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California sheriff turning inmates over to ICE in violation of state rules, lawsuit says 17 November 2021 A California sheriff has been hit with a lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union after he allegedly violated state law by turning inmates over to Immigration and Customs...

Border Patrol agent shot at naked, rock-throwing migrant, feds say 18 November 2021 A U.S. Border Patrol agent opened fire on a naked man who was allegedly throwing rocks at him Wednesday morning on Otay Mountain, authorities said. The 29-year-old man was not struck by the agent's gunfire...

Exclusive: LAPD partnered with tech firm that enables secretive online spying 17 November 2021 Records show LA police trialed social media surveillance tech from Voyager Labs, which claims its software can predict crimes and help monitor private messages. The Los Angeles police department...

Deputy tossed urine test of woman he wrongly accused of using drugs, California DA says 17 November 2021 When a driver’s urine test turned up negative for drugs, a former Ventura County deputy tossed it in a trash can and tried to have her jailed anyway, California prosecutors say. Richard...

After the DEA Stole $70,000 From This Filmmaker, He Got His Money Back, Plus a $15,000 Settlement Keddins Etienne's experience shows that bullies who seize innocent people's property tend to back down when their victims put up a fight. 5 November 2021 Before a federal drug agent stole nearly...

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...

‘Drug Recognition Expert’ ‘Recognized’ Woman’s Stroke as a DUI, Jailed Her in a Medical Emergency 14 November 2021 The taxpayers of Garden Grove were put on notice recently that they will be shelling out $800,000 as part of a settlement going to Robin Winger. Winger was arrested in the middle...

School Officials Welcome Homeland Security Surveillance After Student Fights Administrators in a Maryland school district say they wanted help monitoring school safety — but sweeping surveillance could land kids in gang databases and families in deportation proceedings 9 November 2021 In late...

L.A. sheriff’s deputies use minor stops to search bicyclists, with Latinos hit hardest 4 November 2021 Thousands of times a year, Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies pull over bicyclists for minor violations such as riding on the sidewalk or not using lights at night — infractions that can...

No brains, no memory, useless cop! Unfortunately the dullard is not named. Officer Testifies, but Doesn’t ‘Recall’ Much, during Trial in Fatal DUI Crash Case 9 November 2021 An officer—who responded “I don’t recall” to key questions—testified Monday here in Alameda County Superior Court...

As Walgreens Closes San Francisco Stores Over Mass Theft, Cop Busted Robbing Pharmacy 13 November 2021 Last month, Walgreens announced the closure of multiple locations in San Francisco claiming there is a major problem of organized retail theft. The move by Walgreens was a black eye to the...

Cops Take No Action as Student Makes Video Threatening School Shooting as 10yo Girl Arrested for Drawing 12 November 2021 Parents of children at Clovis North High School are speaking out this week after a student at the school made a video threatening to kill multiple specific students as...

Videos Are Making It Hard To Trust the Cops2 10 November 2021 There's a lot to dislike about the increasingly pervasive surveillance state, but a little of its danger is offset when the forces of officialdom are themselves captured by the all-seeing eye. All too often, official versions of...

California police officer fired over sex crime fights CalPERS to keep disability pension 10 November 2021 A former California police officer fired after being charged with unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor is fighting CalPERS to keep his industrial disability pension. The California...

Revealed: how LAPD targeted Nipsey Hussle’s street corner and store 7 November 2021 The Los Angeles police department targeted the late rapper Nipsey Hussle’s street corner and his The Marathon Clothing store before his death in 2019, labeling the intersection a “hot spot” for crime and...

A Private Prison Company Just Lost a Major Battle Over $1-Per-Day Wages for Immigrant Workers 28 October 2021 The people locked up in one for-profit immigration detention center are in line for one hell of a raise. For years, the GEO Group, one of the nation’s largest private prison...

In Only 6 Years, 30,000 Philly Residents Were Robbed by Cops. Most of Them Innocent, Poor, Black "We stole this from innocent people." 30 October 2021 For six straight years, law enforcement in Philadelphia acted as a corrupt ring of thieving thugs, shaking down more than 30,000 residents...

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...

SF officer charged with voluntary manslaughter for 2017 shooting of mentally ill man 2 November 2021 A San Francisco police officer has been charged with voluntary manslaughter for shooting a mentally ill and unarmed man in the city's Oceanview neighborhood in 2017, District Attorney Chesa...

$4.9M payout to family of man shot 9 times by California cop 27 October 2021 The family of a mentally ill man who was shot nine times by a police officer in a wealthy San Francisco Bay area suburb has received a $4.9 million settlement from the town and county where the officer worked, nearly...