This is not the way things are supposed to work here in the United States.
— Read on abovethelaw.com/2022/12/ohio-cops-decide-first-amendment-doesnt-exist-arrest-newspaper-editor-for-committing-journalism/
Category Archives: MSA
More Than 3 Years After Watchdog Warned Chicago Police Gang Databases Were ‘Deeply Flawed,’ New System Poised to Launch Despite Objections
The interim Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability will hold a virtual meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday to discuss a draft of the policy that would govern the new gang database, dubbed the Criminal Enterprise Information System.
— Read on news.wttw.com/2022/11/25/more-3-years-after-watchdog-warned-chicago-police-gang-databases-were-deeply-flawed-new
When the NYPD Gets Desperate
In a high-profile murder case, New York police swabbed hundreds of Black men, illegally used a private DNA lab, and then concealed their tactics.
— Read on www.thenation.com/article/society/chanel-lewis-karina-vetrano-nypd/
Comply And Die — Derrick Kittling Shot in the Head by Cop After Being Pulled Over for Tinted Windows
Law enforcement finally released videos, including body and dash camera footage, in the fatal shooting of Derrick Kittling in Alexandria, Louisiana.
— Read on www.vice.com/en/article/jgpnyd/derrick-kittling-shooting-police-body-cam-footage
🤷♂️ — Indiana deputy’s gun discharges, shoots student in classroom
An Indiana high school student was shot and wounded Thursday when a sheriff’s deputy’s gun accidentally discharged in a classroom as students were taking part in law enforcement vocational training, officials said.
— Read on www.wfyi.org/news/articles/indiana-deputys-gun-discharges-shoots-student-in-classroom
Handcuffs in Hallways: Hundreds of elementary students arrested at U.S. schools
Black children and kids with disabilities were disproportionately impacted, according to CBS News analysis of Education Department data.
— Read on www.cbsnews.com/news/hundreds-of-elementary-students-arrested-at-us-schools/
Because Killing People As A Deterrent Works Even When No One Knows — Arizona hides death chamber from the press.
The paper was kicked out when it criticized the procurement process for execution drugs and rampant corruption in the state’s prison health care system.
— Read on slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/11/murray-hooper-execution-arizona-death-chamber-press.html
Former police detective Roger Golubski among four men indicted on charges of forcing women into sexual servitude
The detective, Roger Golubski, has previously been indicted on charges of sex crimes.
— Read on www.cbsnews.com/news/former-police-detective-others-indicted-for-forcing-women-into-sexual-servitude/
Unwoke Tears — Former U.S. Solicitor General Complains That Biglaw Adjusts Too Well To Its Woke Clientele
BigLaw is too woke, according to a former U.S. solicitor general who left Kirkland & Ellis in a dispute over representation of gun clients.
— Read on abovethelaw.com/2022/11/former-u-s-solicitor-general-complains-that-biglaw-adjusts-too-well-to-its-woke-clientele/
Louisiana Cops Killed An Autistic Teen Then Filed Search Warrants for His School Records
After Eric Parsa’s death at the hands of Louisiana police, officers received approval for search warrants of the teenager’s “incidents of violence or documented behavioral reports” at school.
— Read on reason.com/2022/11/14/police-killed-an-autistic-teenager-then-they-filed-search-warrants-looking-for-past-bad-behavior/
When Your Neighbor Turns You In
Authoritarian societies depend on people ratting each other out for activities that were recently legal—and it’s already happening in the US.
— Read on www.wired.com/story/authoritarian-us-neighbors-spy-report/
Donald Trump Is A Leading Cheerleader Of Political Violence, Historian Says
Of 45 presidents of the United States, “all but about one have taken it seriously that part of their job is preserving public safety,” said historian Michael Beschloss.
— Read on www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-political-violence-michael-beschloss-pelosi_n_635cc786e4b023ac31c576fe
St. Louis school shooter failed a background check. Why didn’t police take his gun?
Police say slight differences in state and federal gun possession laws tied their hands when school shooter Orlando Harris’ mother asked them to remove the gun from her home nine
— Read on www.stltoday.com/content/tncms/live/
Ex-Capitol Police officer convicted of covering up efforts to help Jan. 6 rioter avoid prosecution
A jury has returned a guilty verdict against a former Capitol Police officer charged with aiding a rioter who participated in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
— Read on abcnews.go.com/Politics/capitol-police-officer-convicted-covering-efforts-jan-rioter/story
“The future the GOP wants for all of America”: Texas gun law unleashes deadly mayhem
“Who could’ve predicted arming folks without a license would result in this type of chaos?”
— Read on www.salon.com/2022/10/28/the-future-the-wants-for-all-of-america-texas-law-unleashes-mayhem_partner/
But Is His Full Pension Safe? — Ex-Texas cop charged for shooting teen eating hamburger
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A now-former San Antonio police officer was charged Tuesday with two counts of aggravated assault by a peace officer for shooting and gravely wounding a teen eating a hamburger in his car in a McDonald’s parking lot.
— Read on apnews.com/article/police-shootings-texas-san-antonio-government-and-politics-e8acec27cb3115cd7bfdda8b1fa584aa
Republicans Are Going All In to Convince You Crime Is Out of Control. They Don’t Have Any Proof.
“In general, the political discussions usually aren’t paying too close attention to what the data actually says.”
— Read on www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2022/10/fbi-crime-stats-republicans-zeldin-fetterman-ronchetti-homicides-bad-data-midterms/
Oath Keepers leader regretted not having guns on Jan. 6, prosecutors say at seditious conspiracy trial
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes said after Jan. 6 that the group “should have brought rifles,” prosecutors revealed in a seditious conspiracy trial Monday.
— Read on www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/oath-keepers-leader-regretted-not-guns-jan-6-prosecutors-say-seditious-rcna50244
Good Guys With Guns — 47 Alameda County Sheriff deputies get unsatisfactory on psych evaluations; relieved of duties
A total of 47 Alameda County Sheriff’s deputies were told on Friday that they were relieved of their law enforcement duties because they received unsatisfactory results on their psychological examinations dating back to 2016, KTVU has learned.
— Read on www.ktvu.com/news/47-alameda-county-sheriff-deputies-get-unsatisfactory-on-psych-evaluations-relieved-of-duties
The Political Rave and Drool 