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    Boston, Massachusetts: Federal Court Allows Protesters’ First Amendment Suit Against Violent Boston Cops To Continue

    Federal Court Allows Protesters’ First Amendment Suit Against Violent Boston Cops To Continue 18 July 2022 A lawsuit filed by four protesters against three Boston police officers can move forward, following a federal judge’s determination that the cops’ counterarguments were too ridiculous to...
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    Illinois: Chicago, Chicago PD Officers Sued Over Their Use Of Questionable ShotSpotter Technology

    City Of Chicago, Chicago PD Officers Sued Over Their Use Of Questionable ShotSpotter Technology 28 July 2020 ShotSpotter has made a name for itself (and not a good one!) by telling cops its sensors and mics can convert soundwaves into actionable intel. It has become beloved by some cops...
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    Which Is More Scandalous: The Training for Armed Teachers or the Training for Police Officers?

    Which Is More Scandalous: The Training for Armed Teachers or the Training for Police Officers? On average, the minimum requirement for cops is about 650 hours, compared to about 1,300 hours for barbers. 1 August 2022 A recent New York Times story about armed teachers casts doubt on the...
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    US Postal Service Sued For Seizing ‘Defund Police’ Facemasks

    US Postal Service Sued For Seizing ‘Defund Police’ Facemasks 6 June 2022 Two years ago, just as the COVID pandemic was beginning to radically transform day-to-day life for nearly everyone on the planet, the United States Postal Service decided to protect cops from passive criticism. One month...
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    Illinois: FBI provides Chicago police with fake online identities for "Social Media Exploration" team

    FBI provides Chicago police with fake online identities for "Social Media Exploration" team Internal documents also reveal that police can take over informants’ social media accounts and pose as them online. 20 May 2022 Brian Campbell couldn’t sleep. It was May 31, 2020, and demonstrations...
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    Nothing Has Changed Since George Floyd Died, US Cops Still Kill Someone Every 8 Hours

    Nothing Has Changed Since George Floyd Died, US Cops Still Kill Someone Every 8 Hours 3 April 2022 It has been nearly two years since Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd. At the time, Floyd’s death would set off massive protests across the country as politicians and political pundits played...
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    Minneapolis, Minnesota: 93-Year-Old Geraline Tyler Couldn't Pay $2,300 Tax Bill, Gov't Sold Her Home & Kept the Money.

    A 93-Year-Old Woman Couldn't Pay Her $2,300 Tax Bill. The Government Sold Her Home and Kept the Money. "This is very bad for property rights." 11 March 2022 Whether or not Geraldine Tyler will live to see the resolution of her case remains unclear. The 93-year-old left her Minneapolis...
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    Louisville, Kentucky: Breonna Taylor No-Knock Raid & Murder

    Fired Louisville, Kentucky, police detective Brett Hankison Brett Hankison Is Not the Only Cop Who Acted Recklessly the Night Breonna Taylor Was Killed The former detective's trial should not obscure the responsibility of the drug warriors who authorized, planned, and executed the deadly raid...
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    Arizona House Committee Approves Bill To Criminalize Filming Cops on the Job

    Arizona House Committee Approves Bill To Criminalize Filming Cops on the Job "You'll have a bunch of people who plead to avoid trial or go broke trying to vindicate their rights." 22 February 2022 The Arizona House Appropriations Committee on Monday green-lit a bill that would criminalize...
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    Fatal police shootings in 2021 set record since The Post began tracking, despite public outcry

    Fatal police shootings in 2021 set record since The Post began tracking, despite public outcry 9 February 2022 Police shot and killed at least 1,055 people nationwide last year, the highest total since The Washington Post began tracking fatal shootings by officers in 2015 — underscoring the...
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    Austin, Texas: George Floyd protests, riots, indictements, lawsuits, defunding, etc.

    Austin cuts police budget by 1/3 amid national 'defund' push The Austin City Council has voted to cut one-third of the city's $434 million police budget amid national calls for “defunding” law enforcement in favor of spending more money on social services 13 August 2020 In a unanimous vote...
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    Banning the Type of Police Raids That Killed Amir Locke Is Just a Start

    Banning the Type of Police Raids That Killed Amir Locke Is Just a Start Police violence expert Samuel Sinyangwe says it’s time to rethink more common types of raids, too. 12 February 2022 Amir Locke, a 22-year-old aspiring musician, was sleeping on a couch in his cousin’s Minneapolis home on...
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    Americans Want Police Reform, Not Abolition. So Did Slain NYPD Officer Jason Rivera.

    Americans Want Police Reform, Not Abolition. So Did This Slain NYPD Officer. Despite a binary media narrative, the vast majority of the U.S. is in favor of quality, accountable policing. 3 February 2022 "My perspective on police and the way they police really bothered me," wrote Jason Rivera...
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    Minneapolis, Minnesota: MPD Officer Mark Hanneman Fatally Shoots Amir Locke Asleep on Couch At Downtown Apt. Building

    Chief: MPD Officer Fatally Shoots Man Holding Handgun At Downtown Apt. Building 2 February 2022 Minneapolis police say an officer shot and killed a man holding a handgun while executing a search warrant at a downtown apartment building Wednesday morning. While officials have yet to release...
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    This Program Aims to Correct the Culture of Acquiescence That Allowed Derek Chauvin to Kill George Floyd

    This Program Aims to Correct the Culture of Acquiescence That Allowed Derek Chauvin to Kill George Floyd "Active bystandership" training encourages officers to stop their colleagues from violating people's rights. 31 January 2022 The federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers...
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    Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota: Sheriff David Hutchinson was driving 126 mph with no seatbelt at time of DUI crash

    Minnesota sheriff was driving 126 mph with no seatbelt at time of DUI crash Governor joins chorus of calls for David Hutchinson to resign 21 January 2022 The sheriff of the Minnesota county that includes Minneapolis was driving over 120 mph and was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of his...
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    Do Minnesota cases show it’s getting easier to convict cops?

    Do Minnesota cases show it’s getting easier to convict cops? 18 January 2022 First, it was Mohamed Noor — convicted for shooting an unarmed woman who approached his police SUV. Then it was Derek Chauvin, found guilty of murder for using his knee to pin George Floyd to a Minneapolis street as...
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    Chicago, Illinois: Officer Jason Van Dyke - murderer of Laquan McDonald - to be released from prison Feb. 3

    Jason Van Dyke to be released from prison Feb. 3 Former Chicago police officer spent more than three years in prison for the 2014 murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. 14 January 2022 Former Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke will leave prison next month after serving more than three...
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    Oregon: Portland Releases Police Training Material That Encouraged Beating Protesters

    Portland Releases Police Training Material That Encouraged Beating Protesters A presentation included a meme pushing violence against left-leaning demonstrators. 16 January 2022 [fairuse Portland, Oregon’s mayor announced just before the weekend that the city’s police department is...
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    Washington: Seattle police faked Proud Boys threat during race protests

    Seattle police faked Proud Boys threat during race protests, says watchdog Investigation finds police used an ‘improper ruse’ and exacerbated an already volatile situation, but consequences are unlikely 5 January 2022 Seattle police exchanged detailed fake radio transmissions about a...
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