Category Archives: MSA

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis man has been charged with trying to intimidate the judge presiding over the manslaughter trial of the former officer charged in Daunte Wright’s death.
— Read on www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2021-12-04/man-accused-of-trying-to-intimidate-judge-in-potter-trial

It’s a vivid reminder that the Pentagon’s brass flies in style.
— Read on www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/43378/a-flock-of-u-s-military-business-jets-have-descended-on-southern-california

Back in February, Stephen Lara was driving to see his daughters in Northern California, carrying $87,000 in tow, when he was pulled over by Nevada Highway Patrol. He wasn’t charged with a crime, but because they claimed a drug-sniffing dog smelled something on the cash, they seized all of his money. Here’s the insane footage of his ordeal.

— Read on digg.com/video/this-video-of-nevada-highway-patrol-seizing-this-guys-life-savings-is-a-perfect-distillation-of-everything-wrong-with-americas-civil-asset-forfeiture-laws

Katey O’Connor, a teacher at Muncie Central High School, had her students read V for Vendetta, the classic graphic novel by Alan Moore and David Lloyd, and create some posters reflecting on how the ideological mission of the eponymous V from the book might relate to current real-life social conditions.
— Read on boingboing.net/2021/11/24/school-shuts-down-after-cops-get-mad-over-student-project-about-v-for-vendetta.html

“No one would believe him or take any meaningful steps to verify his identity,” lawyers for Joshua Spriestersbach said in August.
— Read on www.insider.com/man-locked-up-2-years-mistaken-identity-sues-hawaii-2021-11

A white sheriff called out a well-known progressive reformer for a supposedly racist attack on a Black deputy—and all hell broke loose.
— Read on www.thedailybeast.com/sonoma-sheriff-calls-out-progressive-reformer-for-racist-attackbut-activists-are-suspicious

Officers who report co-workers for misconduct often face retaliation.
— Read on eu.usatoday.com/in-depth/story-series/2021/11/09/cops-report-excessive-force-risk-jobs/8514211002/

The second-degree murder charge carries a possible sentence of 10 years to life in prison.
— Read on www.axios.com/oklahoma-police-taser-murder-conviction-9f216534-2a4b-4984-bc31-c927b1be7bcf.html

The state used post-9/11 laws to charge people guilty of an errant cough with ‘terroristic threats’
— Read on www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/05/new-jersey-covid-10-years-prison-terrorism-charges

After shooting, beating, choking and kicking their way to 1,021 kills last year and 2019’s near-miss count of 999, U.S. police officers are racing to bring 2021’s death toll over the the line: Statista reports this week that police killed 716 civilians in the first nine months of 2021. They’ll need a busy Christmas season…
— Read on boingboing.net/2021/11/03/u-s-cops-race-to-hit-1000-kill-target-for-year.html

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If neighbors surrounded your home with spy cameras and monitored all your comings and goings for 18 months, you might call it stalking or something worse. Yet that’s what the police did to Travis Tuggle without a warrant. His attorneys are seeking U.S. Supreme Court review. Joshua Windham and Daryl James with the Institute for Justice look at constitutional issues.
— Read on news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/police-turn-on-hidden-cameras-turn-off-fourth-amendment

The encrypted messaging developer said Santa Clara County police wanted very specific personal information of certain users, including IP addresses along with dates and times for each login.
— Read on www.zdnet.com/article/signal-unveils-how-far-us-law-enforcement-will-go-to-get-information-about-people/

A liberal Minneapolis police officer has quit and left the country after she says she was relentlessly harassed by fellow officers for not supporting former president Donald Trump. Colleen Ryan was the only Minneapolis police officer disciplined in connection with the department’s response to George…
— Read on www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-2655447540/