U.S. – Cuba Law Enforcement Dialogue
https://www.state.gov/u-s-cuba-law-enforcement-dialogue/
How to End America’s Hypocrisy on Gaza
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/02/08/how-end-americas-hypocrisy-gaza
The Top Ten Politicians Taking the Most Israel Lobby Cash
#1 Joe Biden, $4,346,264
https://www.mintpressnews.com/blood-money-top-ten-politicians-taking-most-israel-money-israel-lobby/286491/
Alabama man was handcuffed so tightly, his hand had to be amputated
https://www.al.com/news/2024/02/alabama-man-lost-hand-after-being-handcuffed-too-tightly-says-suit-case-now-headed-to-court.html
The effect of police violence on Black Americans' health is documented in 2 new studies
https://apnews.com/article/police-violence-killings-black-sleep-taser-bb99923245505557c90d305d2cc3990d
LAPD chief says he has 'concerns' about police shooting of man who held plastic fork
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-02-07/lapd-chief-says-he-has-concerns-about-police-shooting-of-man-who-held-plastic-fork
NYC Mayor Adams imposes curfew at select migrant shelters
Bulletproof Robocop-like Suit Set To Transform Dangerous Operations For Police
https://www.the-sun.com/tech/10257387/robocop-suit-police-uniform-exom-up-armoured-exoskeleton/
America is exporting more arms than ever
https://www.vox.com/world-politics/2024/2/4/24059340/us-arms-exports-2023-ukraine-war-russia-gaza
MIT Strategized with White House to Kill Legislation Scrutinizing Foreign Funding
https://foreigndesknews.com/us/mit-strategized-with-white-house-to-kill-legislation-scrutinizing-foreign-funding-foia/
Study Finds New York Times, CNN, and Fox News Pushing for War in Yemen
https://www.mintpressnews.com/new-study-shows-media-pushing-us-war-yemen/286754/
Outcry Over Northwestern Students Charged for Parody Pro-Palestine Newspaper
https://theintercept.com/2024/02/05/northwestern-criminal-charges-palestine-newspaper-israel/
Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Northwestern Students for Pro-Palestine School Paper Parody
https://theintercept.com/2024/02/07/palestine-northwestern-newspaper-parody-charges-dropped/
Senators demand Pentagon investigate $50M spent on Chinese pandemic research labs
https://www.ernst.senate.gov/news/press-releases/ernst-gallagher-launch-investigation-into-us-defense-dollars-diverted-to-china-or-risky-research
Prisoners are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands
https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-c6f0eb4747963283316e494eadf08c4e
NAACP Requests That DOJ Investigate Broward County Jails
https://truthout.org/articles/naacp-requests-that-doj-investigate-broward-county-jails-in-florida/
Prison kitchen workers push for minimum wage at California Supreme Court
https://www.courthousenews.com/jail-kitchen-workers-push-for-minimum-wage-at-california-supreme-court/
Texas town under martial law: Eagle Pass residents reveal how cops and troops are seizing their property and questioning locals
DHS agents want to team up with the DoD to enforce the border
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/06/go-fck-themselves-rank-and-file-border-patrol-agents-slam-senate-funding-deal
DHS Cited Inaccurate Allegation to Censor NYT Journalist
https://realclearwire.com/articles/2024/02/05/homeland_security_cited_inaccurate_allegation_to_censor_new_york_times_journalist_1009546.html
ICE’s Use of Solitary Confinement “Only Increasing” Under Biden
https://theintercept.com/2024/02/06/ice-solitary-confinement-detention-immigration/
BS Warning: ICE says it’s stopped using commercial telemetry data
“Like other law enforcement agencies, Homeland Security Investigations employs various forms of technology to investigate violations of the law, while appropriately respecting civil liberties and privacy interests,” the spokesperson said.
https://fedscoop.com/ice-says-its-stopped-using-phone-location-data/
‘A privacy nightmare’: the $400m surveillance package inside the US immigration bill
The lion’s share of that funding will go to two main tools: $170m for additional autonomous surveillance towers and $204m for “expenses related to the analysis of DNA samples”, which includes those collected from migrants detained by border patrol, according to the text of the bill.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/06/us-immigration-bill-mexico-border-surveillance-privacy
How FISA’s Section 702 Harms Both Second and Fourth Amendment Rights
Johnson considers new vote on spy powers (Section 702) for next week
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/02/07/congress/spy-powers-redux-in-the-house-00140257
Bullard Independent School District to install facial recognition system
https://www.ketk.com/news/local-news/bullard-isd-receives-a-950k-grant-to-keep-their-facilities-safe/
Microsoft Entra Verified ID uses facial recognition to ID users
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/identity-access/microsoft-entra-verified-id
The Greatest Trick Big Brother Ever Pulled (Facial Recognition/License Plate Readers)
https://brownstone.org/articles/the-greatest-trick-big-brother-ever-pulled/
When it Comes to Facial Recognition, There is No Such Thing as a Magic Number
"Companies and legislators are using misleading test scores to justify the expansion of facial recognition into our communities."
https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/when-it-comes-to-facial-recognition-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-magic-number
A camera-based anti-facial recognition technique
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-01-camera-based-anti-facial-recognition.html
The Biden Administration Is Protecting Trump‐directed Surveillance Records of Protesters
Judge Upholds Settlement Over NYPD’s ‘Kettling’ Protest Control Tactics Denies Union Bid To Nix Deal
https://www.courthousenews.com/federal-judge-oks-settlement-nypds-protest-policing-tactics
DISGUSTED: San Diego amends surveillance tech rules
https://www.courthousenews.com/san-diego-amends-surveillance-tech-rules/
Mass. State Police Stingrays, Simulators, Surveillance and Sliverados
"In this latest example of the apparent opacity, civil liberties advocates said the Mass. state police are downplaying the way simulators can invade cell phones and retain information. They fear the new tech could lead to suppression of free speech and questionable criminal cases, where prosecutors won’t reveal where they acquired information used to target suspects."
https://horizonmass.news/2024/02/06/stingrays-simulators-surveillance-and-silverados/
Mass. state police use Boston Dynamics’ Spot the robot dog at a shooting scene
https://www.bostonherald.com/2024/02/05/boston-dynamics-spot-the-robot-dog-used-at-danvers-shooting-scene-by-massachusetts-state-police/
San Francisco Police Spent 193 Hours Over 3 Months Watching Private Surveillance Footage
Police go door-to-door to request people's Ring doorbell footage, ignoring warrant requirement
Study Reveals Inadequacy of Police Departments’ Social Media Surveillance Policies
"The risk of police using social media to surveil constitutionally protected activity is not hypothetical. For example, the Los Angeles Police Department has a history of using social media monitoring tools to surveil online activity related to protest movements. The ACLU of Massachusetts revealed that the Boston Police Department used a social media monitoring tool to surveil Black and Muslim communities."
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/study-reveals-inadequacy-police-departments-social-media-surveillance
Directory of Police Department Social Media Policies
Hobbs police use ZeroEyes gun detector in a public parking lot
Big Brother is watching in NYC with sneaky new plan to spy on drivers, charge them
Councilman Joe Borelli couldn’t resist a quip about the license plate readers saying, "It’s amazing to see the MTA turn into the MI6 spy agency when it comes to screwing drivers, but it can’t even make a turnstile to prevent subway fare beating." Touché, Councilman Borelli.
Philly Transit Police K9 Receives Body Armor
https://wwww.septa.org/news/septa-transit-police-departments-k9-swen-receives-body-armor-donation/
At least 1,172 police departments use drones
https://simpleflying.com/how-do-police-departments-use-drones/
Bend Police used drones 721 times for 230 events last year
(City of Bend has 107,000 people)
Douglas County law enforcement use drones as first responders
https://www.recordcourier.com/news/2024/feb/03/drones-viable-tool-for-first-responders/
DISGUSTED: DOJ approves New Orleans Police Drone Usage
"We feel this policy creates a thorough structure as to when this technology could be used and having the confirmation of the Department of Justice and the Office of the Consent Decree Monitor only lends to solidify that belief,” Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said.
https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/federal-authorities-approve-nopd-drone-flights/article_5bc5fd12-c618-11ee-abc5-33a362b57cbd.html
St. Charles County law enforcement agencies establish regional drone unit
Texas police department purchases mapping software program for drones
A Single Person Can Oversee a “Swarm” of 100 Drones
https://www.azorobotics.com/News.aspx?newsID=14622
Police Violence
Qualified Immunity Is About More Than Police Misconduct: Study
"Unaccountable" finds that a wide array of government officials claimed qualified immunity, including social workers, university deans, and mayors. And the allegations they faced were similarly diverse.
https://ij.org/press-release/massive-new-study-reveals-that-qualified-immunity-is-about-more-than-police-misconduct/
https://ij.org/report/unaccountable/executive-summary/
Judge Who Sent 500 Texts During Murder Trial Resigns
https://kesq.com/news/2024/02/09/an-oklahoma-judge-who-sent-more-than-500-texts-during-a-murder-trial-resigns/
Baltimore judge repeatedly touched an attorney without her consent
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/02/06/baltimore-judge-touched-female-attorney-commission/
Groups of AGs got thousands from companies their members were policing in 2023
"The donations often unlock entry into association gatherings and selective events, sometimes as the states’ top prosecutors are considering legal action against the industries. The money unlocks exclusive access at association gatherings and coveted face time with officials outside the courtroom, but it also raises questions about the potential for conflicts of interest between prosecutors and the corporate entities they are charged with policing."
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/07/company-donations-attorney-general-00139953
Philadelphia man exonerated after nearly 40 years in prison
https://6abc.com/philadelphia-man-exonerated-after-nearly-40-years-in-prison/14394676
Prosecutors Buried Evidence and Misled the Court. Ten Years Later, They Got a Slap on the Wrist
https://theintercept.com/2024/02/05/prosecutors-buried-evidence-justice-department-opr/
Kentucky prosecutor accused of trading legal favors for explicit videos is found guilty
https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article285024137.html
Fani Willis acknowledges a ‘personal relationship’ with prosecutor she hired in Trump’s Georgia case
https://apnews.com/article/fani-willis-nathan-wade-trump-indictment-493165c4614761d4b965923696134c09
WTF? Appeals court considers reviving law regulating Illinois defense attorneys’ access to victims
DISGUSTED: Illinois police claim racial profiling bill would serve up 'gift' to criminals
https://www.foxnews.com/us/illinois-dem-serves-gift-criminals-bill-further-tie-cops-hands-retired-chief
https://www.police1.com/traffic-stop/ill-bill-would-limit-law-enforcements-ability-to-pull-over-drivers-for-various-traffic-offenses
Appellate ruling gets personal in back-and-forth fight with special prosecutor (Chicago police torture)
"The 2-1 opinion issued Dec. 22 questions the credibility of Robert Milan, a career prosecutor appointed to review dozens of convictions tainted by allegations of Chicago police torture."
https://www.injusticewatch.org/judges/2024/special-prosecutor-appellate-decision-carl-walker-michael-hyman/
Appeals court ruled the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force is sufficiently different to not fall under Bivens
https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/opinions/010110994748.pdf
PA cyberattack on court systems didn't appear to compromise data
Court Says Wichita Police Department’s ‘Gang List’ Is Possibly Unconstitutional
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/02/08/federal-court-says-wichita-pds-gang-list-is-possibly-unconstitutional/
Cops who beat a man while strapped to a chair for allegedly failing to pay bar tab can be sued
Washington state Senate unanimously approves ban on hog-tying by police
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/02/06/washington-state-senate-unanimously-approves-ban-on-hog-tying-by-police
Washington police accused of deadly force face independent prosecutions
https://mynorthwest.com/3949659/police-accused-deadly-force-face-independent-prosecutions-revised-bill/
Cops Arrested Man for a Fictitious Traffic Violation Because He Flipped Them Off
Florida Advances Legislation That Would Quash Police Oversight Boards
https://truthout.org/articles/florida-advances-legislation-that-would-quash-police-oversight-boards/
CT cop charged in crash that killed Rev. Tommie Jackson
White cop says he didn’t see a deputy shoot a Black man carrying a sandwich bag but heard the shots ring out
According to his family and prosecutors, Casey Goodson Jr. was holding a sandwich bag in one hand and his keys in the other when he was fatally shot as he tried to enter the side door of his grandmother’s house.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ohio-officer-deputy-shoot-black-man-heard-shots-107043887
Memphis Police Release New Footage of Tyre Nichols’s Fatal Beating
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/30/us/tyre-nichols-footage-police-memphis.html
New Orleans cop shoves Black band member on Muses parade route
https://www.wdsu.com/article/new-orleans-nopd-officers-pushes-student-on-muses-parade-route/46713374
10-year-old Black boy arrested for urinating behind mom's car has 3-month probation sentence dismissed
Family of Black girls handcuffed by police, held at gunpoint reach $1.9M settlement
2nd L.A. deputy sentenced to 18 months in prison for abducting Compton skateboarder
Teen Charged With Murder After Cop Had Heart Attack While Assaulting Him
https://truthout.org/articles/teen-charged-with-murder-after-officer-had-heart-attack-while-assaulting-him/
Cops 'Violently' Arrested Two Elderly Women For Taking Care of Feral Cats
Wisconsin Cops Held an Attorney and His 3 Kids at Gunpoint During Routine Traffic Stop
https://www.wisconsinrapidstribune.com/story/news/local/2024/02/05/lawsuit-accuses-wisconsin-rapids-police-excessive-force-holding-local-attorney-children-gunpoint/72477293007/
Appeals court denies Cleveland cops' motion to dismiss assault charges for choking an arrestee
https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/8/2024/2024-Ohio-336.pdf
Former Mass. Cop of the Year arrested for shoving Disney World employees
https://www.foxnews.com/us/fmr-massachusetts-officer-year-charged-allegedly-shoving-threatening-disney-world-employees-deputy
Second Mass. trooper facing charges in CDL scandal is dishonorably discharged
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/02/06/second-mass-state-trooper-cdl-scandal-dishonorably-discharged/
Mass. trooper dishonorably discharged, retires same day
https://www.bostonherald.com/2024/02/06/ma-state-police-trooper-dishonorably-discharged-retires-same-day/
Mass. trooper pleads not guilty to charges related to bribery scandal
47 Mass. cops are suspended across the state. The reasons vary widely
Georgia cop on Paid Leave After Roadside Drug Test Wrongly Flags Legal Substance (Melatonin) as Fentanyl
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/commerce-officer-on-paid-leave-after-wrongly-trusting-roadside-drug-test
Los Angeles Files Another Lawsuit Against Recipient Of Cop Photos The LAPD Accidentally Released
School Cop Caught Having Sex With 15-Year-Old Student
https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/florida-school-resource-officer-34-arrested-for-having-sex-with-teen-student-deputies-say
Off-duty Omaha cops kill two men in alleyway
NY Woman Gets Money Back After Police Seized It Without Suspecting Her of Crime, Will Fight for Interest Payments
NYC rejects innocent couple's request to pay for car totaled during NYPD pursuit
https://abc7ny.com/car-totaled-nypd-high-speed-pursuit-7-on-your-side-investigates-eyewitness-news-exclusive/14404731
Oakland police sergeant arrested on domestic violence charge
https://www.ktvu.com/news/oakland-police-sergeant-in-custody-on-domestic-violence-charge
NH corrections officer charged with murder in psychiatric patient’s death
Prison Lockdowns Are Becoming More Frequent and More Brutal Across the US