There was nothing overtly biased about the way the Wilkes-Barre Township Police Department described a mugging on its Facebook page in February 2019. The first …
— Read on fivethirtyeight.com/features/police-facebook-posts-racial-bias/
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Turns out, Gaetz’s honored guest was charged with killing a family member in April 2019.
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) slams Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) for bringing “somebody that he met at a gun club” to the first House Judiciary Committee hearing to lead the Pledge of Allegiance.
It is time to end qualified immunity
Looks Like Cops Put a Fake MLK Quote on a Police Cruiser for Black History Month
The director of The Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University said “we have no record of the maxim.”
— Read on www.vice.com/en/article/4axzkd/ohio-police-mlk-quote
The race of a cop is “cop.”
Three weeks and 33 mass shootings. This is America in 2023. | CNN Politics
At least 10 people are dead and another 10 injured after a mass shooting in Monterey Park, California, Saturday night, that happened as the city’s large Asian American community was celebrating Lunar New Year weekend.
— Read on edition.cnn.com/2023/01/23/politics/mass-shootings-in-2023-what-matters/
The Most Militarized Local Police Departments in America – 24/7 Wall St.
During the protests of summer 2020 over George Floyd’s murder at the hands of police, thousands of people clashed with local law enforcement officers equipped with military-grade armor, weapons, and apparel. The shocking scenes of militarized police facing off with protesters in cities across the United States ignited debates about the use of military equipment […]
— Read on 247wallst.com/special-report/2023/01/16/the-most-militarized-local-police-departments-in-america/
Kansas City Police Denied Reports of Missing Women. Then One Turned Up. – Capital B
A 40-year-old white man was charged with kidnapping, rape, and assault when a 22-year-old Black woman said he held her captive for over a month.
— Read on capitalbnews.org/kansas-city-kidnapped-woman-escape/
Woman raped in unmonitored drug sting sues police handlers | Crime/Police | theadvocate.com
A police informant raped twice during an undercover drug buy in Louisiana has filed a lawsuit alleging her law enforcement handlers failed to monitor her in real time and allowed
— Read on www.theadvocate.com/content/tncms/live/
Police officer in Broward County, FL chokeslams a young Black man for trying to use his phone
Police Keep Violating the U.S. Constitution With Illegal Traffic Stops
Right now, there are basically no consequences for police who fabricate reasons to pull over drivers in hopes of finding a reason to arrest them.
— Read on jalopnik.com/police-unconstitutional-traffic-stops-1849870095
Ohio Cops Decide First Amendment Doesn’t Exist, Arrest Newspaper Editor For Committing Journalism
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/
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/
The Political Rave and Drool 