Knightscope's Dystopian Vision On The Future Of Robotic Policing
https://www.activistpost.com/2024/04/knightscopes-dystopian-vision-for-the-future-of-robot-police.html
How AI risks creating a ‘black box’ at the heart of US legal system
"AI and machine learning tools are being deployed by police and prosecutors to identify faces, weapons, license plates and objects at crime scenes, survey live feeds for suspicious behavior, enhance DNA analysis, direct police to gunshots, determine how likely a defendant is to skip bail, forecast crime and process evidence, according to the National Institute of Justice. Concerns about AI in the criminal justice system are compounded by research showing how tools like facial recognition are prone to bias."
https://thehill.com/business/personal-finance/4571982-ai-black-box-legal-system/
U.S. marshals admit fingerprints don’t match after wild case of mistaken identity
"ABC15 contacted the U.S. Attorney’s Office and U.S. Marshal Service to find out what caused the federal government to make such a major mistake and wrongfully arrest a 66-year-old woman at gunpoint."
https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/investigations/federal-marshals-admit-fingerprints-dont-match-after-wild-case-of-mistaken-identity
Trump pushes the limits of every restriction he faces – including threatening judges and their families
https://theconversation.com/trump-pushes-the-limits-of-every-restriction-he-faces-including-threatening-judges-and-their-families-227030
ACLU opposes Trump immunity arguments because they would turn a president into a king
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-brief-urges-supreme-court-to-reject-trump-immunity-claims
Trump ex-deputy Weisselberg sentenced to five months for perjury
CDC Releases Hidden COVID-19 Vaccine Injury Reports
https://www.ntd.com/cdc-releases-hidden-covid-19-vaccine-injury-reports_983924.html
15 US Agencies Knew Wuhan Lab Was "Trying To Create A Coronavirus Like COVID-19"
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/great-covid-cover-up-shocking-truth-about-wuhan-15-federal-agencies
Pfizer apologizes for ‘bringing discredit’ on Big Pharma after COVID social media posts
https://news.yahoo.com/pfizer-accused-bringing-discredit-pharmaceutical-155512676.html
San Jose is using AI to detect homeless camps
https://www.union-bulletin.com/news/national/this-bay-area-city-is-using-ai-to-detect-homeless-camps-will-others-follow-suit/article_676e7c8b-ceb9-588a-afd2-fb8a69c83a6c.html
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/25/san-jose-homelessness-ai-detection
The Biometrics Institute US Strategy Forum June 20, 2024
https://www.biometricsinstitute.org/event/us-strategy-forum-2024/
Vicon Industries introduces Anavio facial recognition access gates
https://www.prweb.com/releases/vicon-to-showcase-their-new-unified-cloud-solution-with-groundbreaking-face-authentication-and-person-of-interest-tracking-at-isc-west-2024-302109746.html
Vicon and Omnilert AI create gun detection system
https://www.vicon-security.com/omnilert-pr/
Does cosmetic facial surgery require changing your passport? (facial recognition)
https://www.thenationalnews.com/lifestyle/fashion-beauty/2024/03/12/new-passport-after-cosmetic-surgery/
The General Services Administration to pilot facial recognition for Login.gov in May
Maryland Bill Would Put Some Limits on Police Facial Recognition
What Does the Public Think About Government Use of Facial Recognition?
"Though telling people that facial recognition worked poorly, as opposed to presenting equally biased information claiming it worked well, caused them to be less comfortable with its use, the difference was relatively small. Use of facial recognition to enforce jaywalking laws, monitor political rallies, and track attendance at innocuous events in a public park all made participants uncomfortable. For example, the average street protest may break a number of minor laws—obstruction of traffic, disturbance of the peace—but we should beware of allowing such to serve as a pretext for using facial recognition on a generally law-abiding crowd."
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what-does-the-public-think-about-government-use-of-facial-recognition
EPIC Urges Commission on Civil Rights to Consider the Risks of Police Facial Recognition
https://epic.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/EPIC-Comment-to-OMB-re-PIAs-April-2024-with-Appendix-1.pdf
Guilford College facial recognition AI classroom management tool prompts concerns
"Multiple cameras spread throughout the room will take attendance, monitor whether students are paying attention and detect their emotional states, including whether they are bored, distracted or confused."
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/teaching-learning/2024/02/27/facial-recognition-heads-class-will-students
https://www.guilford.edu/news/2023/10/guilford-works-facial-recognition-classroom
ACLU Statement on Biden Administration Bypassing Congress and Extending Section 702 Surveillance
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-statement-on-biden-administration-bypassing-congress-and-extending-section-702-surveillance
House Committee Set for High-Stakes Vote on Spy Power Reauthorization
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/house-committee-set-for-high-stakes-vote-on-spy-power-reauthorization-5624807
ABSURD: CIA Claims Section 702 Must Be Reauthorized To Fight The Spread of Fentanyl
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/04/04/cia-seeks-section-702-reauthorization-fight-fentanyl/71731181007/
Spy Law Needs Fixing Now to Stop Overreach—Not a Backdoor Boost
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/spy-law-needs-fixing-now-to-stop-overreach-not-a-backdoor-boost
Surveillance bill implodes amid GOP infighting in latest blow to Johnson
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/04/10/congress/fisa-failure-00151546
Surveillance bill stumbles again in US House on privacy concerns
House leadership eyes FISA plan b after failed floor vote
"Leaders are looking to bring the legislation through the Rules panel as a stand-alone bill, the sources said, untethering FISA from three other GOP bills opposed by Democrats."
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4588493-fisa-702-plan-b/
Warnings of 'Patriot Act 2.0' as House Prepares to Vote on Mass Spying Authority
https://www.commondreams.org/news/patriot-act-section-702
House approves contentious FISA bill in bipartisan vote
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4590351-fisa-702-house-approves/
When can government spies buy your personal data? New guidelines are coming
Feds Simulate Search of Basketball Arena for Domestic Nuclear Terrorists in Their Own March Madness
https://theintercept.com/2024/04/08/ncaa-march-madness-basketball-arena-domestic-terrorism/
Woman Who Nearly Lost Her Life Savings to FBI Raid of US Private Vaults Appeals Ruling that Dismissed Her Lawsuit
Organizations Call for Congressional Investigation into Financial Surveillance of Stop Cop City Activists
Law Firm Calls on Richmond Heights to Repeal Ordinances Forcing Businesses, Residences to Install Surveillance Cameras
"The Institute for Justice sent a letter to city leaders in Richmond Heights, Ohio, calling on them to repeal a pair of Orwellian ordinances that require all businesses and apartment complexes to install surveillance cameras at their own expense and turn over video footage to police regardless of whether police have a warrant. Every bank, restaurant, convenience store, supermarket, bar, pharmacy, and hotel (among other businesses) are subject to this ordinance."
https://ij.org/press-release/public-interest-law-firm-calls-on-richmond-heights-to-repeal-ordinances-forcing-businesses-residences-to-install-surveillance/
MN State Police to Install CNC Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Cameras in Airplanes
https://cnctechnologies.com/news/cnc-technologies-selected-to-perform-full-aircraft-isr-for-minnesota-state-patrol
Alabaster Police Department getting 6 new drones to allegedly keep you safe
"Officers say right now they have six pilots who currently share two drones. These new drones will allow officers to have one drone for every shift."
https://www.wbrc.com/2024/04/11/alabaster-police-department-getting-6-new-drones-help-keep-you-safe/
Cedarburg police use drones for special events like Strawberry Festival and Wine & Harvest Festival
A drone factory (Teal Drones) in Utah is at the epicenter of anti-China fervor
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/04/11/drones-china-us-manufacturing/
U.S. made drones are error-prone
https://www.wsj.com/world/how-american-drones-failed-to-turn-the-tide-in-ukraine-b0ebbac3
Police Violence
90 Percent of Trans People in Prisons Have Undergone Solitary Confinement
NH Youth Detention Center Used A 'Child As A Sex Slave, Punching Bag' Under Health And Human Services' Care
Human rights groups call for US inquiry into police killing of ‘Cop City’ protester
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/08/cop-city-tortuguita-human-rights-investigation
911 Call Scrutiny Should Not Be Used To ID Suspects
https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice/articles/1793107/911-call-scrutiny-should-not-be-used-to-identify-suspects
https://www.propublica.org/article/911-call-analysis-fbi-police-courts
How The Criminal Legal System Coerces People into Pleading Guilty
https://www.vera.org/news/how-the-criminal-legal-system-coerces-people-into-pleading-guilty
Louisiana Still Keeps Police Misconduct Data A Secret
https://theappeal.org/louisiana-still-keeps-some-police-data-secret/
(4 year later) Minneapolis cops reprimanded for misconduct in aftermath of George Floyd's murder
https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-police-officers-reprimanded-misconduct-aftermath-george-floyd-murder/600356692
https://minnesotareformer.com/2024/04/09/nearly-4-years-after-floyd-protests-police-misconduct-complaint-outcomes-are-finally-released/
Cops fire over 100 shots at Black man for a seatbelt violation killing him
6 white Mississippi cops sentenced for torture of 2 Black men
https://abcnews.go.com/US/6-former-mississippi-police-officers-sentenced-state-charges/story?id=109084577
Black man cleared of 2013 murder after X-ray evidence proves innocence (he couldn't be the man cops said was sprinting from murder)
"According to 2013 X-rays that were never entered into evidence at his trial, Anthony Robinson had recently been shot in both of his legs, shattering his tibia and fibula on his left leg. A medical expert who recently reviewed the records said it was physically impossible for Robinson to be the sprinting shooter in the video, which shows the shooter running effortlessly without any limp or defect in his stride."
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/anthony-robinson-exonerated-murder-x-rays-medical-evidence/
N.C. town manager kept a video of a white cop choking a handcuffed Black man a secret for 3 years
https://www.wbtv.com/2024/04/09/matthews-pd-sergeant-choked-handcuffed-man-town-kept-video-secret/
Future murky for Chicago’s civilian police review board following police transparency ruling
"Experts worry that a ruling allowing police officers to opt for private arbitration won't lead to any real consequences for police in misconduct proceedings."
https://www.courthousenews.com/future-murky-for-chicagos-civilian-police-board-following-police-transparency-ruling/
Gov. DeSantis poised to sign bill eliminating civilian police review boards
https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2024/04/11/desantis-receives-bill-blocking-civilian-review-boards-investigating-law-enforcement/
NYPD officials used rape report to shame woman for fighting for police reforms
https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/04/08/nypd-dana-rachlin-jeffrey-maddrey-brooklyn-john-chell-police-reform
Five Years After an NYPD Cop Killed Kawaski Trawick, Mayor Adams Is Acting Like He and His Family ‘Do Not Exist
https://hellgatenyc.com/eric-adams-still-acting-like-kawaski-trawick-does-not-exist
NYC paid $83M in abuse claims against the NYPD in under-the-radar settlements
https://sabiniax.online/2024/04/08/nyc-paid-83-million-in-claims-against-the-nypd-in-under-the-radar-settlements/
California AG Bonta secures Vallejo police reform settlement agreement
https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/04/12/bonta-secures-settlement-agreement-with-vallejo-its-police-department/
High-ranking Oakland cops, including deputy chief, face serious discipline for bribing a witness
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2024/04/10/high-ranking-oakland-cops-including-deputy-chief-face-serious-discipline-for-allegedly-botching-investigation/
City of Springfield pay's Linsenmeir family $900K for death of daughter while in police custody
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/04/10/springfield-agrees-to-900000-settlement-for-death-of-a-30-year-old-woman-in-custody/
Lawyers Suspect Police Cover-Up in Death of Daniel Barajas
Cops Beat A Man Suffering A Seizure, Cooked Up Criminal Charges To Cover Up Their Actions
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/12/cops-battered-a-man-suffering-a-seizure-cooked-up-criminal-charges-to-cover-up-their-actions/
NJ bill to restrict sharing of police body cam footage sparks transparency concerns
Yellow Scene Magazine sues Boulder Police Department over body cam footage release fees
https://www.courthousenews.com/boulder-magazine-sues-police-department-over-footage-release-fees/
Louisiana Sheriff’s Deputy Pleads Guilty To Breaking Man’s Eye Socket With 50 Punches To The Face And Head
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-louisiana-sheriffs-deputy-pleads-guilty-federal-civil-rights-violation-assaulting
Appeals court: San Antonio cops can be sued for pointing guns at an innocent truck driver’s head and beating him for sleeping
”San Antonio police officer Carl Kerawalla then approached the truck from the passenger door and pointed his AR-15 at Jose Castro’s forehead. At this point officer Shawn King arrived. He and Thornton approached the driver’s side cab and attempted to remove Castro.Castro pulled away from the officers and flailed his arms to avoid being removed from his truck. King struck Castro in the head and leg and then subdued him by pointing his pistol at Castro’s head. Once Castro was out of the truck, King twice struck Castro’s left arm, Thornton executed a leg sweep, and Kerawalla helped them both take Castro to the ground to handcuff him. While Kerawalla handcuffed Castro, King and officer Michael Thornton applied pain compliance techniques to Castro’s back, neck, wrists, arms,knees, and shoulders. The handcuffs—which the officers left on Castro for over an hour—caused swelling, numbness, pain, and visible trauma on Castro’s hands for over five hours after the incident.”
https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/unpub/23/23-50268.0.pdf
After 2 Years In Court, 19 Charges Against NH Cop Who Assaulted His Wife Are Dropped
https://patch.com/new-hampshire/concord-nh/assault-charges-against-manchester-police-officer-dropped-follow
NH Police Department to Revamp K9 Program with Labrador Retrievers
https://www.concordmonitor.com/Bow-NH-Police-K9-Program-54717485
Maine cop charged with lying about missing person
"Washburn Police Sgt. Chandler Cole resigned after being charged with aggravated forgery, tampering with public records or information, falsifying physical evidence, and unsworn falsification, according to court records. He was arrested on March 29."
https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2024/04/14/search-continues-in-maine-as-officer-is-charged-with-lying-about-taking-missing-person-to-hospital/
Police Chief Hailed As A Hero For T-Boning A Car While Fleeing The Scene Of A Shooting
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/11/police-chief-hailed-as-a-hero-for-crashing-into-a-car-while-fleeing-the-scene-of-a-shooting/
Appeals court: Michigan police can search passengers and vehicles parked in a legal spot without probable cause
https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/24a0080p-06.pdf
Appeals court stays out of wrongful conviction in arson case for now
https://www.courthousenews.com/ninth-circuit-stays-out-of-wrongful-conviction-in-arson-case-for-now/
Court Calls Out BS ‘Driving While Black’ Traffic Stops While Tossing Felony Possession Conviction
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/08/court-calls-out-bs-driving-while-black-traffic-stops-while-tossing-felony-possession-conviction/
Black woman hit with a $105 speeding ticket while her car was on back of tow truck
https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/east-cle-traffic-camera-issues-ticket-to-grandmother-while-her-van-was-being-towed
Appeals Court: Never Mind Your Lying Eyes, These Cops Who Killed A Woman Deserve Immunity
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/09/fifth-circuit-never-mind-your-lying-eyes-these-cops-who-killed-a-woman-deserve-immunity/
Off-duty cop charged with murder for shooting unarmed man at Chick-fil-A
https://www.wyff4.com/article/south-carolina-police-officer-charged-chik-fil-a/60457105
Court: NY police cannot use a search warrant to physically search a person's ass
The testimony adduced at the suppression hearing demonstrates that the package at issue did not simply "fall from defendant's body of its own accord" upon a merely visual inspection (id.). The officer who conducted the search of defendant's person testified that he had to physically manipulate defendant's anatomy by separating his buttocks before dislodging the bundle of drugs. Although the officer allegedly removed the object without it having to be "pried out very hard," this nonetheless reveals that some force, and the manipulation of defendant's body beyond his own movements, was required to retrieve the item.
https://nycourts.gov/reporter/3dseries/2024/2024_01837.htm
NYPD cop fired over repeated, phony 311 complaints
https://nypost.com/2024/04/14/us-news/nypd-cop-fired-over-phony-311-calls-calling-boss-tranny-looking-tapping-into-police-database/
Correction officers union argues federal court takeover of Rikers would leave violence-plagued prison in ‘chaos’
https://nypost.com/2024/04/13/us-news/jail-officers-union-receiver-plan-would-be-chaos-for-rikers/
Backlash continues over Thurston County hiring and resignation of former Tacoma cop
Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence Exonerates Texas Man Imprisoned for 25 Years
Thank you. That story about the 14-year-old who was repeatedly raped in a NH youth detention center was unspeakably horrifying. I had been thinking of looking for a home to buy in NH. After reading that, I will look in another state.