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    Owing Mills, Maryland: Retired Baltimore police officer James Weems Jr. accused of molesting children at wife's day care

    Retired Baltimore, Maryland, police officer James Weems, Jr. Retired Baltimore police officer accused of molesting children at wife's day care 26 July 2022 At the once busy Lil Kidz Kastle daycare in Owings Mills, the playground equipment sits empty and the doors are locked as police...
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    LGBTQ Pride Organizers Weigh Multiple Threats, From Police Brutality to Vigilante Violence

    LGBTQ Pride Organizers Weigh Multiple Threats, From Police Brutality to Vigilante Violence Between angry cops, hateful politicians, and plotting right-wing extremists, they have their hands full. 24 June 2022 Seattle’s Pride Parade, among the largest in the country, will return this weekend...
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    Despite 144 Million Americans Living in Legal States, Drug Enforcement Administration Making More Cannabis Arrest Than Ever

    Despite 144 Million Americans Living in Legal States, DEA Making More Cannabis Arrest Than Ever 2 July 2022 Since 2012, 19 states and Washington, DC, have legalized marijuana for adults over the age of 21. In total, 38 states and DC have legalized medical marijuana — meaning that a majority...
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    Washington, D.C.: Inside D.C. police's sprawling network of surveillance

    Inside D.C. police's sprawling network of surveillance From protesters to everyday residents, recently revealed documents provide a first-of-its-kind look into the invasive eye of Washington police. 18 June 2022 It was the early days of the Black Lives Matter movement. Protesters gathered in...
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    Fake Homeland Security Agents, Offered Gifts to Real-Life Secret Service Employees—Including Agent Assigned to FLOTUS

    Men Posed as Homeland Security Agents, Offered Gifts to Real-Life Secret Service Employees—Including an Agent Assigned to FLOTUS: Feds 7 April 2022 The FBI has arrested two men who they say posed as Homeland Security agents for years, using their false identities to get close to actual law...
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    Washington, D.C.: Court Says Lying Amtrak Officer Brandt Bartman Can’t Have His Inconsistent Statements & His Evidence, Too

    DC Federal Court Says Lying Amtrak Officer Can’t Have His Inconsistent Statements And His Evidence Too 1 April 2022 Cops lie. It’s a fact. It’s called testilying and it happens so often hardly anyone can even be bothered to act surprised when these lies are exposed. This case — coming to us...
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    Washington, D.C., Spent $2.5 Million in Pandemic Relief Funds on Parking Cops, and Other Police Misspending

    D.C. Spent $2.5 Million in Pandemic Relief Funds on Parking Cops 24 March 2022 Pandemic funds used to hire parking cops, pay for prisons, build hotels. At a time when many residents were struggling due to job losses and loss of business, the District of Columbia ramped up efforts to wring...
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    Illinois: Chicago's More Aggressive Speed Cameras Issued 2.8 Million Tickets Last Year

    Chicago's More Aggressive Speed Cameras Issued 2.8 Million Tickets Last Year The city's army of 160 speed cameras issued a ticket every 11 seconds during 2021 and generated $89 million in revenue. 6 April 2022 After rejiggering its speed cameras to fine any car caught traveling as little as 6...
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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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    Washington, D.C.: Unnamed Capitol Police agent arrested in Israel, accused of getting into a fight while drunk

    U.S. Capitol Police agent arrested in Israel, accused of getting into a fight while drunk 2 March 2022 A special agent with the U.S. Capitol Police was temporarily suspended after the agent was arrested in Israel, according to a statement from the agency. The USCP Dignitary Protection...
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    Washington, D.C.: FOIA Lawsuit Featuring Police Whistleblower Says PD Conspired To Screw Requesters It Didn't Like

    FOIA Lawsuit Featuring A DC Police Whistleblower Says PD Conspired To Screw Requesters It Didn't Like 17 February 2022 It's no secret government agencies love to screw with FOIA requesters. This is especially true when the responding agency doesn't care for the requester's attitude or thinks...
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    Washington, D.C.: Capitol Police Spies ‘Dressed Like Construction Workers’ To Surveil GOP Congressman’s Office

    Capitol Police Spies ‘Dressed Like Construction Workers’ To Surveil GOP Congressman’s Office 9 February 2022 Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) has lodged a bombshell accusation against the Capitol Police, who he says broke into his office without his knowledge and photographed sensitive documents. Two...
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    Unreliable Speed Cameras Line Government Pockets

    Unreliable Speed Cameras Line Government Pockets Someone should tell Pete Buttigieg that local governments use speed cameras more for revenue than for safety. 3 February 2022 Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg's new National Roadway Safety Strategy (NRSS) promotes speed cameras...
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    In 2019, The FBI Took NSO Malware For A Spin Before Deciding It Might Cause Too Many Problems In Court

    In 2019, The FBI Took NSO Malware For A Spin Before Deciding It Might Cause Too Many Problems In Court 31 January 2021 The latest disturbing revelation about Israeli malware merchant NSO Group is a bit delayed. NSO has claimed its malware can't be used to target American phone numbers which...
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    Biden’s DOJ continues to defend bad cops and wrongful convictions

    Biden’s DOJ continues to defend bad cops and wrongful convictions 26 January 2022 During the George Floyd protests, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden forcefully condemned the violent eviction of protesters from D.C.'s Lafayette Square just before President Donald Trump’s photo op at St...
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    Stop Training Police Like They’re Joining the Military

    Stop Training Police Like They’re Joining the Military If policing is to change, the spotlight must turn toward police academies, where new recruits are first inculcated into the folkways of their profession. 10 June 2020 When I entered the Washington, D.C., police academy in 2016 as a...
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    Migrants Detained in Texas Border Operation Are Fighting Back — and It's Not Going Well For Gove. Greg Abbott

    Migrants Detained in Texas Border Operation Are Fighting Back — and It's Not Going Well For Gove. Greg Abbott A Texas judge ruled that the state’s arrests of migrants caught crossing the border is an unconstitutional encroachment on federal authority. 26 January 2022 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s...
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    Salt Lake City, Utah: One-Time Utah Police ‘Officer of the Year’ Michael Lee Hardin Pleads Guilty in Jan. 6 Capitol Siege

    Michael Lee Hardin, Salt Lake City, Utah, police department's 2012 Bozo of the Year One-Time Utah Police ‘Officer of the Year’ Pleads Guilty in Jan. 6 Capitol Siege 21 January 2022 A Utah cop who was once named Salt Lake City’s “Officer of the Year” has pleaded guilty to storming the...
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    Washington, D.C.: More kids and overwhelmingly black: New records show concerning trends in D.C. gang database

    More kids and overwhelmingly black: New records show concerning trends in D.C. gang database The D.C. Council wants answers about the Metropolitan Police Department’s growing, secretive gang database 9 January 2022 The Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department’s gang database almost...
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    Washington, D.C.: Metropolitan Police Department's Powerful Review Panel Keeps Giving Bad Cops Their Jobs Back

    DC Metro PD's Powerful Review Panel Keeps Giving Bad Cops Their Jobs Back 30 December 2021 After bad cops do bad things, other cops will rush to the defense of the agency employing them, claiming most cops are good and these officers are outliers. These assertions might be more believable if...
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