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This Coastal Town Needs Federal Aid for Climate Adaptation. It Will Get a Military Truck Instead. But in Iowa, sheriffs have never even used their “mine-resistant” armored vehicle during blizzards. 23 December 2021 Surfside Beach, South Carolina is on the frontlines of climate change. Rising...

No need to pass the trash when you can just keep it around & regurgitate it! They kept this bad cop on the payroll for EIGHT years until they could finagle a pardon and put him back on the beat to abuse the local citizenry. Pardoned for criminal convictions, police officer resumes patrol...

City used high-tech tracking software at ‘13 Boston Calling $650,000 spent at Hub event 8 September 2014 The city of Boston spent $650,000 to test surveillance software during last year’s Boston Calling music festival, using the technology to record the crowds of concertgoers without their...

"... Boston police spent $627,000 on this equipment by dipping into money seized in connection with alleged crimes." In other words, steal from the citizens, then spend the money on "spy tech" so you can find more stuff to steal. Boston police bought spy tech with a pot of money hidden from...

Changes to Tampa Police citizen review board take place New ordinance goes into effect Friday 17 December 2021 A new law to create more trust between the community and the Tampa Police Department is now in effect. After more than a year of discussion, Mayor Jane Castor and the city council...

Tenth Circuit Appeals Court Says Fourth And Sixth Amendment Rights Are Meaningless When National Security Is On The Line 17 December 2021 A case involving the first criminal suspect to be notified by the DOJ that evidence against him was derived from Section 702 surveillance has just reached...

Kyle Rittenhouse Didn’t Act Alone: Law Enforcement Must Be Held Accountable The massive show of force from 40 law enforcement agencies in Kenosha didn’t make anyone safer. 19 November 2021 For two weeks, we’ve heard trial testimony and seen evidence of the events that occurred on August 25...

Statewide database on police use of force in NC won’t be public 28 November 2021 Incidents in which police officers kill or injure someone in North Carolina are going to be recorded statewide for the first time in a database. But the information will not be made available to the public. WRAL...

Watch Nevada Highway Patrol Officers Seize a Veteran's Life Savings Through Asset Forfeiture The officers admit there's nothing illegal about carrying large amounts of cash, then take almost $90,000 from him anyway. 1 December 2021 "I just want to tell you Officer Brown, you're taking money...

Documents Shows Just How Much The FBI Can Obtain From Encrypted Communication Services 2 December 2021 There is no "going dark." Consecutive FBI heads may insist there is, but a document created by their own agency contradicts their dire claims that end-to-end encryption lets the criminals...

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...

The firing squad: Paul Delgado Brett Heitmann Catalin Panov Kenneth Weber The firing squad commander: Sgt. Jacob Gallacher, who falsely claimed ("417 right hand") that the murder victim was armed Brett Heitmann Kenneth Weber Jacob "Jake" Gallacher Jacob "Jake" Gallacher with today's...

A Knoxville Woman Called 911. Instead of Getting Help, She Was Arrested and Placed in Immigration Detention for Months. Knox County's program authorizing such enforcement activities may have been instituted illegally 10 November 2021 In November 2020, Maira Oviedo-Granados of Knoxville...

Report Finds Gruesome Medical Malpractice and Death in Arizona Prisons "A system that allows this level of sustained incompetence and cruelty... is morally bankrupt," a doctor wrote after investigating medical neglect in Arizona prisons 9 November 2021 A paraplegic man was left to physically...

ACLU Sues a Pennsylvania County for Detaining Probation Violators for Months With No Hearings 27 October 2021 A Pennsylvania county is locking up alleged probation violators for months with no court hearings to examine their cases, the American Civil Liberties Union claims in a class-action...

ACLU, NAACP allege Vancouver police, Clark County sheriff’s deputies use excessive force, urge federal DOJ investigation 10 November 2021 Community groups called Wednesday for the U.S. Department of Justice to open a civil rights investigation into the Vancouver Police Department and Clark...

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...

The Demand for Money Behind Many Police Traffic Stops Busted taillights, missing plates, tinted windows: Across the U.S., ticket revenue funds towns — and the police responsible for finding violations. 31 October 2021 Harold Brown’s contribution to the local treasury began as so many others...

Appeals Court Doesn't Seem To Like Much About A Criminal Defamation Law Police Used To Arrest A Critic 3 November 2021 Three years ago, cops in New Hampshire arrested Robert Frese for the crime of… insulting some cops. Frese, facing a suspended sentence for smashing the window of a neighbor's...

WATCH: 3 Teens Attack Innocent Shantel Arnold Before a Deputy Shows Up and Beats Her Even More 18 October 2021 Shantel Arnold is still recovering from the horrifying experience she went through last month that will likely leave permanent scars on her body as well as her mind. A brief video...