U.S. News/Police Violence
DHS Says ICE Agents Are On A "Mission From God"
https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1942362217795510273
Blue's Brother: Mission From God (1980)
Judge Orders Los Angeles Police to Stop Shooting Projectiles at Journalists
Why did a judge have to ORDER cops to stop shooting reporters?
"A federal judge on Friday ordered the Los Angeles Police Department to stop using foam projectiles, tear gas and flash-bang devices against journalists covering protests after reporters and photographers were struck during demonstrations last month."
Trump Border Czar Boasts ICE Can 'Briefly Detain' People Based On 'Physical Appearance'
ICE may deport migrants to countries other than their own with just six hours notice
ICE Agents Spray Tear Gas at Protesters, Children During Raids at California Farm
https://www.commondreams.org/news/immigration-raids-california
DHS Tells Police That Common Protest Activities (Recording Police, Bike Riding) Are ‘Violent Tactics’
The Department of Homeland Security is urging local police to consider a wide range of protest activity as violent tactics, including mundane acts like riding a bike or livestreaming a police encounter, WIRED has learned. Protesters on bicycles, skateboards, or even “on foot” are framed as potential “scouts” conducting reconnaissance or searching for “items to be used as weapons.” Livestreaming is listed alongside “doxxing” as a “tactic” for “threatening” police. Online posters are cast as ideological recruiters—or as participants in “surveillance sharing.” At the same time, the guidance urges officers to consider a range of nonviolent behavior and common protest gear—like masks, flashlights, and cameras—as potential precursors to violence, telling officers to prepare “from the point of view of an adversary.
https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-tells-police-that-common-protest-activities-are-violent-tactics/
DHS terrorism units reassigned to target pro-Palestine student protesters
The shake-up started in March, Peter Hatch said, when Homeland Security officials presented his team with a list of protesters’ names. A majority of the more than 5,000 names came from the Canary Mission, a controversial anonymously run website known for doxxing critics of Israel. “Most of the names came from that website,” Hatch said. “But we were getting names and leads from many different sources.” But even a statement like “free Palestine” could raise flags to the analysts, Hatch said Wednesday.
https://www.courthousenews.com/terrorism-units-reassigned-to-target-student-protesters-ice-official/
The De-escalation Drone Pilot Program Act of 2025 Would Let Police Arm Drones!
Today, Congressman Troy Nehls and Congressman Don Davis introduced the De-escalation Drone Pilot Program Act of 2025, legislation that would establish a pilot program within the Federal Aviation Administration to review the potential use of non-lethal de-escalation drones for local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. “As a former Texas Sheriff and law enforcement officer, I know firsthand the unique situations and unprecedented dangers our nation’s law enforcement officers face each and every day to keep our communities safe and to protect the citizens they serve,” said Congressman Nehls. “Our officers need to be equipped with the most effective tools to address conflicts properly, and my legislation does just that. Thank you to Congressman Davis for joining me in this crucial effort.”
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3598/text
The Rapid Rise of Killings by Police in Rural America
Former DOJ attorney said Trump officials pressed subordinates to mislead judges, and dared the courts to stop it
https://archive.ph/p0zgU
Trump's DOJ Leader Emil Bove Suggested Violating Court Orders
Emil Bove nominated to become an appeals court judge
Former D.C. U.S. prosecutors oppose Emil Bove appeals court nomination
American Oversight Sues for Records on Judicial Nominee Emil Bove
"The lawsuit seeks to compel the DOJ to release records responsive to several Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests submitted earlier this year. These include notes from a Jan. 31 meeting during which Bove allegedly negotiated the dismissal of corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams in exchange for Adams’ political cooperation; Bove’s communications with or about Trump allies Stephen Miller and Kash Patel."
Trump says he's 'looking into' federal takeover of NY and DC
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-suggests-taking-new-york-city-washington/story?id=123581492
Two-thirds of the DOJ unit defending Trump policies in court have quit
Top Trump Adviser Sergio Gor Was Born in the Soviet Union
https://www.occrp.org/en/news/exclusive-top-trump-advisor-sergio-gor-was-born-in-the-soviet-union
Trump Administration Vows to Deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia Before His Trial
https://people.com/trump-administration-deport-kilmar-abrego-garcia-before-trial-11767834
What Abrego’s Bail Hearing Revealed About Him—and the Trump Administration
"The most sensational claim of all that the government has leveled at Abrego was one Attorney General Pam Bondi trumpeted at a televised press conference on June 6, when she announced Abrego’s return to the United States and the unveiling of his indictment. There she said that he had “participated in a murder” of a rival gang member’s mother in El Salvador. Inexplicably, this allegation never came up at the detention hearing. As explained below, convincing proof of that assertion would have been relevant to bail eligibility in several respects and would have been admissible—even if multiple hearsay—under the relaxed evidentiary standards of such hearings. Moreover, the government cannot be saving that evidence for trial, because it would almost certainly be inadmissible there."
Trump Threatens To Revoke Rosie O’Donnell’s Citizenship, Branding Her A 'Threat To Humanity'
The Statue Of Liberty Street Art That Made MAGA Mad
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/statue-of-liberty-street-art-mural_n_686bbd5ee4b0762f74e18665
Trump says Epstein files written by Obama, Crooked Clinton
MAGA Upset Over DOJ’s Handling Of The Epstein Files Has Turned Pam Bondi Into A Joke
Journalist Nick Bryant Explains Why The DOJ Is Covering Up The Epstein Case
https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1942642308673069232
12 Questions Everyone Should Be Asking About The Epstein Coverup
Justice Dept. fires more prosecutors, support staff involved in Trump prosecutions
The Trump Administration Says Its Speech-Based Deportation Policy 'Does Not Exist'
Town hall calls for violence instigated by GOP aide who 'infiltrated' opposition chat
Democrats demand CISA explain how it’s supporting election offices
“CISA’s repeated failure to respond to our requests for information while undertaking a significant reshaping of the agency’s personnel and mission is unacceptable,” the letter reads. “We remain deeply troubled by the lack of information CISA has provided to congressional oversight committees and the lack of substantive responses to our questions.”
https://statescoop.com/democrats-demand-cisa-explain-how-its-supporting-election-offices/
DHS Revokes Temporary Protected Status for Honduran and Nicaraguan Citizens
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_b3a1e1f4-ef40-41d2-a299-22f900313e6c.html
Georgia Police Arrest Farmworkers — Then Get Warrants From DHS
‘Fishing expedition’: How one Vermont traffic stop raises questions about racial profiling and illegal border crossings
ICE defies court, says journalist Mario Guevara ‘not releasable’
https://cpj.org/2025/07/ice-defies-court-says-journalist-mario-guevara-not-releasable/
Off-duty Border Patrol Agent Accused of Assaulting Long Beach Cop
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/border-patrol-agent-arrest-long-beach/3743505/
Trump says he wants to deport ‘the worst of the worst.’ Government data tells another story
ICE Said They Were Being Flown to Louisiana. Their Flight Landed in Africa
Private prison's to get part of $45 billion for immigration detention from Trump's Big Beautiful bill
https://archive.ph/t6cYB
Most Law Enforcement Funds Are Going to Immigration & Border
"Together, immigration and border enforcement will receive more than $33 billion. This includes funding for U.S. Customs and Border Protection at $19 billion, Immigration and Customs Enforcement at $10 billion, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services at $281 million, the Department of Homeland Security's general offices at $3.2 billion and 20 percent of the Coast Guard's budget - approximately $2.2 billion."
Meet the new national police force: ICE
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/politics/ice-cbp-police-los-angeles-immigration
Trump’s ominous ICE security state
Welcome — or rather, not welcome — to America 2025. Joe Biden used to say that if you want to know a country’s values, study its budget. The “big, beautiful bill” that Trump signed into law on July 4 cannot be misread. Trump is ushering in America’s ICE age. He has catapulted ICE into America’s best-funded law enforcement agency — and increasingly beyond accountability. The agency’s in-house watchdog was scrapped earlier this year. For the time being, the lower courts can do little to rein it in. The Supreme Court last year gave Trump sweeping immunity from “official” acts he takes as president. That makes ICE Trump’s de facto private army — his security state within the state.
US troops on the ground in LA immigration enforcement operation
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-troops-ground-la-immigration-enforcement-operation-dod/story?id=123542308
The Policing Project condemns Trump’s deployment of the US military in Los Angeles
Trump aide Stephen Miller tirade about how much greater Los Angeles will be when remade to his standard
‘No Water To Take A Bath’: Detainees Allege Horrific Conditions At “Alligator Alcatraz”
"Alligator Alcatraz" inmates swarmed by bugs 'the size of hands'
"Alligator Alcatraz" Is America’s New Gulag
https://davisvanguard.org/2025/07/1imprisoning-migrants-everglades-concentration-camp/
Experts Question the Legality of Deploying National Guard Officers as Immigration Judges
US contractors are firing live ammo at Gaza aid seekers
https://apnews.com/article/palestinians-israel-gaza-contractors-aid-distribution-fe27f3ea83e06a09d66424eed7a5d56f
Israel’s Operation to “Concentrate and Move Population” in Gaza is a Manifest War Crime
https://www.justsecurity.org/116459/israel-gaza-gideon-chariots-humanitarian-city/
Trump Administration Sanctions UN Expert Critical of Israeli Genocide in Gaza
https://www.commondreams.org/news/rubio-sanctions-albanese
The EU "deeply regrets" the Trump decision to impose sanctions on UN Expert Francesca Albanese
Meet the Israeli-born Zionist lobbyist running Ted Cruz’s office
https://thegrayzone.com/2025/06/23/israeli-fanatic-ted-cruz-office/
DHS awards Jewish faith-based organizations $94.4M in security grant funding
https://www.yahoo.com/news/94-million-grants-awarded-jewish-143559266.html
BS Warning: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu nominated the Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
https://www.yahoo.com/news/netanyahu-says-nominated-trump-nobel-112908236.html
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-peace-prize-netanyahu_n_686cc8efe4b0c11188c95c86
'Beyond parody': Critics stunned by Trump Nobel Peace Prize nomination
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-nobel-peace-prize-2672944587/
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Prolonged War on Gaza to Stay in Power
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/magazine/benjamin-netanyahu-gaza-war.html
ATF uses VA license plate readers for immigration enforcement
VA police claim the ATF is no longer using their license plate readers for immigration enforcement
LA cartoonist ‘Summer of ICE' painting goes viral with powerful message
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/los-angeles-cartoonist-painting-viral-immigration/3741730/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/245928299241576/posts/2091636981337356/
Evidence of Stingray cell phone surveillance detected at anti-ICE protest
https://san.com/cc/exclusive-evidence-of-cell-phone-surveillance-detected-at-anti-ice-protest/
ICE Is Searching a Massive Insurance and Medical Bill Database to Find Deportation Targets
The "ISO ClaimSearch" database, which contains details on more than 1.8 billion insurance claims and 58 million medical bills and growing, includes peoples’ names, addresses, telephone and tax identification numbers, license plates, and other sensitive personal information. “ICE ERO use of this data reaffirms that ICE will stop at nothing to build a mass surveillance dragnet to track, surveil and criminalize all community members. Time and time again, ICE has shown us that it intends to build a mass surveillance system that nets all Americans. It is not about combatting crime, this is about the federal government having surveillance power and control over all Americans,” Julie Mao, co-founder and deputy director of Just Futures Law, told 404 Media in an email.
https://archive.ph/NSkiX
https://claimsearch.iso.com/
ICE agents wearing masks add new levels of intimidation
Nassau County, NY will allow cops to wear face masks for ICE raids, undercover work
Senators Introduce a Bill Requiring ICE Agents to Show Their Faces
ICESPY uses facial recognition to ID ICE agents
Reporting on ICEBlockapp is not a crime
https://www.thefire.org/news/speech-not-crime-even-if-it-complicates-ices-job
New TSA PreCheck “Serve with Honor, Travel with Ease” Benefits for the Military and Uniformed Service Members
DHS to use facial recognition to track all foreigners entering or leaving US
Stellantis Granted Patent for Facial Recognition Vehicle Entry System
https://moparinsiders.com/stellantis-granted-patent-for-biometric-vehicle-entry-system/
RealSense Announces “Tech For Good” Initiatives, Facial Recognition Robots
The dangers of government ID databases
https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/07/08/the-dangers-of-identity-databases/
Advent International to Sell IDEMIA’s Public Security Unit
Zenni Optical Unveils "Zenni ID Guard" Facial Recognition Blocking Sunglasses/Eyeglasses
https://www.zennioptical.com/id-guard
Infrared contact lenses allow people to see in the dark, even with their eyes closed
https://phys.org/news/2025-05-infrared-contact-lenses-people-dark.html
The F.B.I. Is Using Polygraphs to Test Officials’ Loyalty to Trump's Director
“An F.B.I. employee’s loyalty is to the Constitution, not to the director or deputy director,” said James Davidson, a former agent who spent 23 years in the bureau. “It says everything about Patel’s weak constitution that this is even on his radar.”
Appeals court revives Salvadoran journalists’ lawsuit against NSO Group
Axon’s Draft One is Designed to Defy Police Officer Transparency
"Axon Enterprise’s Draft One — a generative artificial intelligence product that writes police reports based on audio from officers’ body-worn cameras — seems deliberately designed to avoid audits that could provide any accountability to the public, an EFF investigation has found."
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/axons-draft-one-designed-defy-transparency
EFF's Guide to Getting Records About Axon's Draft One AI-Generated Police Incident Reports
Vacaville Police Launch $4.4M Real-Time Crime Center
https://www.thereporter.com/2025/07/10/vacaville-launches-real-time-information-center/
Alabama Power to add 430 CCTV Cameras/License Plate Readers to Spy on City of Birmingham Residents
"Birmingham agreed to an expanded contract with Alabama Power on Tuesday to add an additional 100 security cameras and license plate readers on power poles throughout the city. Last year, Birmingham partnered with Alabama Power to install 330 cameras on power poles throughout the city to monitor public areas and feed video directly to the Birmingham Police Department’s Real Time Crime Center."
Silicon Valley Billionaires Are Funding Police Drones
In San Francisco, crypto billionaire Chris Larsen donated $9.4 million to the San Francisco Police Department to expand its drone program, purchasing 12 drones and docks from Skydio and Flock Safety. Horowitz also donated $ 7.6 million to the Las Vegas Police Department in 2023, prioritizing Skydio and Flock Safety products. “Billionaires should not be allowed to buy access and influence with law enforcement,” Evan Feeney of Color of Change reportedly said.
Alameda County Sheriff’s Launch Flock Safety Drone as First Responder Program
https://dronexl.co/2025/07/13/alameda-county-drone-as-first-responder-program-flock/
Rochester Police to purchase thermal-imaging/augmented reality drones
https://www.kttc.com/2025/07/09/rochester-police-department-acquires-funding-new-drone-technology/
Israeli military is using grenade-firing drones to bomb Palestinian civilians
"The Israeli military has weaponized a fleet of Chinese-manufactured commercial drones to attack Palestinians in parts of Gaza that it seeks to depopulate, an investigation by +972 Magazine and Local Call can reveal. According to interviews with seven soldiers and officers who served in the Strip, these drones are operated manually by troops on the ground, and are frequently used to bomb Palestinian civilians — including children — in an effort to force them to leave their homes or prevent them from returning to evacuated areas."
https://www.972mag.com/drones-grenades-gaza-chinese-autel/
Police Violence
Supreme Court's expansive view of presidential power is 'solidly' pro-Trump
What Trump’s Early Judicial Picks Say About His Real Agenda
https://accountable.us/what-trumps-early-judicial-picks-say-about-his-real-agenda/
Trump's judicial nominees refused to give straight answers on their extreme positions
“Trump’s judicial nominees before the Senate were hand-picked because they will put unflinching loyalty to the President ahead of impartiality on the bench. And despite their efforts to dodge basic questions about their out-of-step positions, it’s clear that they would advance a far right ideological agenda intended to reshape American life,” said Accountable.US President Caroline Ciccone.
Concord NH’s new police headquarters will also house the city prosecutor’s office
https://www.concordmonitor.com/Concord-NH-City-Council-july-2025-62314970
BS WARNING: NH Police Drop Charges Against Prosecutor in His Domestic Violence Case
"Legal insiders told NH Journal that the case should never have been handled by the Manchester PD prosecutor’s office. All misdemeanor criminal cases in Manchester are supposed to go to the City Solicitor’s office. In fact, the City Solicitor is even listed as the prosecutor on the court’s public docket in Thomas Rogers’ case. Before the charges were dropped, the case was scheduled for trial in September."
https://nhjournal.com/manchester-pd-gave-accused-prosecutor-deal-in-his-domestic-violence-case/
Appeals court ruled MO cop who arrested a pedestrian for refusing to show his ID can be sued
Mason Murphy’s ordeal began in May 2021, when he was walking on the shoulder of a rural road. Sunrise Beach Police Officer Michael Schmitt stopped him, demanded identification, and—after nine minutes of back-and-forth during which Murphy calmly asked what law he had broken—handcuffed Mason and put him in jail. Body-camera footage of the arrest shows Schmitt scrambling to invent a charge—at one point asking a superior officer, “What can I charge him with?” Murphy was released two hours later and was not charged with any crime.
https://ij.org/press-release/police-immunity-overruled-in-retaliatory-arrest-case/
MO cop threatened ‘punch in the face’ after arrest at Lake of the Ozarks
https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/readers-opinion/guest-commentary/article293945544.html
Appeals Court Overturns Man Charged for Posting a Meme of Hillary Clinton in 2023
In overturning Douglas Mackey's conviction, a three-judge 2nd Circuit panel wrote, “the mere fact" that he "posted the memes, even assuming that he did so with the intent to injure other citizens in the exercise of their right to vote, is not enough, standing alone, to prove a violation” of the conspiracy law. “The government was obligated to show that Mackey knowingly entered into an agreement with other people to pursue that objective,” Chief Judge Debra Ann Livingston and Judges Reena Raggi and Beth Robinson wrote. “This the government failed to do."
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69022819/137/1/united-states-of-america-v-mackey/
Trial Court Decides Case Based On AI-Hallucinated Caselaw
https://x.com/RobertFreundLaw/status/1939805015423820183
Judge fines Mike Lindell's lawyers over AI-generated filing rife with cites to nonexistent cases
https://www.denverpost.com/2025/07/07/mike-lindell-trial-fine-attorneys-ai-written-motion/
Appeals Court Bends Space-Time Continuum to Shield Miami Police From Liability For Falsely Arresting Black Man Who's Car Was Stolen
“It is altogether plausible to believe that Samuel Scott did not actually run on foot from the crash site to the scene of the purported car theft, but rather took another form of transportation—maybe a bicycle, an electric scooter, or another vehicle,” the court writes.Additional possibilities include a jet pack, helicopter, or skateboard. Maybe Scott found a horse tethered to a hitching post. Yet even with transportation, Scott would have needed a costume change. The man who fled the crash site wore a white tank top, but officers found Scott in a black T-shirt. Most critically, Scott also would have needed advance planning, considering he reported the theft 25 minutes before the chase began.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/07/court-bends-space-time-police-shield-liability.html
Body Cameras Turned Off During Miami PD Arrest
https://www.nbcmiami.com/investigations/body-cameras-turned-off-during-miami-pd-arrest/2193518/
Is the Santa Fe Sheriff’s Department Trying to Cover up the Baby Rabbit Abuse Case?
Boulder County Police ruled Megan Trussell’s death a suicide. Her family pushed for more testing
Black Teen Pageant Contestant and Her Black Boyfriend Pulled Over in Uber After 911 Caller Said They ‘Looked Suspicious’
https://suffolktimes.timesreview.com/2025/07/greenport-teen-reports-racial-profiling-incident/
Report outlines 'autocratic, punitive' culture at Colorado Bureau of Investigations (DNA)
BS WARNING: University of Illinois Chicago releases report on 2,000 faulty blood tests used in marijuana DUI cases
Criminal defense attorney Don Ramsell, who represents clients charged with cannabis DUI, told the I-Team the report is just a corporate whitewash. "The University of Illinois hired a law firm to represent them and in my opinion, to fend off 2000 lawsuits that they would be facing otherwise," Ramsell said. "Now that the labs have been closed for over a year, that means every sample is incapable of being retested, despite what some lawyer might write in a position paper," he claims.
The University of Illinois Chicago forensic testing lab accused of providing 1,0000's of flawed results in marijuana DUI convictions (2024)
Appeals Court Says Bullet Cartridge Matching Is Junk Science
To sum up (a huge task, considering this was delivered in a 128-page opinion), ATFE’s science was little more than confirmation bias. When trainees were tested, they knew one of the items they examined came from the gun used in the test. When blind testing was utilized, the nearly 80% “success” rate in matches dropped precipitously.
Black Mom Accuses Memphis Cops of Cold-Blooded Cover-Up of Son Over a Red Light Infraction
Independent Journalist to Start Trial to Hold Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office Accountable for Retaliatory Arrest
Sorrow and redemption: Minnesota pardon board grants 33 pardons
VT cop sued for false arrest of pregnant woman in fatal overdose case
Daughter of NJ police chief accuses him, others of ‘ritualistic’ abuse, years of sexual assault
Family of Bronx man murdered by NYPD may go to court over decision to spare his job
Judge blocks NYPD’s attempt to force dozens of unqualified officers to resign after faulty hiring standards
Ex-NYPD chiefs sue Mayor Adams, top aides over alleged favoritism and corruption
VT cops who wrongfully arrested pregnant woman in front of kids are being sued
HI corrections officer sentenced to 8 years in prison for sexually abusing female inmates
https://www.courthousenews.com/hawaii-prison-guard-gets-eight-years-for-sexually-abusing-inmates/
72 Year-Old NC Sheriff Retires Amid Sexual Misconduct Charges
TX cop arrested on indecent assault warrant
https://www.yahoo.com/news/corpus-christi-police-officer-arrested-172727656.html
NB cop arrested for child abuse and domestic violence
CA cop arrested after sisters report sex assault
https://www.ktvu.com/news/sjpd-discuss-recent-arrest-police-officer
CA cop on trial for extorting marijuana from drivers
https://www.courthousenews.com/rogue-cop-on-trial-for-extorting-marijuana-from-drivers/
CA cop who impersonated a federal cop to steal marijuana from drivers found guilty on six counts
CA cop who partied at music festival, went to Disneyland while collecting $600K for fake injury being sued by city
TX cop arrested for felony theft of up to $150K
https://www.yahoo.com/news/dallas-police-officer-arrested-alleged-152610847.html
NC cop arrested for threatening a man with knife in a restaurant
Boston police domestic-violence sergeant ordered to wear GPS device after beating a drunk man at the South Boston parade
Prosecutors screwed up case on two charges against Boston Police captain convicted in evidence-warehouse overtime scandal
https://www.universalhub.com/2025/prosecutors-screwed-case-two-charges-against-bpd-captain-convicted
As Rikers Population Surges, Correction Department Bid to Add Beds Stalls
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/08/rikers-island-jail-population-bed-expanision-blocked/
Arizona Created, Then Defunded, an Independent Watchdog for Its Troubled Prison System
Town of Irvington, NJ blew $632K in opioid funds on two concerts