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    Fort Worth, Texas: The 5th Circuit Approves Cop William Martin's Violent Response to a Dispute Over a 7-Year-Old's Littering

    The 5th Circuit Approves a Cop's Violent Response to a Dispute Over a 7-Year-Old's Littering The officer used a "pain compliance maneuver" to force information from the boy's sister, who was recording the encounter. 25 March 2022 A 2016 dispute between neighbors that began when a 7-year-old...
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    Fort Worth, Texas: The 5th Circuit Approves Cop William Martin's Violent Response to a Dispute Over a 7-Year-Old's Littering

    The 5th Circuit Approves a Cop's Violent Response to a Dispute Over a 7-Year-Old's Littering The officer used a "pain compliance maneuver" to force information from the boy's sister, who was recording the encounter. 25 March 2022 A 2016 dispute between neighbors that began when a 7-year-old...
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    • aclu american civil liberties union brea hymond chief judge priscilla owen constitution eighth amendment fort worth fourth amendment hope v. pelzer institute for justice itamar vardi jacqueline craig mccoy v. alamu officer william martin taylor v. riojas texas u.s. court of appeals for the 5th circuit u.s. district judge john mcbryde
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    You Can't Solve Homelessness by Making It a Crime

    You Can't Solve Homelessness by Making It a Crime In an August ruling, Washington's Supreme Court found that a homeless plaintiff's truck qualified as his homestead. 17 January 2022 A man's car is his castle. So declared the Washington Supreme Court, more or less, when it ruled last August...
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    New York City: Video of 'Fight Night' at Rikers Jail Leads Judge to Find Cruel and Unusual Punishment

    Video of 'Fight Night' at Rikers Jail Leads Judge to Find Cruel and Unusual Punishment A New York state judge found video of guards ceding control of Rikers to gang leaders more than enough evidence to order the release of a pretrial inmate. 28 December 2021 A New York state judge ordered a...
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    Report Finds Gruesome Medical Malpractice and Death in Arizona Prisons

    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...
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    Delaware: Wilmington Residents File Lawsuit Challenging City’s Unconstitutional Impound Racket

    Wilmington Residents File Lawsuit Challenging City’s Unconstitutional Impound Racket 22 September 2021 Wilmington contracts out its municipal impound system to private towing companies and funds the whole system by letting these companies wrongfully take and keep people’s cars. The city pays...
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    Richmond, Kentucky: Denied Treatment for Cancer, Madison County Man Marc Crawford Died in Prison After Vomiting Blood

    Denied Treatment for His Cancer, This Kentucky Man Died in Prison After Vomiting Blood 21 October 2021 Marc Crawford was booked into a Kentucky jail in May 2017. Just shy of a month later, he left state custody in a body bag. He had succumbed to a previously diagnosed case of lung cancer, one...
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    Prison Guard Who Pepper-Sprayed an Inmate Without Provocation Got Qualified Immunity. SCOTUS Disagreed.

    Qualified immunity denied! A Prison Guard Who Pepper-Sprayed an Inmate Without Provocation Got Qualified Immunity. SCOTUS Disagreed. 23 February 2021 The Supreme Court on Monday dealt another blow to qualified immunity, the legal doctrine that shields civil servants from accountability for...
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    Delaware: New Lawsuit Says Wilmington Is Running an Unconstitutional Towing and Impound Racket

    A New Lawsuit Says Wilmington Is Running an Unconstitutional Towing and Impound Racket 24 September 2021 A new lawsuit accuses the city government of Wilmington, Delaware, of running an unconstitutional towing and impound program that strips owners of their vehicles over petty ticket debts...
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    Pennsylvania: Joseph Sobolewski Jailed on $50K Bond, Facing 7 Years for Accidentally Underpaying for a Soda by 43 Cents

    Man Jailed on $50K Bond, Facing 7 Years for Accidentally Underpaying for a Soda by 43 Cents 23 September 2021 When Joseph Sobolewski got thirsty last month, he saw a sign in a nearby convenience store that was advertising two 20-ounce Mountain Dew bottles for $3. Sobolewksi only wanted one...
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