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'We Need to See Your Guns': ATF Conducts Warrantless Search, Demands to See Man's Legally Owned Guns “The reason we’re out here is obviously gun violence is at an uptick." 21 July 2022 A small business owner with no criminal record was shocked this month when he watched a disturbing scene...

Court Suppresses Phone Search, Telling Cops A Warrant With No Probable Cause Is Like Having No Warrant At All 22 July 2022 Not every crime is linked to a cell phone, no matter what cops may think. True, cell phones are omnibuses of information, containing overflowing email inboxes, social...

DOJ Updates Force Policy, Creates Affirmative Duty To Intervene When Officers Violate Rights 2 June 2022 A little more than a week ago, the Department of Justice updated its policy regarding CFAA (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act) prosecutions. For years, the DOJ had been complicit in the...

How AI-powered tech landed man in jail with scant evidence 5 March 2022 Michael Williams’ wife pleaded with him to remember their fishing trips with the grandchildren, how he used to braid her hair, anything to jar him back to his world outside the concrete walls of Cook County Jail. His...

LAPD bomb technician's warnings were ignored before ill-fated fireworks detonation, report finds 25 February 2022 Before members of the LAPD bomb squad destroyed part of a South L.A. neighborhood by exploding a stash of illegal fireworks last summer, they repeatedly ignored warnings from one...

How many people will be murdered by this irresponsible stupidity? The ATF Suggests You Call SWAT Raids on Your Exes for Valentine's Day Ever wonder where people get the idea that police are thin-skinned bullies? 14 February 2022 The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF)...

ATF Admits To Secret Database Of “Nearly One Billion Gun Records” 1 February 2022 A Registry of guns and gun owners is a tool that the federal government, the DOJ, and the ATF have had on their wish list for decades now. Anti-gun politicians and lobbyists have sold a registry as a tool for...

DHS, ICE Begin Body Camera Pilot Program With Surprisingly Good Policies In Place 30 December 2021 Following protests over killings by law enforcement officers, the Department of Justice decided it might be a good idea to equip more police officers with body cameras. In May 2015, it announced...

He Was a Board Member of the Oath Keepers. Now He’s Holding State-Approved Trainings for Law Enforcement in Texas. Richard Mack wants your sheriff to defy the government. 29 October 2021 On a glorious Saturday morning in October, about 75 people are gathered inside an airy warehouse on the...

Nashville DA's Office Seeks to Vacate Claude Garrett's 29-Year-Old Murder Conviction 24 November 2021 Almost 30 years after Claude Garrett was accused of setting a fire that killed his girlfriend, Lorie Lance, the district attorney’s office in Nashville, Tennessee, has concluded that there is...

ATF Goes On Tour To Teach Journalists That Cops Are Usually Right When They Kill Someone 11 November 2021 The ATF (the accepted not-actually-an-acronym for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) is back on its periodic charm offensive. This time the charm seems a bit more...

ATF agent accuses Columbus police officers of excessive force 10 December 2020 An agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has filed a federal lawsuit accusing two Columbus police officers of using excessive force against him while he was working in his official capacity. Agent...