covid-19

ICE force-installed suicide prevention app on employees’ phones Staffers say move reflects abysmal morale at immigration enforcement agency 31 March 2022 ICE automatically installed a suicide prevention app on employees’ government-issued smartphones this week, staffers told The Washington...

The good news is that the two abusive cops are facing criminal charges! Buffalo, New York, grandpa-thumpers Robert McCabe (left) & Aaron Torgalski (right) Two Cops Will Not Face Discipline For Pushing a 75-Year-Old to the Ground. You Can Thank the Police Union. The ordeal highlights how...

A Federal Jury Delivers a Rebuke of FBI Entrapment The agency’s tactics doomed the prosecution of defendants who allegedly planned to kidnap Michigan's governor. 13 April 2022 "Through confidential sources, undercover agents, and clandestine recordings," the Justice Department announced in...

State Agents Raid Preschools, Question Toddlers Without Parental Consent for Not Wearing Masks 8 March 2022 For two years now, people across the world have been forced by their governments to muzzle their faces with cloth masks. Despite long-established evidence that cloth masks do not stop...

Suspect wanted for assault released from St. Louis jail after positive COVID-19 test 20 January 2022 In an exclusive interview with FOX 2 News, a woman scalded by hot soup in an alleged Jan. 4 domestic assault, called for drastic change in the City of St. Louis’ jail policies. The suspect...

Sheriff: Deputy who shot wife and son also killed family dog; woman’s recovery is ‘promising’ 8 February 2022 An Onondaga County sheriff’s deputy shot his wife, his son and even the family dog before committing suicide Monday morning in the family’s residence along the Oneida River, Sheriff...

Family asks: What happened inside Sacramento jail to leave woman in a catatonic state? 8 February 2022 On July 6, a three-car accident at the 65th Street Expressway and Lemon Hill Road in Sacramento left three people injured, and started a nightmare for the family of Mishila Vickers...

Yet another example of why cops don't belong in schools: This L.A. School Called the Cops on Unvaccinated Teens Who Showed Up for Class The students' negative COVID tests weren't good enough for school administrators. 28 January 2022 When 15-year-old Ellah Nahum and a few other unvaccinated...

There Is Nothing 'Conservative' About Letting Police Violate Our Rights Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's support for qualified immunity is in opposition to the principles he says he stands for. 21 January 2021 Newly-minted Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin appears on track to become somewhat of a...

Q: How can you tell when a cop is lying? A: His lips are moving. Police Deaths Skyrocketed the Last 2 Years Because of COVID, Not Crime Police deaths surge in 2021, but most deaths were due to COVID, not violent encounters. 18 January 2022 The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund...

In 2021, Qualified Immunity Reform Died a Slow, Painful Death Despite bipartisan momentum at the federal level, Congress still couldn't get anything over the finish line. 30 December 2021 The year 2021 was widely seen, almost certainly foolishly, as the end of a dark era and the beginning of...

Officials: Florida deputy lied about being in coma, defrauded coworkers out of sick days 23 December 2021 A Florida woman has been accused of defrauding the sheriff's office where she worked. According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Trent Kellee Freeman, 38, of Bronson, on two...

You’d Better Watch Out: The Surveillance State Has a Naughty List, and You’re On It 25 December 2021 Tracking you based on your health status Tracking you based on your face Tracking you based on your behavior Tracking you based on your spending and consumer activities Tracking you based on...

Helicopter Footage Obtained By The ACLU Shows Pervasive Surveillance Of Peaceful Anti-Police Violence Protests 24 November 2021 [faiaruse] Thanks to a trove of public records, the ACLU can provide some insight on how the California Highway Patrol engaged in surveillance of anti-police...

All of these victims are black -- one has to wonder if they treat white crime victims the same way? Baltimore Police Department Sued For Seizing Phones, Cash, And Jewelry From Crime Victims Recovering From Shootings 23 November 2021 It's not enough that law enforcement can seize property if...

Charges dropped two years after cop called DWI suspect ‘total stripper’ in text 21 November 2021 Manhattan prosecutors have finally decided to drop charges against a woman allegedly caught driving drunk more than two years ago — after the cop who busted her was accused by her lawyer of lying...

Frankly, it's where way too many current & former border patrol agents belong! Lock her up! This Woman Served 11 Years in Prison on a Marijuana Charge. She's Been Sent Back Over a Clerical Error. Raquel Esquivel, convicted of a nonviolent drug offense in 2009, was put on home confinement...

After Years of Complaints, the D.C. Jail Has Been Deemed Too Wretched for Some Inmates 3 November 2021 The U.S. Marshals Service announced Tuesday that it was transferring roughly 400 inmates out of the D.C. Jail due to unacceptable living conditions that reportedly included water and food...

Joe Biden Says Families Separated at Border Won't Be Receiving $450,000 Settlements 4 November 2021 President Joe Biden is playing hardball with migrant families that were separated at the border by the last administration. On Wednesday, the president said that these families would not be...

Two Pennsylvania police officers were fired for submitting fake COVID-19 vaccination cards to their department 31 October 2021 Two Pennsylvania police officers were fired after they submitted fake COVID-19 vaccine cards to their department. Officers Heather Schaeffer and Benjamin Lapp of the...