U.S. News/Police Violence
No Kings protests was the 3rd largest event in U.S. history
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_protests_and_demonstrations_in_the_United_States_by_size
Trump Orders ICE Vengeance Hit on Cities That Protested Against Him
Posting to Truth Social on Sunday, Trump claimed these cities should be targeted as they are “the core of the Democrat power center, using illegal aliens to expand their voter base, cheat in elections and grow the welfare state.” “These radical left Democrats are sick of mind, hate our country and actually want to destroy our inner cities - and they are doing a good job of it! There is something wrong with them,” Trump said.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-orders-ice-vengeance-hit-on-cities-that-protest-against-him/
Aspen Police Department Warns Kids Having Fun Is a Crime
https://reason.com/2025/06/11/aspen-police-department-warns-kids-having-fun-is-a-crime/
Marines Will Detain Protesters For HARASSING Them, So Police Can Arrest Them
Active-duty Marines deployed to the Los Angeles area to protect federal buildings and personnel amid protests there are authorized to temporarily detain people "if threatened" or "otherwise harassed" before turning them over to civilian law enforcement, according to two defense officials.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/06/11/marines-authorized-temporarily-detain-protesters-la-raising-legal-concerns.html
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5345093-troops-in-la-can-detain-individuals-general-says/
Some Republicans Opposed Using Troops Against Protests in 2020. Now They’re Marching in Lockstep
New York Division of Homeland Security Hosts Tactical Police Training (Pics)
“DHSES is proud to host this action-packed training. Thank you to the participants for their service to their communities and work in keeping New Yorkers safe, ” New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services Commissioner Jackie Bray said.
https://www.dhses.ny.gov/news/division-homeland-security-and-emergency-services-hosts-tactical-week-training
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nysdhses/albums/72177720326642297/with/54569024049
Trump Administration asks Supreme Court to Limit Protections for Immigrants Facing Torture
https://www.vox.com/scotus/416163/trump-supreme-court-deport-immigration-convention-torture
Man lectures National Guard soldiers with painful truth: "Our president laughs at you"
https://x.com/TheTNHoller/status/1932068519681626162
Trump admin says president has 'unilateral authority' to send National Guard to LA
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25972289-newsom-v-trump-oppose/
Trump’s use of the national guard against LA protesters defies all precedents
National Guard troops are now protecting ICE agents
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/los-angeles-leaders/6FEGYLOYDVFI7JO6T5HHF437TQ/
An LAPD Helicopter Claimed Cops Identified Protesters From Above and Would “Come to Your House”
On Sunday, according to the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Police Department made another escalation, flying over a group of demonstrators in downtown LA in a helicopter and announcing, “I have all of you on camera. I’m going to come to your house.” The threat was greeted with extreme concern by civil liberties and digital privacy groups; if it was a true statement, it suggests that the LAPD could be using facial recognition to identify and retaliate against protesters. And if it is false, warned Jonathan Markovitz, a staff attorney with the ACLU of Southern California, it is still an overt attempt to frighten and intimidate demonstrators. “This is a chilling statement,” he told Mother Jones. “Even if it were a joke, it was clearly designed to make the public afraid to exercise its First Amendment rights to protest and to hold government officials, including LAPD officers, accountable for their actions.”
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/06/los-angeles-ice-protests-helicopter/
DHS Flew Predator Drones Over LA Protests
Predator Drone Overwatch in LA Sparks Outrage
CBP Confirms It's Flying Predator Drones to Spy on Protesters
DHS Black Hawks and Military Aircraft Surveil the LA Protests
Facial Recognition, Amazon Ring, And Surveillance Of The LA Protests
L.A. Police Suppress Protests as ‘Anti-Trump’ Demos Planned for Weekend
https://archive.ph/UCsge
L.A. police shot ICE protester with a rubber bullet shattering his testicle
L.A. police shot woman point-blank with ‘less lethal’ round while she was walking alone near her residence
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/11/la-police-shoot-woman-point-blank
50 arrests, 600 non-lethal rounds fired at Los Angeles ICE protestors
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/10/los-angleses-police-protests-riots/84124888007/
Federal law enforcement used tear gas, pepper balls and flash bangs on anti-ICE protesters
What police crowd control weapons used on protesters do to your body
https://lapublicpress.org/2025/06/police-crowd-control-weapons-ice-protesters/
https://www.wired.com/story/what-tear-gas-does-to-the-human-body/
CNN reporter arrested during LA protests live on air
Reporters Without Borders Decries 'Wave of Violence' Against Journalists at LA Protests
"The wave of violence against journalists on the streets of Los Angeles this weekend is unacceptable. These protests are a matter of huge public interest and the public has a right to know exactly what's going on. The only way that can happen is if journalists are allowed to do their jobs freely," said Clayton Weimers, the executive director of RSF USA.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/los-angeles-rsf-reporters-immigration
https://rsf.org/en/usa-rsf-condemns-wave-violence-against-journalists-covering-los-angeles-protests
NY Post Photographer Shot in the Head by Rubber Bullet While Covering L.A. Protests
British Journalist Shot with Explosive Device While Wearing Press Badge at L.A. Protest, Rushed Into Emergency Surgery
Dozens Of Journalists Targeted, Shot, Arrested While Covering L.A. Protests
https://lapressclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2025-06-09-DHS-Letter.pdf
The Rioting In LA Is By The Cops, Not The Protestors
JD Vance suggests deporting the "Menswear Guy" for mocking his attire
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/09/vance-post-suggests-deporting-the-menswear-guy
Former Homeland Security executive accused of treason after criticizing Trump
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/on-treason-and-traitors
A letter to Kristi Noem: The targeting of reporters in LA is inexcusable
https://newsguild.org/a-letter-to-kristi-noem-the-targeting-of-reporters-in-la-is-inexcusable/
https://newsguild.org/statement-on-law-enforcement-targeting-journalists-in-los-angeles/
CA Senator Padilla Thrown to the Ground and Handcuffed, During Kristi Noem's LA Press Conference
Senator Alex Padilla's office shared a video of the incident with NBC News. The video shows Padilla being taken into a hallway outside and pushed face forward onto the ground as officers with FBI-identifying vests told the senator to put his hands behind his back. The officers then handcuffed him. "We're not going away," Kristi Noem said just before the disruption. "We are going to liberate the city from the burdensome leadership, mayor and governor."
https://www.newsweek.com/democratic-senator-forcibly-removed-kristi-noems-la-press-conference-2084737
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/alex-padilla-noem-los-angeles-protests/3722522/
Republicans Defend Rough Treatment Of Senator Padilla, Call For His Censure
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alex-padilla-arrest-handcuffed-noem_n_684b5390e4b09e8c02bfd0a2
Senator Padilla’s Treatment Exemplifies Trump Administration’s Use of Force to Suppress Dissent
Attack on Senator Padilla Proves We Are Living in an Early-Stage Police State
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/sen-padilla-police-state
Border Czar Homan Says Trump Admin Has 'No Intention' To Arrest Governor Newsom
"Tarred And Feathered": US Speaker Johnson Calls For Governor Newsom's Torture
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/tarred-and-feathered-us-speaker-calls-for-california-governors-torture-8635809
Trump wants people who burn the American flag to be imprisoned for one year
Families arrested in LA Ice raids held with little food or water
Democratic lawmakers denied entry to detention centers in LA and New York
https://archive.ph/wR5SI
BS WARNING: Rep. LaMonica McIver indicted on three counts of interfering with law enforcement at ICE facility
Trump finds more convicted congressional Republicans to reward with pardons
Authoritarianism Isn't Coming—It's Here
"The Democratic Party cannot continue to treat this as business as usual. The military is being deployed against U.S. citizens. Protest is being criminalized. Critical lifelines for working families are being gutted. And the infrastructure that supports grassroots resistance is under sustained attack. Because this is not a series of unfortunate events. It is a strategy. A strategy to consolidate power, suppress dissent, and dismantle democratic norms. The signs are not subtle. They are loud. They are public. And they are accelerating. We have seen this before. In other countries. In history books. And now, right here. The question is no longer whether this is real. The question is what we are going to do about it"
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/authoritarianism-trump-democratic-party
Trump administration deploys Marines to Los Angeles
Pentagon draws up rules on possible use of force by Marines deployed to LA protests
Leaked Letter Shows Noem Requested Military Arrests at LA Protests
The military is generally barred under federal laws from taking part in domestic law enforcement. Granting Noem’s request would likely require the administration to sidestep those laws by invoking the Insurrection Act, two legal experts said in interviews. “Viewed all together, and more importantly in the current context, these requests can be seen as using the military, or at a minimum using that threat, to instill fear in the American people and discourage the kinds of protests that are going on in Los Angeles,” Stephen Dycus, an expert in national security law said..
https://www.sfchronicle.com/us-world/article/noem-immigration-protests-letter-20369001.php
Trump Screened Troops Standing Behind Him At Fort Bragg For Looks, Physical Appearance
https://www.wral.com/news/local/trump-visit-fort-bragg-political-soldier-selection-june-2025/
Troops begin arresting immigrants in national defense zone at border in escalation of military role
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/12/us/immigration-us-troops-detaining-national-defense-zones-hkn
Soldiers, Strykers and 100-degree temps: Inside Trump's border military zone
Hegseth Sold Tons of Stock the Week Before ‘Liberation Day’ Stock Market Plunge
https://www.notus.org/defense/pete-hegseth-stock-trades-liberation-day
Hegseth says troops will stay in Los Angeles for months
Hegseth Admits He Doesn’t Know What Authority Trump Is Using To Deploy Troops
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hegseth-troops-deploy-congress_n_6848569de4b07d60ea752c07
Hegseth Lays Out a Case for Troop Deployments in 'Any Jurisdiction in the Country'
https://www.commondreams.org/news/hegseth-national-guard
YAWN: The NYPD is being monitored at anti-ICE protests after recent George Floyd settlement
New York City Hall discusses using probation officers to police ICE protests
Trump warns 'any' protesters at military parade will be 'met with heavy force'
Police deploy stun grenades, rubber bullets, tear gas on No Kings protesters
Ring of steel around Washington D.C. for Trump military parade with miles of fencing and 175 magnetometer
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/ring-steel-around-washington-dc-1199763
Florida Governor DeSantis: Drivers have right to hit protesters
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5346295-desantis-florida-immigration-protests-drivers/
https://www.newsweek.com/ron-desantis-says-floridians-have-right-hit-protesters-cars-2084418
Florida sheriff’s warning to violent protesters: “We will kill you graveyard dead”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-sheriff-warning-violent-protesters-021900912.html
Missouri activates National Guard as states brace for No King protests
NYPD to deploy thousands of cops for more than 10 ‘No Kings Day’ NYC rallies
https://nypost.com/2025/06/13/us-news/nypd-to-deploy-thousands-of-cops-for-more-than-10-no-kings-day-nyc-rallies-as-adams-warns-outside-agitators-expected/
NYC mayor Adams calls for statewide mask protest ban after ‘No Kings’ march
"Gov. Kathy Hochul first proposed a mask ban last year after images circulated online showing masked protesters riding the subway during demonstrations against the war in Gaza."
https://gothamist.com/news/mayor-adams-calls-for-broader-protest-mask-ban-after-no-kings-march
U.S. Officials Fear ‘Tiananmen Square Moment’ at Trump’s Military Parade
U.S. Army drones and robotic dogs at Trump's parade
Nothing says freedom, like killer robot dogs and drones
Texas prepares National Guard for protests, Georgia threatens domestic terror charges
https://abcnews.go.com/US/gov-greg-abbott-deploy-texas-national-guard-anticipation/story?id=122721800
Texas to deploy thousands of National Guard troops for anti-Trump military parade protests
'Shoot a couple!' Extremist groups eye violence at No Kings protests
WA cops help Federal Protective Services Police after they became barricaded in a DHS facility
Big Tech (Oracle, Coinbase, Palantir, and Amazon) quietly sponsor Trump’s military parade
"All of the tech companies that were named by the America250 Foundation as corporate backers have ties to the Army and to the Trump administration, so there’s no reason for them to be shy about backing a military parade if that is their intention."
https://www.theverge.com/policy/685690/big-tech-trump-military-parade-america250
https://gizmodo.com/trumps-military-parade-will-be-brought-to-you-by-big-tech-2000614990
IRONY: Police officers file lawsuit seeking court order to hang Jan. 6 plaque at U.S. Capitol
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/police-officers-lawsuit-installing-jan-6-plaque-at-u-s-capitol/
Man protesting Paramount ICE raid added to FBI’s ‘Most Wanted’
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/man-protesting-paramount-ice-raid-added-to-fbis-most-wanted/
Trump Takes Advantage of Anti-ICE Protests in California: Human Rights Watch
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/06/09/trump-takes-advantage-anti-ice-protests-california
Unrestrained Trump Turns to Military in Second-Term Power Play
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/unrestrained-trump-turns-to-military-in-second-term-power-play/ar-AA1Gq3xN
Chief Prosecutor Resigns Over Kilmar Abrego Garcia Indictment, Feared Case Pursued for ‘Political Reasons’
The decision to pursue the indictment against Abrego Garcia led to the abrupt departure of Ben Schrader, a high-ranking federal prosecutor in Tennessee, sources briefed on Schrader's decision told ABC News. Schrader's resignation was prompted by concerns that the case was being pursued for political reasons, the sources said.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/mistakenly-deported-kilmar-abrego-garcia-back-us-face/story?id=121333122
Feds ask to keep Kilmar Abrego Garcia in jail pending trial
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/09/kilmar-abrego-garcia-detention-trial/84116997007/
Australian man deported from US for writing about pro-Palestine student protests
Mass. construction worker says he was beaten while in ICE custody
ICE holding Mass. immigrants in 'abysmal' conditions at office building
In sworn affidavits filed in federal court this week, and in interviews with WBUR, several lawyers said clients being held in Burlington described being hungry, cold and terrified. They said clients lacked access to showers and sinks, meaning they couldn't wash their hands after using the toilet, and that they were sleeping on concrete floors with a single mylar blanket each — the sort given to marathon runners after a race.
https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/06/05/ice-burlington-immigration-detention-conditions
Trump team plans to send thousands of migrants to Guantánamo starting as soon as this week
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/10/trump-plans-migrants-guantanamo-bay-00396673
White House Denies Trump Prepping to Send Thousands More Migrants to Guantánamo
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-guantanamo-bay
North Carolina Senate approves bills expanding immigration enforcement
ICE to Become Next Alphabet-Soup Spy Agency
"Immigration and Customs Enforcement is doubling down on its investment in blockchain intelligence technology, along with other investigative platforms."
https://fedscoop.com/ice-wants-more-blockchain-analytics-tech/
ICE hires Palantir to create a new biometric Investigative Case Management system
https://sam.gov/opp/a6da44adf7114a74b34d62cbe1fe1b1c/view
ICE’s tactics draw criticism as it triples daily arrest targets (3,000 people per day)
ICE Agents Concealing Their Faces: Can They Really Do That?
Senator Lindsey Graham Thinks It Should Be Illegal To Identify ICE Agents
Criminalizing Masks at Protests is Wrong
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/criminalizing-masks-protests-wrong
Deportations to Add Almost $1 Trillion in Costs to the “Big Beautiful Bill”
https://www.cato.org/blog/deportations-add-almost-1-trillion-costs-gops-big-beautiful-bill
Labor unions around US demand release of SEIU union leader arrested during Los Angeles ICE protests
In New York City, SEIU 32BJ president Manny Pastreich told union members and protesters: “Everything we hold dear is under attack. Unions, workers, freedom, immigrant communities, healthcare, the constitution, our union brothers and sisters.” “We must fight back. We reject these attacks on our communities and demand the immediate release of our union brother David Huerta,” he said.
https://archive.ph/VuQyv
https://archive.ph/wip/GWUuf
SEIU union leader charged with felony conspiracy after being arrested during L.A. ICE protest
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/david-huerta-seiu-charged-los-angeles-ice-protest-trump/
SEIU Union Leader Released on Bond
Trump's attorney asks judges to move appeal of hush money conviction to a federal court
https://thehill.com/homenews/5342715-trump-conviction-appeals-court/
Trump's Controversial Pardons Make Some Republicans Squirm
https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trumps-controversial-pardons-republicans-164012016.html
LA Protesters Aren’t Inviting Violent Authoritarianism, They’re Mobilizing to Stop It
Lawyer call Berkeley Police Department's surprise homeless sweep "a page out of the Trump playbook"
Judge trims suit over San Francisco police homeless encampment sweeps before trial
A Year After Grants Pass, Criminalizing Homelessness Still Doesn’t Work
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/grants-pass-criminalize-homeless
Musk Suddenly Tries to Win Back Trump Amid L.A. Protests
https://newrepublic.com/post/196289/elon-musk-trump-la-california-protests
Trump Wants To Revive the Militarization of Police
https://reason.com/2025/06/09/trump-wants-to-revive-the-militarization-of-police/
Local Police Join ICE Deportation Force in Record Numbers
Overall, ICE initiated 514 new agreements with local law enforcement agencies across 40 states since January. Among the new partners are highway patrol troopers in Tennessee and officers with about 20 Florida agencies, who in recent weeks assisted ICE with the arrest of more than 1,300 people. “It has been wonderful to see people jump in and be a part of it to make sure that we have not just the authorities that we need to go out there and to work, but also to have the local knowledge and the people in the community that really want to be a part of the solution,” Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a statement.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-deportation-police-287g-program-expansion
Four of NH’s 10 counties now deputized to work with ICE
Pam Bondi's Brother, Loses DC Bar Election, Claims ‘Rabid Partisans’ Were 'Smearing Me'
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/09/politics/bradley-bondi-dc-bar
ACLU urges appeals court to rethink no-warrant cellphone searches at US border
Trump’s Palantir-Powered Surveillance Is Turning America Into a Digital Prison
Airlines Don't Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHS
https://www.wired.com/story/airlines-dont-want-you-to-know-they-sold-your-flight-data-to-dhs/
The Airlines Reporting Corporation
Dallas Fort Worth Airport Installs More Facial Recognition to Help Customs Officers ID Every Passenger
"With the new technology, guests walk up to a camera that’s operated by a Customs and Border Patrol officer. Within seconds the technology compares the live image to photos already in the system. At the same time, the officer remains engaged with the traveler through additional questioning or even potential referral."
Apple Introduces Digital Passport ID's
TSA officer arrested for assaulting 79-year-old woman
TSA approves Apple digital passport ID's for San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose Mineta, and Los Angeles International Airports
https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/tsa-approves-mobile-passport-iphone-sfo-flights-20373001.php
Trump Scraps Federal Digital ID Program, Claims it Helps 'Illegal Aliens' Commit Fraud
https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2025/06/trump-guts-biden-era-digital-identity-policies-citing-false-claims-about-immigrants/405935/
IRS Should Strengthen Oversight of Its Identity-Proofing (Facial Recognition) Program: GAO Report
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-25-107273
Maine man goes to court over Houlton police facial reocgnition
New Orleans police want to legalize ‘facial surveillance’
How AI-Powered (Facial Recognition) Police Forces Watch Your Every Move
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2025/06/07/ai-police-camera-new-orleans
US Open using Wicket facial recognition to ID fans
https://www.post-gazette.com/business/tech-news/2025/06/11/u-s-open-leans-on-foolproof-ticketing-technology-to-support/stories/202506110092
Los Angeles Clippers (Intuit Dome) use facial recognition to ID fans who opt-out
"If you do not enroll in GameFace ID, our devices still capture an image and temporarily create face recognition data, but this face recognition data will (1) only be used to determine if there is a match to an enrolled GameFace ID, (2) not be used to uniquely identify you, and (3) only live briefly in our systems and then will be deleted."
https://intuitdome.com/legal/privacy-policy
T-Mobile to use CLEAR facial recognition to ID employees
The National Multifamily Housing Council to use CLEAR facial recognition to ID renters
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/first-multifamily-fraud-prevention-alliance-launches-with-verified-identity-product-302473243.html
Commercial real estate company Kastle Systems uses CLEAR facial recognition to ID employees
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kastle-systems-and-clear-partner-to-create-new-and-seamless-ways-to-access-spaces-safely-and-securely-301455092.html
Commercial real estate company Kastle Systems allows DC's Metro police real-time crime center to access their 1,000 CCTV camera system
Mid-Jersey Association of Realtors to use Forewarn to ID clients
https://investors.redviolet.com/node/10051/pdf
Republican Congressmen Introduce The Northern Border Staffing And Security Enhancement Act
Congressman Pete Stauber is a retired cop and congressman Nick Langworthy is the former chair of the NY State Republican Committee.
Senator Rand Paul on Open Skies
“And perhaps the most absurd of all, the wife of a Federal Air Marshal was labeled a ‘domestic terrorist’ after attending a political rally. She had a documented disability and no criminal record. Still, she was placed under Special Mission Coverage and tracked on commercial flights – even when accompanied by her husband, who is himself a trained federal law enforcement officer. She remained on the watchlist for more than three years."
https://www.protectprivacynow.org/news/watching-the-watchers-sen-paul-on-open-skies
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/americans-deserve-answers-on-quiet-skies-surveillance/
DHS unveils WWII-Style Immigrant Poster
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5346337-dhs-sends-out-provocative-new-poster/
DHS uses AI and Informants to Spy on Americans
The Homeland Security agency requesting a doubling of its fund to pay informants is Immigration and Customs Enforcement, best known for its deportation work, which of late has included raids into businesses and even restaurants to root out people residing in the U.S. illegally. The new informant funding will be used to infiltrate those tied to human smuggling networks as well as gangs and cartels. An HSI training guide notes the role informants play in its “most significant investigations,” adding: “Confidential informants can be the eyes and ears in places that would otherwise be inaccessible to an HSI Special Agent.”
https://www.dhs.gov/ai/dhs-ai-leadership
Tulsi Gabbard wants spy agencies to stop developing surveillance technology and buy it from Big Tech
https://www.nextgov.com/acquisition/2025/06/us-spy-chief-wants-intel-community-get-away-building-its-own-tech/405953
DHS Claims Their 2025 Career Expo for Law Enforcement Was A Record-Breaking Success
The most exciting AI trend for the CIA? AI agents
https://fedscoop.com/cia-agentic-ai-lakshmi-raman/
FBI accused of hiding anti-Catholic probe details during Biden era
FBI Documents Reveal the National Extent of the Bureau’s Targeting of “Radical Traditionalist Catholics”
https://www.aol.com/extent-fbi-targeting-radical-traditionalist-043054677.html
FBI Boss Kash Patel Is Suing to Prove He’s Not Nightclub Hopping
Supreme Court revives lawsuit from Black Atlanta family whose home was wrongly raided by the FBI
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/12/supreme-court-orders-more-review-of-wrong-house-lawsuit-against-fbi/83393995007/
AG Asked FBI to Raid University of Michigan Protesters’ Homes — But Won’t Tell Students Why
“These raids were very much seen as an escalation by the state attorney general, who’s expressed quite a bit of an extreme reaction against the students’ activism on the University of Michigan campus,” said John Philo, executive and legal director of the Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice, the group representing the targets of the raids. “In terms of probable cause for the warrants, it’s entirely unknown at the moment. The search warrants were issued based on a complaint and the judge has ordered for the affidavit to be suppressed. It’s a terribly unusual thing."
BS WARNING: Feds respond to Virginia lawmakers’ privacy concerns about airport facial recognition
New Orleans police use jailbreak as an excuse to expand facial recognition
Stop and Frisk: Appropriate or Unconstitutional?
Biden Created the Illusion of a Grassroots Campaign To Lobby Congress Against the Fourth Amendment Is Not for Sale Act
https://www.protectprivacynow.org/news/documents-reveal-biden-white-house-created-the-illusion-of-a-grassroots-campaign-to-lobby-congress-against-surveillance-reform
Biden opposes Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act ahead of House vote (2024)
Big Brother Is Watching You (And So Is Everyone Else)
"In our latest research at Bitsight TRACE, we found over 40,000 open, publicly accessible network cameras, streaming live footage from offices, factories, medical facilities, and even private homes. We first raised the alarm in 2023, and based on this latest study, the situation hasn’t improved. These cameras — intended for security or convenience — have inadvertently become public windows into sensitive spaces, often without their owners’ knowledge."
https://enablement.bitsight.com/sh/570339668395124546/assets/?id=570339016365373055
NYPD signs 2 year contract with Tel Aviv-based Terrogence Global
The two-year, $567,000 deal with Tel Aviv-based Terrogence Global will cover the purchase of “Explosive Tradecraft Intelligence Reporting Services” that will look for and analyze online conversations in multiple languages, according to the notice seeking public comment.
https://nypost.com/2025/06/14/us-news/nypd-hires-help-to-look-for-explosive-tradecraft-on-web/
https://a856-cityrecord.nyc.gov/RequestDetail/20250605053
Domestic Spying & the 4th Amendment
https://www.creators.com/read/judge-napolitano
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Police Surveillance
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-protest-safely-surveillance-digital-privacy/
How To Protect Yourself: The Ultimate Protesting Resource Guide
Taking Your Phone To A Trump Protest Could Have Alarming Consequences
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bring-phone-trump-protest_l_684af296e4b068e3d5dfb242
Illinois officials investigate license-plate data shared with TX police seeking woman who had abortion
Florida troopers conducted more than 250 immigration-related searches using Flock’s license plate reader system
https://suncoastsearchlight.org/flock-license-plate-reader-data-analysis/
https://www.bradenton.com/news/local/article308506790.html
Montgomery County Department of Transportation testing spying Knightscope robot at Silver Spring parking garage
FAA investigating Nassau police helicopter flying low over the sand as people fled Jones Beach
Redwood police get armored vehicle and drones
San Bernadino police get $560K for drones as a first responder program
Taylor police to be first in MI to land drones with 30 second response time
Birmingham police purchase 16 spying drones
https://www.gov1.com/public-safety/ala-pd-to-invest-1-5m-in-16-new-drones
Lenexa police to expand drones as a first responder program
https://johnsoncountypost.com/2025/06/11/lenexa-drones-emergency-first-response-261154/
Trump's two executive orders will make it easier for cops to use drones to spy on everyone
"By July 6, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) must begin the process of writing new rules to make it easier and more common for public safety drones to fly beyond the operator’s line of sight. The FAA must also start setting up safety rules for those extended flights.The attorney general and secretary of Homeland Security have been mandated to ensure their grant programs permit eligible state, local, tribal and territorial (SLTT) agencies to receive federal money to buy tools to help detect, track and figure out who is flying unauthorized drones."
https://www.govtech.com/public-safety/how-trumps-drone-orders-will-impact-state-local-government
Republican Elise Stefanik Reintroduced the Drones for First Responders Act
Lockheed Martin and Red Hat work together to expand police drones
Russia dropping land mines from drones in Ukraine
https://www.justsecurity.org/114293/russia-drone-dropped-landmine-humanitarian/
Police Violence
The Supreme Court created a pair of new presidential immunities from criminal prosecution
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/presidential-criminal-immunity--a-rule-of-law-threat-beyond-the-oval-office
Americans don't see Supreme Court as politically neutral
Trump DOJ urges court not to dismiss case against Wisconsin judge
Justice Department fires two tied to Trump investigations
"Including those two, the Justice Department has fired 17 people who worked on former Special Counsel Jack Smith's team prosecuting Trump since he returned to power in January."
Appeals court denies Trump plea to review $5M judgment in E. Jean Carroll abuse and defamation case
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/13/politics/appeals-court-e-jean-carroll
Justice Department 'weaponization' reviews spark calls to drop prosecutions
Under President Donald Trump, the department in February created a "Weaponization Working Group" meant to identify improper politically motivated cases, a response to what the Republican says without evidence was the misuse of prosecutorial resources against him under his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden.
American Bar Association skewers DOJ for judicial nominations ice out
https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/aba-response-re-judicial-nominations.pdf
Senate advances DOJ picks despite complaints from Democrats
https://www.courthousenews.com/senate-advances-doj-picks-despite-complaints-from-democrats/
NY judge censured for throwing a fit at school board over his son not being named class valedictorian
New Hampshire AG Knew About Withheld Evidence in Prison Murder Case
NH Department of Corrections officer Matthew Millar’s trial was originally set for March but got delayed when it was learned that Department of Corrections Commissioner Helen Hanks had been holding back a trove of material, including exculpatory evidence about witnesses, and the 2024 interview statements that contradict the allegations Millar killed Rothe, who was a patient in SPU. Merrimack County Superior Court Judge Daniel St. Hilaire warned prosecutors in March that any new discovery violations would result in the case getting dismissed.
Ex-Suffolk DA Thomas Spota working as administrative clerk at law firm
Oklahoma Moves To Execute Tremane Wood, Despite Evidence Of Prosecutorial Misconduct
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/oklahoma-sets-execution-tremane-wood_n_684afd19e4b0d6fb6cd8eabe
Michigan Prosecutor Must Face Suit for Retaliatory Charges After Forfeiture Challenge
Until Trump's DOJ squashes it!
“Today’s decision sends a powerful message: When government officials abuse their authority to silence critics, they don’t get a free pass,” said Kirby Thomas West, an Institute for Justice attorney representing Reeves. “Robert stood up to Wayne County’s unconstitutional forfeiture program, and today the court has confirmed that he has a right to hold the prosecutor accountable for retaliating against him for taking that stand.”
WV Prosecutors Clarify Women Shouldn't Be Charged Over Miscarriages
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/west-virginia-miscarriage-prosecution_n_6849c0c0e4b0cf5f0c9ad63e
Prosecutors Are Starting To Sound Like Campus Activists About Sex and Consent
https://reason.com/2025/06/11/federal-prosecutors-are-starting-to-sound-like-campus-activists-about-sex-and-consent/
Former Calif. DA Who Admitted to Deleting Evidence Gets a 6 Month Suspension of Law License
Maybe We Should Be Paying More Attention to Corrupt Practices by Prosecutors
https://davisvanguard.org/2025/06/double-standard-prosecutorial-accountability/
Diabetic man was having a medical emergency in Walmart parking lot when he was beaten, tased by NC police captain and officers
7 Florida cops arrested in connection with crash that killed Black mom and her pregnant daughter
Woman Traumatized by False Arrest Sues US Marshals
Good luck suing the feds.
https://ij.org/press-release/woman-traumatized-by-false-arrest-sues-us-marshals/
Judge advances lawsuit against San Fransisco cops who tased man into a coma ever since
https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-advances-lawsuit-against-officers-who-tased-man-into-a-coma/
Unmasking Injustice: Harold Levy’s crusade against wrongful convictions
https://magazine.yorku.ca/issues/summer-2025/unmasking-injustice/
Politicians are abandoning due process, a core American value
https://reason.com/2025/06/08/as-american-as-due-process/
Republican Senator Blackburn Wants Secret Police
"Public oversight and accountability relies on accurate news about law enforcement activity," Gabe Rottman, vice president of policy at the Reporter's Committee for Freedom of the Press tells Reason. "The bill is dangerously overbroad and could be used to chill newsgathering and reporting that is clearly in the public interest."Government employees, including law enforcement officers, generally don't have the presumption of privacy when it comes to information such as their names, salaries, and business conducted in public. Nevertheless, that hasn't stopped police and politicians from accusing people of "doxxing" officers for releasing public information.
https://reason.com/2025/06/06/marsha-blackburn-wants-secret-police/
LAPD Rejects Over 1,700 ‘Biased Policing’ Complaints From Last Year
https://davisvanguard.org/2025/06/lapds-complaint-system-faces-criticism/
https://lapdpolicecom.lacity.org/060325/bpc_25-141.pdf
Death Penalty Cases in Maricopa County Rarely End in a Death Sentence
https://www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-death-penalty-arizona
DC murder case dismissed after DNA evidence lost
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/dc-murder-case-dismissed-dna-evidence-lost/3928612/
Aurora city council, fearful of public backlash over police killing, cancel public meetings until lawsuit concludes
https://kdvr.com/news/local/aurora-city-council-will-not-hold-in-person-meetings-until-kilyn-lewis-lawsuit-concludes/
Judge rules Aurora Police violated state law by not releasing unaltered body cam footage of fatal shooting of unarmed man
https://www.9news.com/article/news/crime/judge-order-aurora-police-release-unaltered-body-camera-footage-fatal-shooting/73-bdaf0662-2e4d-4643-9054-2034d1d957b0
Police clear Aurora cop of wrongdoing in fatal shooting of Kilyn Lewis who was unarmed (2024)
Denver Case Highlights the Hazards of Police Raids Based on Secondhand Information
https://reason.com/2025/06/09/denver-case-highlights-the-potentially-deadly-hazards-of-police-raids-based-on-secondhand-information/
NYPD sergeant who made death threats against podcasters resigns
https://nypost.com/2025/06/14/us-news/nypd-wont-arrest-those-behind-death-threats-against-ex-cops/
Judge reduces charge against L.A. deputy convicted of excessive force on a woman accused of shoplifting
New Orleans cop who murdered a family's puppy to face a jury lawsuit trial
https://apnews.com/article/new-orleans-police-puppy-shooting-trial-e12de1f77c107c59afd4181e7f21c092
WV corrections officer sentenced to 6 years in prison in 2022 beating death of inmate
WV cops pay man $500K for beating him for filing a complaint against an officer at police station
“He (Anthony Reese) saw Dunbar police officer Todd Hannah there and starts to walk away. Hannah pursues him, tackles him and starts beating him," Dante diTrapano said. "The other officers run out and get their shots in too. You could hear on officer Zachary Winters' body camera at the hospital talking about that he got in a bunch of hits on Anthony as well."
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/west-virginia/wvsdce/2:2023cv00805/238277/57/
Four Kansas deputies sued over excessive force
CA cop arrested, accused of child abuse and kidnapping
https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/crime/article308271875.html
FL cop arrested for sexually abusing a minor
Chicago cop pleads guilty to sexual assault of 2 female colleagues
https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-police-eric-tabb-guilty-plea-battery
SC cop arrested for ‘engaging in sexual acts’ in cop car on duty
https://www.thestate.com/news/local/article308414715.html
SC Cop Arrested For On-Duty Sex
https://www.fitsnews.com/2025/06/11/badge-gone-bad-midlands-cop-arrested-for-on-duty-sex/
SC- Charges dropped against North Myrtle Beach police sergeant accused of DUI hit-and-run
NC cop arrested for speeding and DUI
KY cop arrested for DUI
MI cop accused of having sex in police station, misusing police database to flirt with women and providing false information to purchase a pistol
Norway police officer Chad Olson was arraigned in Dickinson County District Court Wednesday, according to a press release from the Michigan Attorney General’s Office. According to the A.G., Olson allegedly used the contact information he accessed through the police database to flirt with women, which led to one sexual encounter with a woman while on duty in the police station. The AG said he also allegedly purchased a pistol without a license using his MCOLES number when he no longer had any police authority
KS cop arrested for domestic abuse
https://www.wibw.com/2025/06/05/riley-county-police-officer-arrested-domestic-incident-officials-say
AL sheriff indicted for knowingly employing uncertified school cops, including a deputy with a suspended certification