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WATCH: Cop Sexually Assaults Man in Public With Anal Cavity Search to Look for Non-Existent Drugs 3 August 2022 In the ostensible land of the free, you are not free to do with your body what you see fit. From mandatory vaccinations to forced abortions after rape, the state knows no bounds in...

Law Prof Suggests Geofence Warrants Are A Net Gain For The Public, Even If They Invert The Probable Cause Standard 5 April 2022 On March 9th, we covered a Virginia court’s decision to reject a geofence/”reverse” warrant as unconstitutional. This was brought to our attention by...

'Geofence Warrant' for All Cell Location Data From Area Near Robbery Is Ruled Unconstitutional Plus: New rules on sex discrimination in education, economists warn of housing market exuberance, and more... 1 April 2022 "Geofence warrant" was unconstitutional, says judge. Can the cops use...

The spineless wimp cop is suing as "John Doe": https://www.aclu.org/cases/doe-v-mckesson Louisiana Supreme Court Allows Police Officer's Lawsuit Against Black Lives Matter Organizer DeRay Mckesson didn’t cause or encourage violence against police in Baton Rouge in 2016. The court says he can...

Federal Court Says Good Faith Prevails In Deployment Of Extremely Questionable ‘Reverse’ Warrant 21 March 2022 “Who are we to judge?,” say federal court judges. That’s the questionable conclusion reached by an otherwise solid reading [PDF] of the constitutional implications of one of law...

Kids Are Back in Schools. Cops Shouldn't Be. Police are being asked to handle kids broken by failures of public schooling. 16 March 2022 It's no secret that bad policy all too often breeds more bad policy. After two years of pandemic-related disruptions to public schooling and the lives of...

Appeals Court Tosses Evidence Illegally Obtained By Opportunistic Cops Who Couldn’t Take ‘Nah’ For An Answer 16 March 2022 It rarely seems obvious, but you can just walk away from (some) unwanted interactions with law enforcement. People with badges and guns often make this option seem...

Virginia Court Blocks Geofence Warrant As Unconstitutionally Vague 9 March 2022 There are multiple places government agencies can go to acquire location data. The Supreme Court’s Carpenter decision put a damper on warrantless demands, but the private sector has rushed to fill this hole in the...

Virginia Cop Pleads No Contest to Charges That He Fatally Shot Fiancée’s Dog and Fabricated Bear Attack Story 15 February 2022 A police officer in Virginia pleaded no contest last week to charges that he shot his fiancée’s dog inside of their home and then fabricated a story that he was...

There Is Nothing 'Conservative' About Letting Police Violate Our Rights Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's support for qualified immunity is in opposition to the principles he says he stands for. 21 January 2021 Newly-minted Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin appears on track to become somewhat of a...

New Virginia Attorney General Fires Entire Conviction Integrity Unit Miyares' office says the conviction integrity unit is being expanded. Time will tell if it will have the independence and resources to succeed. 21 January 2022 Virginia's newly elected Republican attorney general, Jason...

The mendacious idiots in the Virginia Beach Police Department claim that the practice was "legal", yet "in at least one instance, a forged report was presented to a court as evidence." The fraud became known only "after a prosecutor asked the Department of Forensic Science to provide a...

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...

The alleged ringleaders: now retired Chief Edwin C. Roessler, Jr. (above), 2nd Lt. Michael Owen Barbazette (not pictured), Sgt. Jason Joseph Mardocco (not pictured) Others named: Lt. Vincent Michael Scianna (left), Capt. James Schilling Baumstark (right) James Schilling Baumstark is now...

WATCH: ‘You Have No Light!’—Cops Shatter Innocent Man’s Leg for Missing Bicycle Light 20 December 2021 In the land of the free, police can and will detain and extort you for improper bicycle lighting. If you try to escape this extortion, you can be mowed down by a police cruiser, mauled by a...

Big Trouble in Little Rock A Reformist Black Police Chief Faces an Uprising of the Old Guard 18 December 2021 1 - Backlash: On the morning of May 28, 2020, a Black sergeant with the Little Rock, Arkansas, Police Department woke up, turned on the news, and saw the George Floyd video for the...

Watchdog; Federal anti-terror unit investigated journalists 11 December 2021 A special Customs and Border Protection unit used sensitive government databases intended to track terrorists to investigate as many as 20 U.S.-based journalists, including a Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press...

Spotsylvania County, Virginia, deputies Thomas Grasso (left) & Daren Smith (right) Police Tase Man in His Home After Relative Calls Fire and Rescue for a Drug-Related Emergency The victim denied police permission to search his home. Cop shouted, "I don't need your permission!" 6 December 2021...

With federal oversight in short supply, state AGs step in to probe troubled police 23 November 2021 Police in Aurora, Colo., shot 20-year-old Jamaal Bonner in the back three times with a submachine gun during a sting operation, killing him. Four years later, the department formally apologized...

Prisoners Sue Virginia Department of Corrections Over Canine Attacks If police dogs assault innocent people at their handlers’ direction, it’s usually treated as the victim’s fault 22 November 2021 Two prisoners have filed federal lawsuits against the Virginia Department of Corrections...