Survivor of Police Violence Who Lost an Eye to a Rubber Bullet Explains All
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/04/global-new-short-film-highlights-devastating-impact-less-lethal-weapons-are-having-on-protesters-globally/
White House: U.S. Killing Innocent Children in Afghanistan Bombing Different than Israeli WCK Strike
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/04/05/white-house-imprudent-to-compare-israeli-wck-strike-to-afghan-strike-three-years-ago-in-different-circumstances/
UN human rights council calls for halt to weapons shipments to Israel
https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-gaza-un-human-rights-council-f3a91d04be85980da1bc9aaeb1a02e58
Israel Lets Some Aid Into Gaza So The US Will Keep Giving It Weapons
A President and His Justices
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/a-president-and-his-justices
Trump’s lawyers would fail my constitutional law class with their Supreme Court brief on criminal immunity
https://theconversation.com/how-trumps-lawyers-would-fail-my-constitutional-law-class-with-their-supreme-court-brief-on-criminal-immunity-226388
Pfizer's Own Study Confirms Paxlovid Is No Better Than A Placebo
"The time to sustained alleviation of all signs and symptoms of Covid-19 did not differ significantly between participants who received nirmatrelvir–ritonavir and those who received placebo."
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2309003
Judge Hits CDC Over Withholding Data on Adverse Vaccine Reports
https://jonathanturley.org/2024/04/05/federal-judge-hits-cdc-over-withholding-data-on-adverse-vaccine-reports/
National Guardsman arrested for smuggling illegal immigrant in gov’t SUV
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2024/04/videos-natl-guardsman-arrested-for-smuggling-illegal-immigrant-in-govt-suv/
L.A. Spent Over $1.73M on ‘Anti-Homeless’ Signs
https://lataco.com/losangeles-41-18-signs-millions
ACLU: San Bernardino is forcefully pushing out unhoused and disabled people
https://www.aclusocal.org/en/news/san-bernardino-forcefully-pushing-out-unhoused-and-disabled-people-illegal
ACLU Brief Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Eighth Amendment Protections in Grants Pass v. Johnson (Homeless)
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-brief-urges-supreme-court-to-uphold-eighth-amendment-protections-in-grants-pass-v-johnson
LGBTQ Advocates to Supreme Court: Don’t Let Cities Criminalize the Homeless
https://truthout.org/articles/lgbtq-advocates-to-scotus-dont-let-cities-criminalize-houseless-people/
2024 Defense Appropriations Bill contains expansions for North Dakota’s military role
Bipartisan House bill calls on DHS to leverage AI for border security
https://correa.house.gov/news/press-releases/correa-luttrell-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-integrate-technology-and-border-security
The Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dr_UTm1zTkQ1BWsjZzJcINuB6NVHe-UN/view
NH House Passes Bill to Ban Facial Recognition Surveillance
MLB's brave new facial recognition ticketing experiment
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39827008/mlb-facial-recognition-admission-privacy-technology
San Fransisco Giants use facial recognition to ID fans
https://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/mlb-facial-recognition-technology-ticket-shortcut-19380101.php
The Lakeland Downtown Development Authority allegedly stopped using facial recognition over possible lawsuits
https://www.wfla.com/news/lakelands-downtown-facial-recognition-camera-software-disabled-after-aclu-expresses-concern/
FTC Denies Application for the Entertainment Software Rating Board's facial recognition age estimation
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/03/ftc-denies-application-new-parental-consent-mechanism-under-coppa
Amazon’s Grocery Stores to Drop Just Walk Out Checkout
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2024-04-02/amazon-is-removing-just-walk-out-technology-from-its-fresh-grocery-stores-in-the-us
Spy Agencies Skewed Intel to Please Trump, and Obama
https://theintercept.com/2024/03/29/intelligence-community-white-house/
Yawn: Congress Has a Chance to Rein In Police Use of Surveillance Tech
https://theintercept.com/2024/04/02/surveillance-tech-new-york-state-police/
The White House is Wrong: Section 702 Needs Drastic Change
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/white-house-wrong-section-702-needs-drastic-change
Civil Liberty Advocates Threaten To Sink FISA Bill If No Votes On Searches, Data Collection
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/civil-liberty-groups-seek-votes-on-searches-data-collection_n_660f6551e4b078af14480031
ShotSpotter Claims It Has Saved Hundreds of Lives. The Left Says It’s Racist
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/gunshot-detection-tech-has-saved-hundreds-of-lives-the-left-says-its-racist/
Taylor police become first department in the U.S. to use robotic RADDOG LE
https://aitx.ai/aitxs-rad-announces-first-municipal-raddog-adoption/
AITX uses CSI: Vegas TV show to boost sales of RADDOG to police departments
https://aitx.ai/raddog-the-robot-dog-from-aitxs-rad-continues-its-media-blitz-with-an-exciting-appearance-on-csi-vegas/
In California and Elsewhere, Fear of Crime Drives the Surveillance State
https://reason.com/2024/04/05/in-california-and-elsewhere-fear-of-crime-drives-the-surveillance-state/
Gov. Newsom touts hundreds of Flock Safety license plate reader cameras in Oakland
https://oaklandside.org/2024/03/29/governor-gavin-newsom-announces-license-plate-reader-cameras-flock-safety-oakland/
HOAs Are Buying Up Flock License Plate Readers; Giving Cops Open Access To Them
BS Warning: Why Philadelphia needs police drones
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/police-drones-philadelphia-jalon-alexander-cherelle-parker-20240404.html
Seven Police Departments Spending At Least $20,000 For Their Drone Programs
https://www.dslrpros.com/dslrpros-blog/7-police-departments-spending-at-least-20-000-for-their-drone-programs/
The 2024 DRONERESPONDERS Public Safety UAS Conference (General Dynamics Robotic Police Dog)
Insurers Are Using Drones To Spy on Your Home From the Sky
https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/home-insurance-aerial-images-37a18b16
NORAD Commander: Incursions by Drones on Southern Border Likely Exceed 1,000 a Month
Police Violence
What Can We Learn From the Nation’s Historic Decline in Murders?
https://www.thetrace.org/2024/01/murder-rate-us-cities-violent-crime-data/
Despite admitting violent crime is at a record low, DOJ adds major MO, MS, and CT cities to Violent Crime Initiative
“The FBI reports that last year we saw a significant decrease in overall violent crime across the country compared to the previous year—including an over 13% decline in homicides. That is the largest one-year decline in homicides in 50 years."
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-announces-surge-resources-fight-violent-crime-three
We Can't Go Back to the Bad Old Days of Criminal Justice
https://www.newsweek.com/we-cant-go-back-bad-old-days-criminal-justice-opinion-1885735
NYPD to pay $17.5M for forcing women to remove hijabs for mug shots
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/05/nyregion/hijab-muslim-nypd-mugshot-settlement.html
Judges Walk Back Judge-Shopping Reforms After Republicans Whine About It
Why Republican judges are fighting among themselves
https://www.vox.com/scotus/24117949/supreme-court-republican-judges-fight-matthew-kacsmaryk-judge-shopping
Washington judge blocks use of AI-enhanced video as evidence
Texas court will not adopt policy against 'judge shopping'
Judge vacates convictions of three Philadelphia Black men falsely imprisoned for decades
Wife, attorney call for investigation after DOJ source dies in prison
Disgusted: Judge Quashes Felony Murder Charges Against Houston Cop Whose Lies Led to a Deadly 2019 Drug Raid
https://reason.com/2024/04/01/judge-quashes-felony-murder-charges-against-former-houston-cop-whose-lies-led-to-a-deadly-2019-drug-raid/
15-year-old girl who escaped kidnapper truck shot dead by police for following their instructions
Cops who shot an unarmed Black 11-year-old inside his home charge mother with neglect to cover up shooting
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/05/1242953901/nakala-murry-custody-rights-aderrien-murry-shooting-mississippi
Parents Investigated for Letting 7-Year-Old Get a Cookie From the Store
When 7-year-old Jackson refused to tell the authorities where he lived—having been taught not to give such information to strangers—the police deduced he had been swimming and went to the YMCA to learn more. The cops were very cross with Jackson and informed him that being out and about without his parents was a serious infraction. He responded that he would promptly go home "if you would just leave me alone," his mother recalled later.
https://reason.com/2024/04/02/beth-widner-atlanta-georgia-kids-cps-parenting/
NYC Child Protective Services routinely violates families' rights
https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/02/20/acs-routinely-violates-nyc-families-rights-during-child-welfare-investigations-lawsuit/
Mom falsely accused of child abuse files multimillion-dollar lawsuit against hospital, police, and child welfare services
https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/renton-mom-accused-of-medical-child-abuse-sues
https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/renton-mother-accused-of-medical-child-abuse-against-adopted-6-year-old
‘Game Of Thrones’ Actor Joseph Gatt Sues LAPD and DA For $40M Over False Pedophile Claims
Former cop arrested after hidden cameras found in teen's bedroom
https://kfor.com/news/local/former-officer-arrested-after-hidden-cameras-found-in-teens-bedroom/
DARE Didn't Make Kids 'Say No' to Drugs. It Normalized Police in Schools
https://reason.com/2024/04/02/dare-to-fail/
Man who was forced to provide drugs to Hartford police chief, sues her and the city
https://www.woodtv.com/news/van-buren-county/drug-dealer-sues-former-hartford-police-chief-city
L.A. County undersheriff admits to having police gang tattoo
The former undersheriff said only deputies who were invited could get the mark, but couldn’t identify who had invited him. He stated that like current undersheriff April Tardy, who admitted last year to having a tattoo belonging to the V Boys/Temple 5, he got it done because it “signified pride and being a hard worker.” Ironically, he also said that he had the deputy gang tattoo while working the gang suppression team at the East LA Station.
https://lapublicpress.org/2024/03/former-la-undersheriff-admits-he-had-a-deputy-gang-tattoo
San Bernardino County Sheriff's Deputy had a double-life with an outlaw motorcycle gang (had a grenade launcher)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-04-05/a-california-sheriffs-deputy-had-double-life-as-motorcycle-gang-member-police
61-year-old man having a seizure, tased by CA police alleges cover-up
https://www.ktvu.com/news/san-anselmo-man-tased-by-police-during-seizure-alleges-cover-up
Actor Kendrick Sampson can sue LAPD over Black Lives Matter protest abuse
https://www.courthousenews.com/activist-actor-kendrick-sampson-cleared-for-trial-against-lapd-over-black-lives-matter-protest/
Cops Sued Over Bogus SWAT Raid Predicated On A ‘Find My Device’ Ping
Mass. cop charged in excessive force incident, punched a handcuffed man in the face 13 times
https://www.bostonherald.com/2024/04/04/ex-massachusetts-cop-charged-with-assaulting-man-during-arrest-punching-him-in-his-face-13-times/
Appeals court: Off-duty Ohio deputy who tased a motorist for sitting in a Walmart loading zone repeatedly can be sued
https://www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/24a0074p-06.pdf
Appeals court: Cop who pointed his gun and body-slammed a woman (broke her collar bone) for moving a barricade can be sued
https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/202212946.pdf
4 CT state troopers who faked traffic tickets in 2018 won’t face charges
VT trooper strikes plea deal in evidence room theft case gets PROBATION
"More than a dozen other charges stemming from the investigation into thefts from the evidence room at the Williston state police barracks were dismissed as part of a plea agreement."
https://vtdigger.org/2024/04/05/breach-of-trust-former-state-trooper-strikes-plea-deal-in-evidence-room-theft-case/
Off-duty NYPD cop arrested for blood alcohol level 3 times legal limit
https://nypost.com/2024/04/04/us-news/nypd-cop-jennifer-melendez-arrested-for-drunk-driving-with-bac-3-times-legal-limit-prosecutors/
Off-duty NYPD cop arrested for punching his wife
https://pix11.com/news/crime/off-duty-nypd-officer-arrested-in-brooklyn-police/
Civil rights groups decry effort to punish inmates for social media use
NYC corrections officer arrested for rape
https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/04/05/nyc-correction-officer-arrested-for-rape-in-queens-prosecutors/
Rikers Island Denies Young People’s Legal Right to Education
https://theintercept.com/2024/04/04/rikers-nyc-jails-education-high-school/
Civil Rights Groups Decry Proposed Federal Prison Social Media Crackdown
https://theappeal.org/rights-groups-decry-proposed-federal-prison-social-media-crackdown/
The Slow Death of a Prison Profiteer Securus
https://theappeal.org/securus-bankruptcy-prison-telecom-industry/
Securus Technologies Announces Innovations to Bolster Security and Connectivity in Corrections Environments
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/securus-technologies-announces-innovations-to-bolster-security-and-connectivity-in-corrections-environments-302025859.html