Five Eyes Is Behind The Push For Biometric Collecting And Sharing Of People's Personal Data
New Zealand at the center of cross-govt group sharing millions of personal traveler records between countries
NJ Attorney General Issues Directive to Law Enforcement Regarding Use of Blood Samples from Newborn Screening Program
New directive limits — but doesn’t end — NJ police use of baby blood samples
Journalist shot by police while covering the 2020 BLM protests is dying of her injuries
Family of Black man shot while holding cellphone want murder trial for SWAT cop
https://apnews.com/article/cellphone-police-shooting-lewis-colorado-a476f78f9b754debc3a4994bf969c589
‘I Was Scared for My Life’: Black Woman Body Slammed and ‘Tasered’ by Cop for a Seatbelt Violation
https://atlantablackstar.com/2024/06/20/black-woman-body-slammed-and-tasered-by-georgia-cop
Mt. Laurel Police Work with 7-Eleven to “ticket” kids they observe doing good deeds or exhibiting positive behavior
DC Appeals Court Keeps 9/11 CIA Torture Report Classified
https://www.courthousenews.com/dc-circuit-keeps-9-11-cia-torture-report-classified/
Biden State Department Bending US Law to Send Israel Weapons
Israeli Army Tie Wounded Palestinian Man To Vehicle’s Hood During West Bank Raid
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-army-uses-gunshot-wounded-palestinian-as-human-shield-in-west-banks-jenin-streets/3255800
Israel Has “Systematically Violated” Laws Regarding Civilian Harm, UN Finds
Air Force Engineer Resigns as Dissent Against Gaza War Slowly Spreads Within Military
https://theintercept.com/2024/06/18/israel-gaza-war-military-resign-dissent/
Back from the border, NH National Guard troops have new perspective: ‘It’s heavy in every way'
The National Guard’s support of DHS’s missions on the southern U.S. border takes away from its warfighting readiness
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main/2024/06/guards-support-of-dhs-adds-no-military-value/
Vermont GOP rule bars it from backing felons. The state party chair says that’s not a problem for Trump
The Gates Foundation Gave $9.5M to UW-Madison Scientist to Modify H5N1 Viruses to Preferentially Recognize Human-Type Receptors and Transmit Efficiently in Mammals
https://x.com/McCulloughFund/status/1799437136149528952
Kansas AG sues Pfizer for misleading Kansans on COVID vaccine
https://ag.ks.gov/media-center/news-releases/2024/06/18/kansas-ag-sues-pfizer-for-misleading-kansans-on-covid-vaccine
Judge blocks Iowa immigration law, state AG to appeal
https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/06/17/judge-blocks-iowa-immigration-law-state-attorney-general-to-appeal/
Did the University of Pennsylvania just squash free speech rights to avoid more pro-Palestinian protests?
https://www.thefire.org/news/did-penn-just-squash-free-speech-rights-avoid-more-pro-palestinian-protests
DA Drops Charges For More Than Half Of Columbia University Protestors
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/manhattan-district-attorney-drops-charges-columbia-university-protestors_n_6674e3d0e4b069d92e24d184
Florida Supreme Court Ruled Anti-Protest Law Cannot Be Used to Prosecute Non-Violent Protestors or Bystanders
https://www.aclufl.org/en/press-releases/florida-supreme-court-issues-decision-confirming-anti-protest-law-cannot-be-used
Free speech, press freedom orgs urge DA not to prosecute Stanford student journalist
https://www.courthousenews.com/free-speech-press-freedom-orgs-urge-da-not-to-prosecute-stanford-student-journalist/
New PBS doc highlights importance of unfettered newsgathering at protests
https://www.rcfp.org/pbs-doc-unfettered-newsgathering/
The Riot Report
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/riot-report/
Sullivan & Cromwell Says Law Students Who Participated In Anti-War Protests 'Participated In Pro-Terrorist Groups'
https://abovethelaw.com/2024/06/sullivan-cromwell-law-school-antisemitism/
The FBI is infiltrating protests. Congress wants to sic it on students
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/4718166-the-fbi-is-infiltrating-protests-congress-wants-to-sic-it-on-students/
Malama Kai Technologies Announces Joint Venture with Fusion Technology (DOJ And The FBI)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/malama-kai-technologies-announces-joint-121500298.html
Fusion Technology LLC awarded $159.8M Contract to support FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fusion-technology-llc-awarded-159-8m-contract-to-support-fbis-criminal-justice-information-services-cjis-division-302126583.html
Republicans Introduce Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act
“Over the last few years, the Northern border has seen a surge of illegal drug trafficking and illegal border crossings, including by terror watchlist suspects. This must be addressed. Yet, the Biden Administration has completely ignored the critical and unique challenges facing Northern states,” said Congressman Kelly, Co-Chair of the Northern Border Security Caucus. “The Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act requires the Department of Homeland Security to examine the issues facing the U.S.-Canadian border, the longest continuous international border in the world; and, to work with Congress to solve these problems.”
https://lawler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1892
https://moolenaar.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/moolenaar.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/Northern-Border-Security-Enhancement-and-Review-Act.pdf
New airline passenger rights explained, with effective dates
https://pirg.org/edfund/resources/new-airline-passenger-rights-explained-with-effective-dates/
Border patrol officer pleads guilty to stealing more than $18K in cash from passengers at Naples airport
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/19/travel/naples-florida-cbp-officer-stealing-cash-passengers/index.html
Border Patrol to use biometrics to ID potential ‘threats’
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/border-patrol-to-use-biometrics/
Office of Inspector General report says CBP's biometrics to ID "potential" threats has major flaws
"Finally, CBP does not have the technology to perform biometric matching on travelers arriving in vehicles at land ports of entry. CBP Deployed New Technology to Enhance Traveler Processing, but Could Not Access All Biometric Data for Complete Screening and Vetting (page 5)."
https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2024-06/OIG-24-27-Jun24-Redacted.pdf
Facebook Wins Biometric Privacy Appeal Over Photos of Nonusers
https://www.courthousenews.com/ninth-circuit-upholds-metas-victory-over-privacy-claims-from-plaintiffs-who-dont-use-facebook/
Generative AI and the Sale of Digital Authenticity (LinkedIn and CLEAR)
"Incredibly, LinkedIn verification is actually tied to your consent to provide its partners, such as CLEAR, with your biometric information. In LinkedIn’s case, verification is indeed up for sale, but the price is not in dollars, but rather in access to your biometric data."
https://www.justsecurity.org/96924/generative-ai-and-the-sale-of-digital-authenticity/
Just Futures Law organization urges Clearview plaintiffs to refuse settlement offer
https://www.justfutureslaw.org/legal-filings/clearview
Will Biometric Privacy Laws Undermine the Fight Against CSAM?
"This lawsuit involves the widely used PhotoDNA database, a cornerstone of the fight against online child sexual abuse material (CSAM). PhotoDNA renders hash values of identified CSAM items and then enables services to block images with identical hash values. In other words, once a PhotoDNA participant identifies a CSAM item, participating services can prevent the spread of other instances of the images."
https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2024/06/will-biometric-privacy-laws-undermine-the-fight-against-csam-martell-v-x.htm
Biometric Privacy Litigation and Coverage Disputes with John Leonard and Cort Malone
https://lawstreetmedia.com/insights/biometric-privacy-litigation-and-coverage-disputes-with-john-leonard-and-cort-malone/
Litigation After Biometric Privacy Law Violations
https://andersonkill.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/Publications/JEIL-4-1_malone_single.pdf
Qudi Mask Lets You Hide Your Face Behind an LED Display
Surgeon General Murthy Advocates for Digital IDs
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/opinion/social-media-health-warning.html
House panel advances bill to study TSA’s embrace of digital IDs
https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2024/06/house-panel-advances-bill-study-tsas-embrace-digital-ids/397428
As mobile IDs proliferate, concerns about cybersecurity and data privacy mount
https://www.route-fifty.com/digital-government/2024/06/mobile-ids-proliferate-concerns-about-cybersecurity-and-data-privacy-mount/397466/
Why Are House Intel Republicans Clinging to the “Make Everyone a Spy” Law?
https://www.protectprivacynow.org/news/why-are-house-intel-republicans-clinging-to-the-make-everyone-a-spy-law
GAO report shows postal police haven’t been assessed since 2011
https://www.wftv.com/news/local/watchdog-report-shows-postal-police-workforce-hasnt-been-assessed-since-2011/LJOTO3ZQO5C33C5L7WKS5EIKIA/
Further, the Inspection Service has not assessed the size and location of its postal police workforce since 2011. Officials said they are planning to conduct a new security force assessment, but they could not provide GAO the time frames for doing so. As such, it is unclear how long the Inspection Service will rely on outdated information to determine how to align its postal police workforce with current security needs.
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-106497
Police Presence Increases at Disney World, Guests Under Surveillance
https://insidethemagic.net/2024/06/disney-world-police-reddit-thread-debate-jc1mmb/
Activist groups sue L.A. schools seeking data on app used to report suspicious behavior
The NYPD’s $22M Gunshot Detection System Flags an Awful Lot of Noises That Don’t Seem to Be Gunshots
"Our audit found that 87 percent of the time, ShotSpotter is sending NYPD officers in response to loud noises that don’t turn out to be confirmed shootings," said Comptroller Brad Lander in a statement that accompanied the report, which ultimately concludes that the contract should not be renewed when it expires at the end of 2024, unless the police can do a better job evaluating its performance. "The evidence shows that NYPD is wasting precious time and money on this technology and needs to do a better job managing its resources. Chasing down car backfires and construction noise does not make us safer."
https://hellgatenyc.com/comptroller-shotspotter-report
https://comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/audit-report-on-the-new-york-city-police-departments-oversight-of-its-agreement-with-shotspotter-inc-for-the-gunshot-detection-and-location-system/
The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada to scan all commuters for weapons using ZeroEyes
San Francisco police install 100 of 400 license plate readers
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/sf-first-cameras-alpr-combat-crime-19515404.php
License plate readers help solve crimes, but are creating a backlash over privacy concerns
New License Plate Reader Vulnerabilities Prove Mass Surveillance Is a Public Safety Threat
How to buy license plate readers (eBook)
How to buy drones (eBook)
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill police use drones to "monitor campus activities"
“We consider these drones an investment in overall campus safety,” explains UNC Police Community Services Sgt. James David. “In addition to monitoring campus activities, they help us direct first responders to exact locations and provide unobstructed access during emergencies or special events.”
https://police.unc.edu/news/2024/06/19/unc-police-adds-new-drones-to-its-operation/
Redmond police use drones as a first responder
Worthington Police receive a donation for drone
https://www.dglobe.com/news/local/worthington-police-department-receives-donation-for-drone-training
Middlebury police to purchase thermal-imaging drone
https://www.addisonindependent.com/2024/06/20/middlebury-police-plan-to-purchase-new-drone/
Police are Using Drones More and Spending More For Them
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/police-are-using-drones-more-and-spending-more-them
The DJI Drone Ban: A Uniquely American Clusterf**k
https://www.404media.co/the-dji-drone-ban-a-uniquely-american-disaster/
Police want Chinese- made drones despite Washington clampdown
Australian report warns that police drones are susceptible to hacking
https://cybersecuritycrc.org.au/sites/default/files/2024-05/Flight%20Critical.pdf
Police Violence
Most Americans are wrong about crime
https://www.vox.com/videos/355797/americans-crime-pandemic-cities-belief
Supreme Court Justices Reject Limits On Malicious Prosecution Claims
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan wrote in the majority opinion that the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals “stepped out on its own” when it ruled against Chiaverini, finding that the officers had probable cause for the misdemeanors despite not meeting the standard for the felony charge, Under the Fourth Amendment, pretrial detention that's not based on probable cause counts as an unreasonable seizure, the Barack Obama appointee noted. She posed a hypothetical: An individual is detained on two charges, a drug offense with probable cause and a gun offense “built on lies.” The drug offense, for whatever reason, is dropped, leaving the person in jail on the invalid gun charge. “The inclusion of the baseless charge — though brought along with a good charge — has thus caused a constitutional violation, by unreasonably extending the pretrial detention,” Kagan wrote.
https://www.courthousenews.com/justices-reject-limits-on-malicious-prosecution-claims/
The Supreme Court Again Strengthens the Right to a Jury Trial in Criminal Sentencing
Supreme Court: Substitute expert witness testimony is inadmissible in Arizona drug case
Texas appeals court exonerates man who spent nearly 20 years on death row for 1977 murder
“This case is riddled with allegations of State misconduct that warrant setting aside Applicant’s conviction,” Judge Bert Richardson wrote in the court’s opinion delivered Wednesday, which said evidence favorable to Cook was withheld and that some of the evidence presented in his first trial in 1978 was later revealed to be false.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/23/us/kerry-max-cook-exonerated-texas/index.html
Appeals court rules against CT police in suit by two men wrongly accused in grisly murder
“The Town of New Milford and its officers have twice asked to throw this case out and they have lost both times. They are now out of options and it’s time for a trial about two innocent teenagers being wrongfully imprisoned for 30 years,” Henning lawyers Craig Raabe and James Cousins said Friday.
https://www.courant.com/2024/06/21/u-s-appeals-court-rules-against-police-in-ct-suit-by-two-men-wrongly-accused-in-grisly-murder/
100 People Are Serving Time For Their Abusers’ Crimes
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/06/13/abuse-domestic-violence-survivors-liability-prison
Federal Board of Prisons Seeks Dismissal of Sexual Abuse Lawsuit at FCI Dublin
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fci-dublin-bureau-prisons-moves-190137097.html
It’s 2024, and Slavery Isn’t Over in the U.S. (Prison Labor)
https://www.vera.org/news/its-2024-and-slavery-isnt-over-in-the-u-s
NC Supreme Court Secretly Squashed Discipline of Two GOP Judges Who Admitted to Violating Judicial Code
https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-supreme-court-republican-judges-violations
Latest Fifth Circuit Power Grab Underscores Urgent Need for Judicial Reform
https://accountable.us/watchdog-latest-fifth-circuit-power-grab-underscores-urgent-need-for-judicial-reform/
Congress Must Pass Judicial Reform as Conservative Court Issues Latest Power Grab
This Judge Made Houston the Top Bankruptcy Court. Then He Helped His Girlfriend Cash In
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/this-judge-made-houston-the-top-bankruptcy-court-then-he-helped-his-girlfriend-cash-in/ar-BB1oxQqm
No Charges in ATF Murder Of Man Over Paperwork Firearms Violation
https://reason.com/2024/06/19/no-charges-in-atf-killing-over-paperwork-firearms-violation/
Judge tosses LA’s second lawsuit against journalist over police officer headshots
Embattled DA Linda Stanley defends herself against misconduct allegations in Barry Morphew case
NY sergeant punched a suspect in head 10 times and kicked him
NYPD complaints surge under Mayor Adams to reach highest level since 2012
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/19/nypd-complaints-increase-mayor-adams
Judge orders NYPD to start disclosing police misconduct records to nonprofit news outlet after 2 year wait
https://www.rcfp.org/the-city-nypd-order/
Appeals court ruled San Antonio cops who fired into a home without probable cause can be sued
https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/unpub/22/22-50327.0.pdf
San Jose may settle wrongful conviction claims for $12M
"The city will consider paying $12 million to avoid an August trial on claims that three San Jose police officers fabricated evidence to wrongfully convict a man in 2003."
https://www.courthousenews.com/san-jose-may-settle-wrongful-conviction-claims-for-12m/
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-06-18/san-jose-record-12-million-settlement-exoneration
Virginia Exonerates Man Who Spent 45 Years in Prison for Death of 3-Year-Old
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/us/marvin-grimm-virginia-exoneration.html
Colorado public defenders demand more transparency in investigation into discredited DNA scientist
https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/colorado-investigation-dna-scientist-public-defenders-demand-transparency/73-26ff08f3-c894-4a64-ba01-b6396ab4cc83
Kentucky sheriff sentenced to 110 months in prison for violating the constitutional rights of multiple individuals he arrested
https://gazette.com/news/wex/former-kentucky-sheriff-s-deputy-sentenced-to-110-months-in-prison-for-violating-constitutional-rights/article_4e137d77-9aa9-5a18-b6ec-42c47e6e5017.html
Cop pepper-sprays driver ‘for mouthing off,’ then lies about what happened
"A former Fairmount Heights police officer who was fired by four small D.C.-area departments in less than a decade was convicted Monday of illegally pepper-spraying a driver during a traffic stop, but was acquitted of charges related to his court affidavit, which prosecutors stated that he had provided false information about the incident."
https://www.naishsupcenter.at/2024/qrinoes/18249063GMsDA1232PDbNS/
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article289356620.html
Montana police chief facing three felonies for illegal deer hunting, tampering with witnesses
https://dailymontanan.com/2024/06/20/glendive-chief-of-police-facing-three-felonies-for-illegal-deer-hunting-tampering-with-witnesses
Kentucky trooper sentenced to six months in prison in case of illegal entry to home
https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article289355195.html
RI cop under investigation for shooting at unarmed shoplifters’ car
https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/crime/2024/06/21/police-body-cam-footage-of-cranston-officer-firing-at-suspects-released-garden-city-center-shoplift/74170044007/
As calls mount for reform: Can the Mass. State Police be saved?
https://www.masslive.com/news/2024/06/as-calls-mount-for-reform-can-the-mass-state-police-be-saved-john-l-micek.html
2 Boston cops sentenced for their role in overtime fraud scheme
"The two are among 10 officers convicted of participating in the scheme."
https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2024/06/20/two-former-boston-police-officers-sentenced-for-their-role-in-overtime-fraud-scheme/
Seattle cop fired after using sexist, racist slurs against neighbor
Nevada cop accidentally fires weapon at rodeo, injuring three bystanders
https://www.rgj.com/story/news/local/2024/06/20/reno-police-officer-gun-accidentally-fires/74160185007
LA County sheriff's deputy died from 'effects of methamphetamine'
https://abc7.com/post/la-county-sheriffs-deputy-died-effects-methamphetamine-medical/14980792
Los Angeles council OKs study of removing police from traffic enforcement
More than two dozen cities and counties in Florida are set to lose their independent, civilian-run police oversight boards
Florida prison’s ban on newspaper violates First Amendment
https://www.rcfp.org/briefs-comments/militant-florida-newspaper-ban/
NY judge's ruling on solitary confinement builds hope that practice will end
"Incarcerated people held in solitary confinement in New York state won a class action lawsuit last week, with a judge ruling that corrections officials are using the practice as a means of discipline even though it’s banned under a 2021 law. But civil liberties attorneys and criminal justice activists say enforcing rules on prison officials has always been difficult, so even this major legal victory may not end the practice."
https://gothamist.com/news/judges-ruling-on-solitary-confinement-in-ny-builds-hope-that-practice-will-end
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Opioids Lawyers Offer Investors Piece of $100 Million-Plus Win