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    Naples, Boundary County, Idaho: Randy Weaver Dies

    R.I.P. Randy Weaver Randy Weaver Dies In the infamous Ruby Ridge standoff, federal agents killed his wife and son. 13 May 2022 Randy Weaver died Wednesday, just three months shy of what would have been the 30th anniversary of the 1992 standoff that thrust him into the national spotlight. He...
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    Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) force-installed suicide prevention app on employees’ phones

    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...
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    Chicago, Illinois: How AI-powered tech (ShotSpotter) landed Michael Williams in jail with scant evidence

    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...
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    The ATF Suggests You SWAT Your Exes for Valentine's Day

    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)...
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    ATF Admits To Secret Database Of “Nearly One Billion Gun Records”

    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...
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    DHS, ICE Begin Body Camera Pilot Program With Surprisingly Good Policies In Place

    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...
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    He Was a Board Member of the Oath Keepers. Now He’s Holding State-Approved Trainings for Law Enforcement in Texas.

    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...
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    Investigation: Accidental shootings like one in Iowa show police training gaps

    Investigation: Accidental shootings like one in Iowa show police training gaps 11 December 2019 When an Iowa mother tried to take her child from her husband during an argument on a snowy sidewalk in 2015, an officer stepped in to stop the scuffle, firing his weapon as a dog approached. The...
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    Inside federal prisons, employees are committing the crimes

    Inside federal prisons, employees are committing the crimes 14 November 2021 More than 100 federal prison workers have been arrested, convicted or sentenced for crimes since the start of 2019, including a warden indicted for sexual abuse, an associate warden charged with murder, guards taking...
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    ATF Goes On Tour To Teach Journalists That Cops Are Usually Right When They Kill Someone

    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...
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    Ohio: ATF agent James Burk accuses Columbus police officers Joseph Fihe & Kevin Winchell of excessive force

    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...
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