottery-trump-payments-reaction/
Horrifying: DHS Joint Task Force authority legislation becomes law
https://homelandprepnews.com/stories/82436-dhs-joint-task-force-authority-legislation-becomes-law/
Civil Rights Commission Identifies Problems With Government Agencies Using Facial Recognition
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/10/civil-rights-commission-pans-face-recognition-technology
TSA to use facial recognition to ID passengers at 5 Montana airports
https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/tsa-uses-new-technology-at-5-montana-airports
TSA to use facial recognition at the Portland International Airport to ID passengers
https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2024/10/tsa-rolls-out-facial-recognition-at-revamped-portland-airport-security-checkpoints.html
TSA to use facial recognition at the West Virginia International Yeager Airport to ID passengers
https://www.tsa.gov/news/press/releases/2024/10/17/tsa-west-virginia-international-yeager-airport-gets-new-credential
TSA to use facial recognition at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to ID passengers
TSA's Chief Technology, Data and AI Officer Discusses Their “Crawl, Walk, Run Approach” To New AI Tech
https://www.nextgov.com/artificial-intelligence/2024/10/tsas-crawl-walk-run-approach-ai/400246/?oref=ng-homepage-river
Comments on TSA proposal for decentralized nonstandard ID requirements
BS Warning: Bill Gates Pushes For Global Digital IDs
https://www.gatesnotes.com/Digital-public-infrastructure
State Legislatures Need to Block Creation of Nightmarish National Digital ID System
https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/state-legislatures-need-to-block-creation-of-nightmarish-national-identity-system
EPIC and ACLU Encourage NIST to Advance Privacy and Equity in Digital ID Guidelines
https://epic.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ACLU-EPIC-Joint-Comment-on-NIST-Second-Draft-Digital-Identity-Guideline-Oct.-7-2024.pdf
Should I Use My State’s Digital Driver’s License?
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/10/should-i-use-my-states-digital-drivers-license
Mastercard claims their EMVCo (facial recognition) adds peace of mind to every transaction
https://www.mastercard.com/news/perspectives/2024/a-digital-way-to-answer-the-age-old-question-can-i-see-some-id/
https://www.emvco.com/
ID.me to Let Shareholders Sell at $1.8 Billion Valuation
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/company-news/2024/10/08/startup-idme-to-let-shareholders-sell-at-18-billion-valuation/
Kroger Stores To Use Facial Recognition To ID Shoppers
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2024/10/16/rashida-tlaib-kroger-price-gouging/75706646007/
Paravision Creates Deepfake Detection Program with Five Eyes Government Partner
https://www.paravision.ai/news/paravision-secures-production-deepfake-detection-program-with-five-eyes-government-partner/
House Intelligence Bill Advances Without FISA Fix, Leaving Privacy in the Shadows
PPSA Submits FOIA Requests Seeking Transparency on Use of Cell-Site Simulators
NSO Group Flouts Court as It Lobbies to Get Off U.S. Blacklist
https://theintercept.com/2024/10/21/pegasus-spyware-nso-israel-lobbying-republicans/
The FBI’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Program Has a New Target: Animal Rights Activists
Cops Want the Password to Your Phone
https://reason.com/2024/10/14/police-want-the-password-to-your-phone/
Chalking Bans and ID Checks at Protests Repress Palestine Solidarity on Campus
https://truthout.org/articles/chalking-bans-and-id-checks-at-protests-repress-palestine-solidarity-on-campus/
Oakland city council agrees to keep ShotSpotter
ShotSpotter costs taxpayers $830,000 a year
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/oakland-council-agrees-keep-gunshot-detection-19837193.php
Big Brother Warning: Louisiana police use "digital siren" to tell drivers to get off the road
Big Brother To Put Spying Steering Wheels In New Cars
https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/ct-dot-dadss-ride-act-drunk-driving-prevention-bmw-19788893.php
Polaris offers police a strategy on how to convince the public to let them purchase license plate readers
https://www.utility.com/blog/5-key-considerations-for-integrating-alpr-into-your-policing-strategy/
PRIVACY NIGHTMARE: Flock Safety Expands Into Drones, Acquires Aerodome
UTAC: Tactical police drone training program October 21-23
Oklahoma City to equip first responders with 50 new drones over five years
https://okcfox.com/news/local/oklahoma-city-to-equip-first-responders-with-50-new-drones-over-five-years-okc-city-council-police-fire-okcpd-okcfd
Burlington Police Department use drones as a first responder 'It's really exciting'
Whitehall police purchase $49K drone as privacy questions linger
https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/whitehall/whitehall-buys-49000-police-drone-as-privacy-questions-linger/
DJI drones sues DoD over listing as a Chinese military company
Red Wing police hold public hearing on purchasing drones
https://www.red-wing.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=808
U.S. Marshals use drone to find man wanted on warrants
This $200 Drone Will Be the Terror of Neighborhoods Everywhere
MyDefence Unveils AI-Powered Drone Detection Solution
https://cuashub.com/en/content/mydefence-introduces-spectrum-warrior-ai-enhanced-c-uas-system/
Police Violence
Warden Who Ran Prisons With Abusive Practices Now Directs National Training Academy For The Bureau of Prisons
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/10/16/federal-prison-colorado-abuse
Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch’s ties to oil billionaire reignite calls for court oversight
Supreme Court Allows Police to Rely on Technicalities to Keep Thousands of Dollars in Seized Cash From Innocent Owners
The disabilty case that the Supreme Court keeps refusing to decide (Eighth Amendment)
https://www.vox.com/scotus/378058/supreme-court-hamm-smith-death-penalty-eighth-amendment
NH Supreme Court justice indicted for interfering with probe of husband
https://www.concordmonitor.com/Supreme-Court-Justice-indicted-for-witness-tampering-57512293
Gov. calls indictment of Supreme Court Justice ‘extremely serious’
https://www.concordmonitor.com/Gov-Chris-Sununu-says-indictment-of-supreme-court-justice-is-extremely-serious-57531272
NH Supreme Court says: don't trust police promises of not prosecuting someone
"The state Supreme Court upheld a man’s DUI conviction even though he agreed to a breathalyzer test on the condition that, if his blood-alcohol content were under 0.08, he’d be let go. The two officers who made this promise did not have the authority to form a binding non-prosecution agreement with the motorist, whose BAC was 0.07."
https://webservices.courthousenews.com/sites/Data/AppellateOpinionUploads/2024-14-10--10-39-29-f6104d4c-d9b2-4764-9d2a-8d752e76ca07.pdf
CA superior court judge who murdered his wife continues to receive nearly $250K salary
https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-judge-who-allegedly-killed-his-wife-continues-receive-nearly-250k-salary
Colorado judge reacts after DA loses law license for launching secret investigation into his family
https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/local-politics/former-judge-reacts-district-attorney-linda-stanley-loses-law-license/73-4fe3f09f-14ce-46bf-b8de-5fa7ec4f1b92
TN judge reprimanded after ordering restitution be paid directly to himself
https://www.newschannel9.com/newsletter-daily/tennessee-judge-reprimanded-after-ordering-restitution-be-paid-directly-to-himself-putnam-county-r-steven-randolph
https://www.tba.org/?pg=LawBlog&blAction=showEntry&blogEntry=114603
Texas judge on X case didn't sell his Tesla shares after taking lawsuit
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/16/g-s1-28620/texas-judge-elon-musk-x-case-tesla-shares
DISGUSTED: Appeals Court removes Texas judge from foster care lawsuit, reverses millions in fines for state
"The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in its late Friday ruling that U.S. District Judge Janis Jack, who has overseen the lawsuit for more than a decade, “must be removed” because of her “highly antagonistic demeanor” toward the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services and Texas Health and Human Services, which oversee the state’s foster care system."
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2024/10/12/court-removes-judge-from-texas-foster-care-lawsuit-reverses-millions-in-fines-for-state/
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/10/14/5th-circuit-removes-federal-judge-janis-jack-from-foster-care-case-abbott-appeals-court/75659316007/
Supreme Court Overturns Texas Murder Conviction Over Expert Witness Testimony (Shaken Baby Syndrome)
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/18/robert-roberson-texas-house-hearing/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/17/robert-roberson-texas-execution-shaken-baby-syndrome
DISGUSTED: Appeals Court rules STRmix DNA sample that was potentially excludable didn’t need to be disclosed in search warrant
https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/79d88161-a262-45e9-8e79-22348df39dbd/1/doc/22-3217_so.pdf
Junk Science Convicted Her. Will Mississippi Set Her Free?
https://theappeal.org/shaken-baby-syndrome-conviction-tasha-shelby/
Junk Science Warning: Global Intelligence Helped Convict People of Murder. Then Someone Took a Closer Look
"The investigation stalled until August 2022, when Akron police received a three-page report containing the evidence they’d been seeking. It came from a little-known Canadian company called Global Intelligence, which for the past several years has been selling an extraordinary service to police departments across the United States."
https://www.wired.com/story/cybercheck-crime-reports-prosecutions/
ACLU filing backs Karen Read’s double jeopardy claim; calls mistrial declaration ‘hasty’
https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/new-aclu-filing-backs-karen-reads-double-jeopardy-claim-calls-mistrial-declaration-hasty/CGE564FSD5HU3L56YLGWL4BVVM/
King County Prosecutors Warn Police: Don’t Use Gen AI to Write Reports
https://komonews.com/amp/news/local/king-county-prosecutor-tells-police-not-to-use-ai-artificial-intelligence-for-official-reports-for-now-errors-concerns-law-enforcement-perjury-criminal-justice
2nd documented case of a sober driver arrested for DUI by TN state trooper
https://www.wsmv.com/2024/10/01/2nd-documented-case-sober-driver-arrested-dui-by-state-trooper/
Chicago police traffic stops of Black people have more than doubled over the past nine years
The ACLU called it the “new stop-and-frisk” (2015)
https://theconversation.com/police-stop-more-black-drivers-while-speed-cameras-issue-unbiased-tickets-new-study-from-chicago-238170
https://www.aclu-il.org/sites/default/files/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ACLU_StopandFrisk_6.pdf
Discord in Chicago police board leaves critics questioning competence
DC police union tries to eliminate the District’s Community Violence Interruption program
https://theappeal.org/dc-police-union-violence-interruption/
BS Warning: South Bend police respond to DOJ suit over police hiring practices
https://wsbt.com/news/local/us-justice-department-sues-city-of-south-bend-over-discriminating-hiring-practices-civil-rights-title-vii-7-black-women-applicants-written-examinatation-physical
Los Angeles is Broke. And the Budget Crisis is Self-Inflicted (Police Abuse Settlements)
"It won’t be an easy task. In just the first three months of the fiscal year that started July 1, the city is on the hook for $258m in liability costs. The largest category of payouts — 40% — is related to police department negligence or use of force."
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-10-18/los-angeles-latest-budget-crisis-is-self-inflicted
NYPD Commissioner, Caban Nixed Penalty Against Cop Who Body-Slammed Protestor Head-First Into Pavement
https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/10/15/nypd-commissioner-edward-caban-penalty-sergeant-protestor/
Retired NYPD detective kills wife in murder-suicide with 3 children in the house
https://nypost.com/2024/10/16/us-news/ex-nypd-cop-kills-wife-in-murder-suicide-while-3-children-in-the-house-police/
Vermont police chief on paid leave pending state police investigation
https://vtdigger.org/2024/10/15/woodstock-places-police-chief-on-paid-leave-pending-vermont-state-police-probe/
NH police chief placed on paid leave
https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/2024/10/15/brentwood-nh-town-administrator-and-police-chief-placed-on-paid-leave/75679013007/
NH cop pleads guilty to lesser charge in Hampton sex assault case
https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/2024/10/15/massachusetts-officer-pleads-guilty-hampton-nh-sex-assault-case/75683462007/
Victims of Child Protective Services Are Leading a Movement to Abolish It
https://truthout.org/articles/victims-of-family-policing-are-leading-a-movement-to-abolish-it/
SCOTUS Revives Lawsuit Against Missouri Cop Who Jailed a Man 'for Being an Asshole'
"This decision is a huge step forward, not just for Mason Murphy, but for all Americans who have been retaliated against by government officials for their speech," said Marie Miller, an attorney at the Institute for Justice, which filed Murphy's Supreme Court petition. "Our work is building lasting precedent, making it easier for people to hold officials accountable when their rights are violated. We will continue fighting until all Americans are protected against government retaliation."
https://reason.com/2024/10/11/scotus-revives-lawsuit-against-missouri-cop-who-jailed-a-man-for-being-an-asshole/
WTF? Cop who was driving distracted and killed a pedestrian won't be charged
https://www.kansas.com/news/local/article294139729.html
Indiana sheriff and GOP operative sentenced to 15 years in prison
Sheriff pleads guilty to using taxpayer money to buy private plane, classic cars, luxury jewelry
Former Sheriff Being Investigated for an Affair Stages Suicide In Killing Of Wife, Who Was A Lieutenant
A 12-year veteran Frisco cop arrested, accused of stealing money from police officer organization
19-year veteran cop fired for shooting at pickup truck that drove away after striking his vehicle while off-duty
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/fort-worth/article294173919.html
ABPP Cop Arrested for Drunk Driving
https://www.yahoo.com/news/abpp-officer-arrested-driving-under-235059266.html
Germantown cop arrested for DUI after crash
Jackson cop arrested and charged with domestic abuse
https://www.wilx.com/2024/10/18/jackson-police-officer-arrested-several-charges-including-assault-with-dangerous-weapon/
TN cop helped steal thousands in Crime Stoppers rewards
https://www.wane.com/top-stories/police-officer-helped-steal-thousands-in-crime-stoppers-rewards/amp
Appeals Court Overturns 'Shaken Baby' Conviction Ahead of Execution Date in Another Disputed Case
https://reason.com/2024/10/11/texas-appeals-court-overturns-shaken-baby-conviction-ahead-of-execution-date-in-another-disputed-case/
California police struggle with 'unusable' spying Tesla patrol cars
https://www.the-express.com/news/us-news/151915/california-police-tesla-patrol-cars-unusable
Tesla cars have 9 cameras
https://www.notateslaapp.com/tesla-reference/1452/tesla-guide-number-of-cameras-their-locations-uses-and-how-to-view-them
Tesla Cybertrucks have 5 cameras
https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/cybertruck/en_us/GUID-60A2EFBA-78D7-47BB-BCDE-77582529EB48.html
Doctor sues Vermont’s former prison health care provider alleging fraud