U.S. News/Police Violence
Gaza Reporter Says Israel Stripped, Blindfolded Journalists During Al-Shifa Raid
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gaza-al-jazeera-journalist-israel-detained-hospital_n_65f8cb41e4b0defe9b27fe58
State Department Claims It Hasn't Seen Reports of Israel Torturing UNRWA Staff
https://www.commondreams.org/news/unrwa
Cops Demand the Right for Cops to Do Psychedelic Drugs
https://www.thedailybeast.com/cops-demand-the-right-for-cops-to-do-psychedelic-drug
The Future of Border Patrol: AI Is Always Watching
https://themarkup.org/news/2024/03/22/the-future-of-border-patrol-ai-is-always-watching
Supreme Court: FBI Can Be Sued Over 'No-Fly List'
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4541638-supreme-court-no-fly-list-case/
ICE Under Fire for Solitary Confinement of Immigrants Amid Suicide Attempts
As TSA PreCheck enrollments surge, data shows complaints have followed
https://fedscoop.com/tsa-precheck-complaints-data/
Maryland to Limit Police Facial Recognition Usage
Facial Recognition Is Huge Risk for Law Enforcement
https://www.govtech.com/opinion/opinion-facial-recognition-is-huge-risk-for-law-enforcement
Cops Running DNA-Manufactured Faces Through Face Recognition is Tornado of Bad Ideas
DHS's Virality Project's Censorship Agenda
https://brownstone.org/articles/the-virality-projects-censorship-agenda/
Homeland Security Market To Reach $1.26B By 2032
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/homeland-security-market-reach-usd-114000557.html
The SAFE Act to Reauthorize Section 702 is Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/safe-act-two-steps-forward-one-step-back
Government funding bill punts extension of controversial section 702 spying power
https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2024/03/government-funding-bill-punts-extension-controversial-spying-power/395120/
Senate Unveils “Compromise” FISA Reauthorization Bill
"Sens. Durbin and Lee have crafted a modified warrant requirement for U.S. person queries conducted under Section 702 that seeks compromise between national security hawks who hold that a warrant requirement will render Section 702 operationally “unworkable” and privacy advocates who maintain that court approvals will help address abuse and “backdoor searches” of U.S. person communications. It’s a compromise that is unlikely to sit well with the Biden Administration or the House and Senate Intelligence Committees. "
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/senate-unveils-compromise-fisa-reauthorization-bill
Don’t Reward the Government for Hiding Constitutional Violations (Statute of Limitations)
https://www.cato.org/blog/dont-reward-government-hiding-constitutional-violations
Judge orders NSO to cough up Pegasus super-spyware source code
https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/01/nso_pegasus_source_code/
Spyware makers express concern after US sanctions spyware veteran
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/08/spyware-makers-concern-after-us-sanctions-spyware-veteran/
Investors’ pledge to fight NSO spyware undercut by past investments in US malware maker
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/22/us-cyber-investors-pledge-spyware-is-off-limits-with-a-catch/
The NSA Warns That US Adversaries Free to Mine Private Data May Have an AI Edge
https://www.wired.com/story/fast-forward-nsa-warns-us-adversaries-private-data-ai-edge/
How the Police State Muzzles Our Right to Speak Truth to Power
https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/the_language_of_force
Gov. Hochul’s Militarization of NYC Subway Is About Politics
https://truthout.org/articles/hochuls-militarization-of-nyc-subway-is-about-politics-not-public-safety/
Responding to ShotSpotter, Police Shoot at Child Lighting Fireworks
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/responding-shotspotter-police-shoot-child-lighting-fireworks
Let’s Talk About the Flock Safety License Plate Reader Study That Says It Solves Crime
https://www.404media.co/researcher-who-oversaw-flock-surveillance-study-now-has-concerns-about-it/
San Francisco voters give police more surveillance powers
"The proposition would allow the city’s police department to use drones, license plate readers and more cameras."
https://sfstandard.com/2024/03/05/san-francisco-voters-election-prop-e-results-police/
Cleveland Promised Oversight of Police Surveillance. The Work Hasn’t Been Done
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/03/21/cleveland-police-surveillance-cameras-oversight
Appeals court rules license plate readers do not violate the Fourth Amendment
https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/202211159.pdf
Grand Junction police to use palm-sized thermal-imaging drones to surveil inside buildings
"The smaller drones are often used for flying inside a building to investigate potential threats before sending any officers inside. Whereas the largest outdoor drone Trend Rundquist, civilian manager, GJPD said wouldn’t be suitable for indoor reconnaissance.
https://www.kkco11news.com/2024/03/18/gjpd-utilizing-drones-policing/
Bowling Green Police to use drones for long term surveillance
"The drones are expected to be used by police in cases of missing children or adults, to search for a suspect being pursued, for outdoor crime scene documentation, for surveillance in long-term investigations, or to get the lay of the land prior to serving a search warrant, said BGPD Lt. Adam Skaff."
https://bgindependentmedia.org/new-bgpd-drones-give-officers-an-extra-set-of-eyes-from-the-skies/
Montgomery police department wants to expand their drones as a first responder program
https://wjla.com/news/local/montgomery-county-maryland-seeks-to-expand-drone-first-responder-program-amid-police-officer-shortage-mcpd-public-safety
The One-Man 'Cult' That Put St. Louis Under Surveillance (Drones)
https://reason.com/2024/03/18/the-one-man-cult-that-put-st-louis-under-surveillance/
The Burnsville Police Department seeks public feedback on drone purchase
https://burnsvillemn.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1764
Sparta police purchase thermal imaging drone
San Diego police can continue to use drones
Gilford police receive donation to start drone program
DRONERESPONDERS tells National Public Safety UAS Conference attendees (police) to exploit the weather to achieve more flight time!
https://dronelife.com/2024/03/20/digital-weather-integration-and-scalability-of-drone-as-first-responder-dfr-programs/
BRINC's LiveOps Platform allows police to surveil people in real-time
https://brincdrones.com/news/unified-drone-operations-with-brinc-liveops/
https://brincdrones.com/liveops/
Former UK cop: Drones are highly ineffective at managing crime
https://dronexl.co/2024/03/08/drones-are-highly-ineffective-crime/
Wendy’s Drones Begins Deliveries in Virginia
https://about.doordash.com/en-us/news/doordash-and-wing-announce-drone-delivery-pilot-in-the-us
Police Violence
Forty-Six States Paid for Violent, Racist Police Training
https://theappeal.org/police-training-violent-racist-ban-pretextual-traffic-stops/
https://www.nj.gov/comptroller/reports/2023/20231206.shtml
When Police Encounters With Autistic People Turn Fatal
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/03/16/california-police-autism-disability
The U.S. crime rate is still dropping, FBI data shows
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/rcna144100
Boston homicides down 80% from this time last year
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/boston-homicides-down-80-from-this-time-last-year-but-more-work-to-combat-violence-remains/3316806
‘Tough-on-crime’ policies are back in some places that had reimagined criminal justice
https://stateline.org/2024/03/18/tough-on-crime-policies-are-back-in-some-places-that-had-reimagined-criminal-justice/
DOJ prepares for $5B public-safety grants
Appeals court: It’s not a crime not to show ID in the doorway of your own house
https://papersplease.org/wp/2024/03/20/its-not-a-crime-not-to-show-id/
Alabama man jailed in 'the freezer' died of homicide due to hypothermia
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/03/04/alabama-inmate-tony-mitchell-homicide-hypothermia/72839215007/
Kids Held in Adult Louisiana Jail Sleep on Floor, Shot With Pepper Balls
https://theappeal.org/youth-jackson-parish-jail-aclu-filing/
Tennessee Lawmakers Want More Oversight of Juvenile Detention. The Department of Children’s Services Is Pushing Back
https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-child-services-agency-pushes-back-on-juvenile-detention-bill
FBI Raids California Prison Facing 63 Lawsuits Over Systemic Sexual Abuse
https://truthout.org/articles/fbi-raids-california-prison-facing-63-lawsuits-over-systemic-sexual-abuse/
Michigan Sheriffs Colluded To End In-Person Jail Visits and Price Gouge Families for Calls
https://reason.com/2024/03/22/lawsuits-allege-michigan-sheriffs-colluded-to-end-in-person-jail-visits-and-price-gouge-families-for-calls/
Michigan Counties Ban Jail Visits to Profit From Videochat Fees
https://theappeal.org/michigan-counties-allegedly-ban-jail-visits-to-profit-from-videochat-fees/
Did the ‘Tom Brady of DNA’ put hundreds of innocent people in jail?
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation DNA debacle hits Weld County in a 45-year-old cold case awaiting trial
https://denvergazette.com/news/dna-cbi-missy-woods/article_d3a17f6a-e63d-11ee-bcba-1f9e2816e47d.html
Accusations of flawed Colorado crime lab work haunt 2003 rape conviction
https://denvergazette.com/premium/httpscolorado-watchaccusations-of-flawed-colorado-crime-lab-work-haunt-rape-case/article_d6975c9f-4c52-5703-a306-3a0a991199d2.html#google_vignette
Black man released after 44 years in prison may face new trial
New Hearing for Black Man Sentenced to Life in Prison Despite Not Guilty Verdict
https://theappeal.org/new-hearing-terence-richardson-life-in-prison-despite-not-guilty-verdict/
New lawsuit claiming wrongful child abuse diagnoses filed, as Esernio-Jenssen set to retire from LVHN
https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/new-lawsuit-claiming-wrongful-abuse-diagnoses-filed-as-esernio-jenssen-set-to-retire-from-lvhn/article_1d8137a0-e883-11ee-8fb4-b704613b36b4.html
Exonerations in the U.S. are slowly rising. 3 people were cleared in Kansas and Missouri last year
$125M settlement approved in class action over excessive Pacer fees
https://www.courthousenews.com/125-million-settlement-approved-in-class-action-over-excessive-pacer-fees/
Corrupt Supreme Court Could Make Political Bribery Even Easier
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/supreme-court-political-bribery
Inside The Ritzy Retreats Hosting Right-Wing Judges
During Koch-funded trips to mountain resorts, Trump judges huddled over a new strategy to advance “history and tradition” as the law of the land.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/judges-luxury-travel-corpus-linguistics_n_65f75ff6e4b0defe9b276601
End ‘Judge Shopping’
"Last fall, the Brennan Center urged the Judicial Conference, a panel of judges that sets policies for the federal judiciary, to address this problem. In a meeting last week, the conference took a welcome if tentative step in the right direction. It announced a policy to encourage random assignment of cases with a statewide or nationwide impact. That would lessen the odds that filing a case in a given division would give a plaintiff their judge of choice. The policy makes sense. But the guidance is nonbinding, and it’s unclear whether districts will follow it."
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/end-judge-shopping
Town of Ridgely suspended its entire police force. Residents want to know why
https://apnews.com/article/ridgely-maryland-police-department-suspended-3b5f624b8257081d91b46d125acf8f65
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13232041/Mystery-Maryland-town-suspends-ENTIRE-police-force-blindsided-residents-demand-know-why.html
Law Firm Calls on Supreme Court to Hear Case of Student Who Was Repeatedly Tased by School Cop
‘Excited delirium’ falls out of favor as diagnosis, but police push back
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2024/03/excited-delirium-falls-out-of-favor-as-diagnosis-but-police-push-back.html
Veterans fight to clear their names for military crimes they did not commit
Grandmother Awarded $4M Over SWAT Raid Predicated On A Faulty ‘Find My Phone’ Ping
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/03/22/grandmother-awarded-nearly-4-million-over-swat-raid-predicated-on-a-faulty-find-my-phone-ping
Mississippi Deputy Gets 40 Years For Torture Of 2 Black Men
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/4th-white-mississippi-officer-sentenced-to-40-years-for-torture-of-2-black-men/ar-BB1keLQm
6 former Mississippi ‘Goon Squad’ officers sentenced to decades in prison in torture of 2 Black men
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/21/us/mississippi-officers-sentencing-goon-squad-thursday/index.html
'Goon Squad' Officers Sentenced To Prison — But Many People Want More
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/goon-squad-mississippi-sheriff-deputies_n_65fdf1e0e4b07ab1286edf1f
Cook County judge favors Chicago police union in discipline dispute with city council
https://www.courthousenews.com/cook-county-judge-favors-chicago-police-union-in-discipline-dispute-with-city-council/
Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party pulls Minnesota police misconduct transparency bill
https://minnesotareformer.com/2024/03/21/dfl-brady-bill-pulled-from-agenda-due-to-lack-of-consensus/
Lawmaker storms out of hearing over allowing Minneapolis police to buy armored vehicles
https://minnesotareformer.com/briefs/republican-lawmaker-storms-out-of-hearing-over-allowing-police-to-buy-armored-vehicles/
Minneapolis makes steps towards compliance with policing agreement, obstacles remain
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/03/17/mpls-makes-steps-towards-compliance-with-policing-agreement-obstacles-remain
Tennessee Senate Passes Bill That Would Undo Police Reforms Put In Place After Tyre Nichols’ Death
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tennessee-police-reform-rollback-tyre-nichols_n_65f22027e4b09953f2f8a7c7
Phoenix Police Killed His Son. Prosecutors Charged The Teen’s Friends with His Murder
https://theappeal.org/phoenix-police-killed-jacob-harris-felony-murder-arizona/
Phoenix Police Victims Want City to Stop Interfering With DOJ Investigation
https://theappeal.org/phoenix-police-victims-want-city-to-stop-fighting-federal-probe/
Lucy Parsons Labs Takes Atlanta Police Foundation to Court for Open Records Requests
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/lucy-parsons-labs-takes-police-foundation-court-open-records-requests
Family of autistic California teen killed by deputies files wrongful death claim
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/03/22/ryan-gainer-autistic-wrongful-death-claim-san-bernardino-county/73063641007/
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Slammed Door on Man’s Finger, Causing Amputation
https://theappeal.org/lasd-deputy-slammed-door-on-larry-jones-fing/
Former NYPD detective calls murder of 22-year-old by his mobster uncle a ‘public service killing’
https://nypost.com/2024/03/21/us-news/ex-nypd-detective-louis-scarcella-calls-murder-of-22-year-old-by-his-mobster-uncle-a-public-service-killing/
Texas SWAT Team Held Innocent Family at Gunpoint After Raiding the Wrong Home
https://reason.com/2024/03/21/texas-swat-team-held-innocent-family-at-gunpoint-after-raiding-the-wrong-home/
MA transit cop convicted of raping two women while on duty
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/ex-mbta-police-officer-who-raped-2-women-while-on-duty-sentenced-to-prison/3313658/
Court To Cops: There’s No ‘Instinct Exception’ For Drug Dogs Handlers Refuse To Handle
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/03/19/court-to-cops-theres-no-instinct-exception-for-drug-dogs-handlers-refuse-to-handle/
Why a California police department is replacing suspects’ faces with Lego heads
https://fox5sandiego.com/news/california-news/why-a-california-police-department-is-replacing-suspects-faces-with-lego-heads/
Idaho Trooper on Trial for Wife’s Murder Arrested at Spokane Airport
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-idaho-state-trooper-on-trial-for-wifes-murder-arrested-at-spokane-airport
Top aide to NYC Mayor Adams repeatedly sexually harassed NYPD sergeant
https://nypost.com/2024/03/21/us-news/timothy-pearson-top-aide-to-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-accused-of-sexual-harassment-by-ex-nypd-sergeant-lawsuit/