U.S. News/Police Violence
Kristy Noem: "Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country"
Kristi Noem says 'suck it' in celebration over deporting people ... without due process
https://www.alternet.org/kristi-noem-courts/
AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon failed to warn senators about Trump surveillance, Senator Wyden says
“Executive branch surveillance poses a significant threat to the Senate’s independence and the foundational principle of separation of powers,” wrote Senator Ron Wyden in his letter. “If law enforcement officials, whether at the federal, state, or even local level, can secretly obtain Senators’ location data or call histories, our ability to perform our constitutional duties is severely threatened.”
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/05/21/congress/exclusive-phone-companies-failed-to-warn-senators-about-surveillance-wyden-says-00361400
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/10/doj-inspector-general-leak-investigation-report-00193464
https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/wyden_dear_colleague_on_senate_cyber_and_surveillance_surveillancepdf.pdf
Chinese Crypto Billionaire & Alleged Fraudster Justin Sun Wins $TRUMP Coin Dinner Competition
Justin Sun spent $148M to win a dinner with President Trump!
Lamar Odom Booed and Heckled at Trump’s Crypto Dinner
https://www.thedailybeast.com/lamar-odom-booed-and-heckled-at-donald-trumps-crypto-dinner-shame/
Senate GOP Blocks Schumer Bill After Pentagon Accepts Qatari Jet for Trump
"It's a bribe. It's a national security threat," the Senate minority leader said. "But Republicans stood with Trump and blocked my bill, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-qatar
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/pentagon-says-accepted-qatars-gift-luxury-megajet-trumps-use-rcna208300
https://www.democrats.senate.gov/news/press-releases/leader-schumer-floor-remarks-and-unanimous-consent-request-to-pass-legislation-that-would-prohibit-the-administration-from-using-a-foreign-aircraft-as-air-force-one
The Questionable Case of Kristi Noem's $50M Luxury Jet
Trump Ambushes South African President, Claims Genocide of White Farmers
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/15/south-africa-president-meeting-trump
South Africa police minister says Trump 'twisted' facts to push baseless genocide claims
https://apnews.com/article/trump-south-africa-white-farmers-crosses-9bda023de5e8aefe1e5d3564aeb9f3ba
George Floyd's Death Anniversary Highlights Persistent Police Abuses
https://davisvanguard.org/2025/05/california-police-abuse-remains/
Maryland attorney general’s audit ruled at least 36 Black people were murdered by cops
"The recommendation, one of dozens, comes after a four-year review of cases from between 2003 and 2019, during which time former Medical Examiner Dr. David Fowler was in office. The audit ultimately evaluated 87 cases, reclassifying the cause of death from accidental, unknown or natural to homicide in 36 of them. When Trump signed a pro-law enforcement executive order last month, he stressed the importance of ensuring officers are not held legally accountable for their actions."
https://archive.ph/EadFI#selection-2829.46-2829.58
https://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/Reports/051525_OCME_audit_report_FINAL.pdf
https://therealnews.com/audit-finds-police-custody-deaths-in-maryland-homicides
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/maryland-medical-examiner-audit-results/64782625
Judge finds police acted reasonably in murdering New Mexico man while at wrong address
University of Buffalo cops chase a graduating student across stage for carrying his own baby!
Five years after Cops' Murdered George Floyd, calls to reform qualified immunity mostly fall silent
"In 2020, a Reuters investigation found that judges were increasingly granting qualified immunity at the direction of the Supreme Court. The law enforcement community strongly defends the concept, saying it is needed to give officers acting in good faith the confidence to make split-second decisions, often in extremely dangerous circumstances. The Fraternal Order of Police, a national group representing law enforcement officers, did not respond to requests for comment."
DOJ abandons police reform settlements over deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor
Police reform activists pledge to carry on after Trump drops oversight
Some fear excessive use of force will rise as the DOJ drops oversight of police departments
DISGUSTED: Appeals court sides with Indiana police 25 foot buffer law
https://pro.stateaffairs.com/in/news/appeal-buffer-law
Mass. police and ICE want to create a 25 foot buffer zone
Ocean City and Seaside Heights, NJ to deploy 60-100 cops each to target teens along famous boardwalks
Secretary of State Rubio defends police attacks on student protesters
https://www.rawstory.com/marco-rubio-chris-van-hollen/
Judge rejects protesters’ push for oversight of Sacramento police excessive force
"Judge John Mendez found that Sacramento police used tear gas, rubber bullets and flash-bang grenades, among other weapons, at the protests. One protester, who posed no threat to officers, had a finger broken in two places. Others said police action deterred them from protesting or stopped them completely. A police review board examined officer action during the protests. No officer was disciplined. The judge ruled that some plaintiffs had force used against them multiple times, sometimes in rapid succession. None were committing significant crimes at the time."
https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-rejects-protesters-push-for-oversight-of-sacramento-police/
Soon Cops Everywhere Will Be Using DHS-Funded "DepLife" To Spy Inside American's Homes
"MaXentric’s latest in sensor development, DepLife, offers first responders and law enforcement the ability to detect the presence, location, and movement of subjects within a building."
https://maxentric.com/our-technology/deplife/
U.S. Spends $683 Billion More On Military Than Any Country In The World
"America continues to dominate global military expenditure, spending nearly $1 trillion or 3.4% of its GDP on defense in 2024. U.S. military expenditure makes up over one-third of the global total, and it also has the world’s biggest defense budget."
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/breaking-down-global-military-spending-by-country-in-2024/
Trump DOJ Lawyer Floats ‘Criminal Charges’ for Jill Biden
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-doj-lawyer-floats-criminal-charges-for-jill-biden/
Giuliani volunteers to prosecute Biden after cancer diagnosis
"We need a special counsel,"Real America's Voice, host Steve Bannon said. "Well, you're absolutely right, and it's a very broad one," Rudy Giuliani agreed. "It really has to do with the people who cover this up. Possibly it doesn't meet the legal definition of treason, but it is treason."
https://www.rawstory.com/rudy-giuliani-biden-special-counsel/
Black congresswoman McIver charged with assault after ICE center protest
ACLU Condemns DOJ’s Prosecution of Congresswoman McIver
Trump's U.S. New Jersey attorney prosecuting Rep. LaMonica McIver reprimanded for prosecutorial misconduct again
Trump DOJ to investigate Chicago after mayor's remarks about hiring Black officials
If We Can’t Prosecute Trump’s Foes, We’ll ‘Shame’ Them, Justice Dept. Official Says
That is not the way things have worked. The cardinal rule of prosecutors is to speak only through evidence and court filings. The department is supposed to abide by the dictum of charging crimes, not people. Naming and shaming is antithetical to its mission of pursuing justice impartially. And Mr. Martin’s statement appears to violate the department’s ethical and procedural rule book, which mandates “fair, evenhanded” investigations to safeguard “the privacy and reputation interests of uncharged” investigative targets. “Outside of cases where you have someone whose conduct is open and notorious, the idea of targeting individuals is antithetical to the notion of the government investigating crimes, not people,” said Daniel C. Richman, a law professor at Columbia and a former federal prosecutor. “And the person who will be picking out those people has no record of the prudential exercise of judgment in federal prosecutions, but in fact has a record of abusive invocations of government power,” he added.
Trump Posts Video of Himself Hitting Bruce Springsteen With a Golf Ball
FBI Invents "Nihilistic Violent Extremist" Giving Police More Power To Target Americans
https://www.justsecurity.org/113463/nihilistic-violent-extremism-american-counterterrorism/
Republican Wants NIH To Study Fake "Trump Derangement Syndrome"
https://davidson.house.gov/press-releases?id=E0F66106-23A5-4E0A-A572-74C5EBE98324
ICE makes 8 arrests in South Dakota city where Kristi Noem was subjected to a protest three days earlier
Kid Rock Distances Himself From His Own Bar After Reported Nashville Ice Raids
https://www.yahoo.com/news/kid-rock-distances-himself-own-213820543.html
MAGA retirement community in Florida reports their construction workers to ICE
ICE officer working at GEO Groups' Montgomery Processing Center charged with choking handcuffed migrant
Wells, ME police halt ICE partnership after pushback from residents
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/05/21/wells-police-halts-ice-partnership-after-pushback-from-legislators-residents/
Stop Comparing ICE To The Gestapo, Homeland Security Says
https://www.newsweek.com/tim-walz-ice-gestapo-comment-dhs-2074083
Intelligence Official Rewrote Venezuelan Deportation Documents So They Could Not Be ‘Used Against’ Trump
"We need to do some rewriting” and more analytic work “so this document is not used against the DNI or POTUS,” Joe Kent, the chief of staff to Ms. Gabbard, wrote in an email to a group of intelligence officials on April 3, using shorthand for Ms. Gabbard’s position and for the president of the United States.
https://archive.ph/cIyXU#selection-4629.1-4629.309
Supreme Court Strips Deportation Protections From 350K Venezuelan Immigrants
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-lets-trump-end-deportation-protection-venezuelans-2025-05-19/
Mass. Judge Says Trump Administration Violated Court Order in Deporting Migrants to South Sudan
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5312107-trump-administration-violates-migrant-order/
Trump, White House lash out at Mass. judge who ruled on deporting migrants to South Sudan
Sen. Blumenthal Urges Contempt Motion Against Trump Administration Over Deportations to South Sudan
https://www.commondreams.org/news/south-sudan-deportations-blumenthal-murphy
El Salvador president arrests prominent human rights lawyer
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/19/nx-s1-5403891/el-salvador-arrest-prominent-human-rights-lawyer
Widow of slain Saudi journalist can’t pursue illegal surveillance claims against Israeli NSO Group, Appeals court ruled
DOJ Lawyer Argues AG Pam Bondi Can Revoke a Person’s Green Card at Any Time
Trump Is Making America Constitutionally Literate—By Violating the Constitution
Trump Is Tired of Courts Telling Him He’s Breaking the Law
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/birthright-citizenship-trump-supreme-court/682823/
NYC Mayor Adams signs business agreement with Israel
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/05/19/mayor-adams-signs-business-agreement-with-israel/
US official's email on gang assessment sparks concern in intelligence agencies
Kash Patel Dodges Jan. 6 FBI Conspiracy Question, Ignoring DOJ’s Own Findings
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kash-patel-fbi-january-6-conspiracy_n_682a1b52e4b0bccd40f52184
Sean "Diddy" Combs allies 'making connections with the Trump team' in hopes of a pardon
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/sean-diddy-combs-trump-pardon-trial-1235340256/
Trump Wants Investigation Into Springsteen, Bono, Beyonce and Oprah'’s Endorsement Of Harris
Civil rights lawyers have one simple piece of advice for border stops: Keep your mouth shut
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/17/hasan-piker-us-customs-story-backlash
Unsure of what to do if you're detained at customs? Social videos are walking people through their rights
Chinese woman forced to remove make-up after airport facial recognition fails to recognize her
https://mothership.sg/2025/05/woman-in-china-airport-make-up-scanners/
YAWN: The Homeland Security Council is reviewing the government’s biometrics programs
“Biometric screening and vetting programs are a vital part of the Administration’s efforts to protect U.S. Citizens,” Abigail Jackson, a spokesperson for the White House said.
https://fedscoop.com/white-house-is-reviewing-the-nations-biometrics-operation/
With REAL ID, America Now Has A National ID Card And Internal Passports
https://reason.com/2025/05/23/with-real-id-america-now-has-national-id-cards-and-internal-passports/
New Orleans police secretly used facial recognition cameras to ID everyone for 2 years
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/05/17/brooklyn-college-palestine-protest-first-amendment-lawsuit/
ACLU alarmed by New Orleans police secretly using facial recognition
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/208236
Mass. Police use of Facial Recognition on the Rise
Facial recognition systems are increasingly being used by state and local law enforcement to track down criminals and thwart security threats, which is fueling calls on Beacon Hill to set limits on the controversial technology. There were at least 45 requests submitted to state police to use facial recognition to conduct searches for criminal suspects from Sept. 1, 2023 to Sept. 30, 2024, according to newly released data from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security. That's a more than 200% increase over the same time period in the previous year, when the state agency fielded only 14 requests. Three years ago, only eight requests were received, according to the agency's data.
https://archive.ph/BPqTE
Milwaukee Common Council members oppose police facial recognition
World Foundation raised $135M in crypto to expand Iris scanning in U.S.
Journalists Barred from Brooklyn College Demonstration to Sue CUNY
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/05/17/brooklyn-college-palestine-protest-first-amendment-lawsuit/
NYPD Assault on CUNY Gaza Encampment Shows Why We Need Sanctuary Universities
The Right to Protest Against Hostile Univeristy Police and Courts
https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/the-right-to-be-hostile/
Telegram Gave Law Enforcement Data On More Than 20K Users
https://www.404media.co/telegram-gave-authorities-data-on-more-than-20-000-users/
Spy Agencies Create the “Intelligence Community Data Consortium to Purchase Highly Sensitive Personal Data on Americans
The U.S. intelligence community is now buying up vast volumes of sensitive information that would have previously required a court order, essentially bypassing the Fourth Amendment. But the surveillance state has encountered a problem. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is working on a system to centralize and “streamline” the use of commercially available information, or CAI, like location data derived from mobile ads, by American spy agencies, according to contract documents. The data portal will include information deemed by the ODNI as highly sensitive, that which can be “misused to cause substantial harm, embarrassment, and inconvenience to U.S. persons.” The documents state spy agencies will use the web portal not just to search through reams of private data, but also run them through artificial intelligence tools for further analysis. Rather than each agency purchasing CAI individually, as has been the case until now, the “Intelligence Community Data Consortium” will provide a single convenient web-based storefront for searching and accessing this data, along with a “data marketplace” for purchasing “the best data at the best price,” faster than ever before, according to the documents. It will be designed for the 18 different federal agencies and offices that make up the U.S. intelligence community, including the National Security Agency, CIA, FBI Intelligence Branch, and Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis — though one document suggests the portal will also be used by agencies not directly related to intelligence or defense.
EPIC Executive Director Testifies in House Hearing on Breach of Trust: Surveillance in Private Spaces
Oregon spent funds meant for addiction services on prosecutors and police gadgets
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/19/oregon-addiction-spending
New York/New Jersey VA Health Care Network Applies for 97 Police Hospital Drones
The amount of hospitals in the NY/NJ VA Health Care Network is over 90!
https://www.highergov.com/contract-opportunity/1550-police-drones-36c24225q0602-k-a1ae5/
https://www.va.gov/directory/guide/region.asp?ID=3
Prosper police use Flock Safety Aerodome drones as first responders
The Flock Aerodome system and existing Flock Safety License Plate Reader (LPR) cameras are integrated on a common platform, enabling DFR pilots to quickly dispatch aerial assets to gather additional visual evidence following an LPR alert.
https://www.prospertx.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=144
Wichita police claim they need drones to protect the public
"At the end of the day, technology that lessens the need to hire more police so that we can use technology, that's good, but we also want to make sure we have all the guardrails in place so that citizens rights are being protected," Faith Martin of the Wichita Citizens Review Board said.
A Cops Wet Dream: China Launches World’s First “Drone Carrier”
China is preparing to launch what it says is the world’s first “drone carrier” aircraft, capable of releasing swarms of AI-guided kamikaze drones during high-altitude missions.
https://www.newsweek.com/china-military-drone-carrier-mothership-future-warfare-2074494
Drone company CEO: Calls Drones The “Uncrewed Arsenal of Democracy”
"If our rivals can coordinate to undermine democracy, we must coordinate to defend it. Together, we must build an industrial and operational base that spans the American system and of our trusted allies - an Uncrewed Arsenal for Democracies," Michael Robbins CEO of AUVSI said.
https://www.auvsi.org/industry-news/michael-robbins-community-address-xponential-2025
FAA Gives Amazon’s Drones the Go-Ahead to Carry Lithium-Ion Batteries
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/amazon-drone-deliver-package
Police Violence
JD Vance bashes Justice Roberts as 'profoundly wrong' about Supreme Court's role
Vice President JD Vance said, “I saw an interview with Chief Justice Roberts recently where he said the role of the court is to check the excesses of the executive. I thought that was a profoundly wrong sentiment.”Vance added, “That’s one-half of his job. The other half of his job is to check the excesses of his own branch. You cannot have a country where the American people keep on electing immigration enforcement and the courts tell the American people they’re not allowed to have what they voted for. That’s where we are right now.”
Judge Rules Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Members Were Illegally Fired
Trump Honors Police – Four Months After Freeing Hundreds Of Felons Who Assaulted Them
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-police-jan-6-pardons_n_682b9217e4b095274fad02e3
IRONY: Cops upset Trump won't install plaque honoring cops at the Capitol
“I think that it would be … perfect … if the plaque was shoved up his (Mike Johnson) ass,” said Fanone, who retired from the Washington DC police force after being wounded during the January 6 attack.
'Lady Trump' defiant after receiving presidential pardon for using using donations intended for a fallen officer’s memorial for personal use
https://www.8newsnow.com/investigators/fake-case-michele-fiore-responds-to-trump-pardon/
Federal correctional officers’ union claims members of Congress are attacking police
Fifth Circuit Says It’s Fine For A Judge To Funnel Parolees To His Campaign Donors’ Ankle Monitor Service
Prosecutor used clout with DA, NYPD to rig arrest of NYT reporter husband in bitter custody battle
Trump’s U.S. Attorney pick for Minnesota has never been a prosecutor
Colorado’s crime lab struggles with staggering workloads
Texas death ow inmate Melissa Lucio awaits fate as court weighs conviction reversal
https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/melissa-lucio-conviction-reversal-20335304.php
Utah judge cites defendant’s ‘privilege’ in ordering no additional jail time in child sex exploitation case
Judges Shouldn’t Rely on AI for the Ordinary Meaning of Text
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/judges-shouldn-t-rely-on-ai-for-the-ordinary-meaning-of-text
Lawyer admits ‘embarrassing’ mistake after Anthropic’s Claude made up a source in a legal filing
https://fortune.com/2025/05/18/anthropic-claude-lawyer-mistake-citation-legal-filing-large-language-model-llm-latham-watkins/
How AI is introducing errors into courtrooms
"The fact that high-powered lawyers, whose very profession it is to scrutinize language, keep getting caught making mistakes introduced by AI says something about how most of us treat the technology right now."
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1116823/how-ai-is-introducing-errors-into-courtrooms/
VT youth in custody (6-7 year-olds) have been physically restrained hundreds of times in recent years
VT state police release some of the arrest recordings of prosecutor's DUI
"The recordings, however, do not capture all the interactions that led up to the arrest, including some instances when troopers reported observing the prosecutor allegedly slurring her speech and smelling of alcohol, according to charging documents."
High degree of idiocy in Mass. police prosecution of Karen Read
https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/05/20/howie-carr-high-degree-of-idiocy-in-karen-read-prosecution/
Trump Pardons 'Wonderful' Virginia Sheriff Convicted On Bribery Charges
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5319140-trump-pardons-scott-jenkins/
Cops are reselling 'problematic' guns that shoot on their own to civilians
Texas wants to put a man to death based on a hypnotized witnesses statement
“The identification of Mr. Flores was made for the first time, in court, 13 months after the witness had been subjected to a host of suggestive procedures—including ‘investigative hypnosis,’” the motion states. “The belated, post-hypnosis identification was also inconsistent with all descriptions this witness had given to law enforcement. She repeatedly described seeing two white males with long hair who looked similar. Mr. Flores is Hispanic, has always had short, shaved hair, and looks nothing like Richard Childs,” a co-defendant in the case.
https://davisvanguard.org/2025/05/texas-death-row-prisoner-innocence-claim/
How Texas Cops and A Crime Lab Criminalize the Legal Cannabis Industry for Profit
https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1452521/20-60-final-report-cantu-armstrong-investigation-07162021.pdf
Police chopper lands at Long Island high school as cops take over campus for career day
Appeals Court Rules NY Detective Liable For Coercing False Confession, Upholds $6.5M Verdict
DISGUSTED: Appeals court rules GA cops can shoot unarmed people running away from them
https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/unpub/files/202313930.pdf
A shaken baby claim put a Bay Area man in prison. New science just got him out
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/shaken-baby-conviction-overturned-20331038.php
At a Missouri Prison, Inmates Fear for Their Lives in Sweltering Cells
"Algoa Correctional Center in Missouri is one of four prisons in the state where none of the housing units have air conditioning. And, due to the building's design, it is frequently hotter inside the prison than outside. Even at night, temperatures remain high because the building continues to release daytime heat."
https://reason.com/2025/05/19/at-a-missouri-prison-inmates-fear-for-their-lives-in-sweltering-cells/
Missouri Prisons See Windfall in Trump’s Mass Deportation Effort
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2025/05/19/ice-detention-rural-missouri-jails
“If You Want to Live, Don’t Drink the Water” at California’s Mule Creek State Prison
https://theappeal.org/mule-creek-drinking-water/
Court Scraps Rule That Gagged TN Civil Rights Attorney From Criticizing a Private Prison
DOJ moves to end consent decree agreement in Minneapolis
https://www.courthousenews.com/doj-moves-to-end-consent-decree-agreement-in-minneapolis/
Chicago cops dismissed recruit’s claim a colleague sexually assaulted her. Then, he assaulted numerous times
"The Invisible Institute and the Chicago Sun Times reviewed over 300 complaints accusing Chicago officers of sexual assault and misconduct. Time and time again, the police department downplayed or ignored claims, enabling officers to become repeat offenders."
Help Us Report on Sexual Assault and Misconduct by Chicago Police
https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/sexual-assault-misconduct-chicago-police-callout
Former Ark. police chief, serving murder and rape sentences, escapes from prison
FL cop assaulted pregnant girlfriend who threatened to reveal his infidelity to his wife
New York state trooper who plead guilty to faking his own shooting, lands sweet plea deal
NH sheriff sentenced to 3.5 years after pleading guilty to theft and perjury
NH cop fired for arresting a man in another town without reading him his rights
Mass. sheriff who used department employees for work at his home, quits
Mass. sheriff's cadet on unpaid leave after stabbing a man
Mass. police watchdog decertifies cops from Boston, Springfield and 3 other towns
CA Cop Caught Partying at Stagecoach and Ran 5K Races While Collecting $600k in Workers' Compensation
VA cop resigns after being arrested for trying to sell imitation drugs
https://www.12onyourside.com/2025/05/16/chesterfield-police-officer-resigns-after-being-arrested/
PS - A decent written recitation on The American Political Party of Violence https://torrancestephensphd.substack.com/p/the-american-political-party-of-violence
Enjoy