If the Reviser were alive today, maybe we’d give him qualified immunity for all the lives he’s ruined.
— Read on abovethelaw.com/2022/08/police-can-legally-set-you-on-fire-because-someone-in-the-1800s-made-a-copying-error/
Category Archives: MSA
When cops invent facts to get search warrants, consequences can be deadly
Outright lies may be difficult to detect in advance, but more rigorous judicial review of police affidavits could have made a crucial difference in cases of Breonna Taylor and Houston couple killed in a 2020 raid.
— Read on chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2022/8/10/23300061/when-cops-invent-facts-to-get-search-warrants-consequences-can-be-deadly
Chicago Police Stopped Black Drivers 5 Times More Often Than White Drivers In 2021, State Report Says
The number of traffic stops in Chicago has increased exponentially since 2015, following a lawsuit settlement that restricted the use stop-and-frisk.
— Read on blockclubchicago.org/2022/08/01/chicago-police-stopped-black-drivers-5-times-more-often-than-white-drivers-in-2021-state-report-says/
Police killed more people in the first 7 months of this year than any other year on record
Official home of America’s most comprehensive database of police violence.
Get the facts about police brutality and how to address it.
— Read on mappingpoliceviolence.us/
‘Stinks to high heaven’: Morning Joe says DHS explanations for missing data ‘riddled with lies’
‘Stinks to high heaven’: Morning Joe says DHS explanations for missing data ‘riddled with lies’
— Read on www.rawstory.com/dhs-missing-data/
‘Night of terror’: Female inmates raped when male detainees bribed guard, lawsuit says
It’s the second lawsuit that has followed the October 2021 incident that led to a guard at the Indiana jail being criminally charged.
— Read on news.yahoo.com/night-terror-female-inmates-raped-140023100.html
He’s Trying To Make Sure That He Doesn’t Offend The Rioters
American Police State — Las Vegas NAACP Backs Black Judge Who Police Union Wants Sanctioned For Telling Black Defendant Truth About Cops
The Las Vegas NAACP is defending Judge Erika Ballou after the police union called for her resignation accusing her of disparaging cops.
— Read on newsone.com/4376251/las-vegas-judge-erika-ballou/
Homeland Security records show ‘shocking’ use of phone data, ACLU says
The civil liberties group released documents showing new details about how agencies had purchased information on people’s movements throughout North America.
— Read on www.politico.com/news/2022/07/18/dhs-location-data-aclu-00046208
The Coup Allegations Against the Secret Service Are Astonishing
This is perhaps the most gruesome scandal in Secret Service history.
— Read on truthout.org/articles/the-coup-allegations-against-the-secret-service-are-astonishing/
Uvalde school shooting: New report finds 400 officers were on the scene
The scathing new report by lawmakers in Texas says “systemic failures” created a chaotic scene that lasted more than an hour before the gunman at Robb Elementary School was finally confronted.
— Read on www.npr.org/2022/07/17/1111928866/uvalde-school-shooting-report
Nazis United — Not One Single Republican Votes for Probe of Neo-Nazis in US Military and Police
Zero House Republicans supported a measure requiring the Pentagon and federal law enforcement agencies to publish a report on countering white supremacist and neo-Nazi activity in their ranks.
— Read on www.commondreams.org/news/2022/07/14/not-one-single-republican-votes-probe-neo-nazis-us-military-and-police
Fascists Say Rules Are For Those Other Guys — Secret Service Deleted Jan. 6 Texts After Oversight Officials Requested Them
A letter given to the January 6 committee says the erasure took place shortly after oversight officials requested the agency’s electronic communications.
— Read on theintercept.com/2022/07/14/jan-6-texts-deleted-secret-service/
The GOP’s Army of Christian Nationalists and White Supremacists Poses a Danger Greater Than You Know
Nothing threatens American democracy more than the religious extremist factions teaming up with far-right fascist groups with guns.
— Read on www.commondreams.org/views/2022/07/14/gops-army-christian-nationalists-and-white-supremacists-poses-danger-greater-you
Uvalde shooting video: Why the Austin-American Statesman published it
Our decision to publish the video from Uvalde comes after long and thoughtful discussions about the video and it’s content.
— Read on eu.statesman.com/story/opinion/columns/2022/07/12/uvalde-shooting-video-austin-american-statesman-editor-investigation-publish/65371937007/
Report: Homeland Security Secretary Who Sent Federal Agents to Quell Portland “Lawlessness” Held His Office Unlawfully
Sarah Jeong argues it wasn’t protesters the feds should have been going after. It was Chad Wolf himself.
— Read on www.wweek.com/news/courts/2022/07/10/report-homeland-security-secretary-who-sent-federal-agents-to-quell-portland-lawlessness-held-his-office-unlawfully/
Private security groups regularly sent Minnesota police misinformation about protestors
There are 13 private security guards for every one police officer in downtown Minneapolis, but these groups are far less regulated than police departments
— Read on www.technologyreview.com/2022/07/07/1055508/secret-police-private-security-group-minnesota-misinformation-protestors/
The City Where Investigations of Police Take So Long, Officers Kill Again Before Reviews Are Done
A California city’s flawed handling of fatal police shootings allowed six officers to use deadly force again before their first cases were decided. Experts say the department’s system “isn’t even basement standard practice” and needs oversight.
— Read on www.propublica.org/article/vallejo-police-killing-investigations
Betty White — “That subject did flee. A brief pursuit went on. Ultimately they were able to get the subject stopped.. The subject was taken into custody without incident.”
Report: Uvalde officer asked permission to shoot gunman but got no answer
The report by the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center says authorities missed other opportunities to stop the gunman before he killed 19 students and two teachers in Robb Elementary.
— Read on www.texastribune.org/2022/07/06/uvalde-school-shooting-robb-elementary-report/