Session Undermined Justice in Last Act at DOJ
This will certainly not be a surprise to anyone. Jeff Sessions’ last act as Attorney General was to further undermine the already thin protections we have against police brutality and misconduct,...
View ArticleSt. Louis Police Officers Indicted for Beating Undercover Officer at Protest
Four St. Louis police officers are facing federal charges after beating an undercover officer at protests that took place in that city in 2017. And before going out to patrol those protests, the...
View ArticleOfficers in Laquan McDonald Lie on Reports, Get Away With It
A judge has acquitted three police officers in Chicago who lied on their reports of the killing of Laquan McDonald by Officer Jason Van Dyke (not the same one I’ve tangled with many times). They lied...
View ArticleFlorida Cop Charged with Planting Meth on Suspects
A Florida police officer was fired last fall and has now been charged for planting meth on people during traffic stops for no apparent reason at all. Deputy Zachary Wester has bee charged with 52...
View ArticlePolice Officer in Louisiana Says AOC Needs to Be Shot
A police officer from Gretna, Louisiana is in hot water after posting on his Facebook page that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who has become a subject of Donald Trump’s vitriol since taking office,...
View Article8th Circuit Allows SWAT Team to Be Sued Over Use of Flash Bang Grenades
My old friend Radley Balko posts about a new ruling from an 8th Circuit Court of Appeals panel that is allowing a suit against a SWAT team from Kansas City PD after they used flash bang grenades to...
View ArticleJudge Recommends Firing of Cop Who Killed Eric Garner
An administrative judge in New York hearing the internal police case over Daniel Pantaleo, the NYPD officer who killed Eric Garner using an unauthorized chokehold five years ago, has determined that...
View ArticleNY Police Union President Shares Racist Video, Says He Has Black Friends
Ed Mullins, president of the second largest police union in New York City, sent a racist video to pretty much every police sergeant in the state, calling it an incredibly accurate portrayal of life for...
View ArticleTruck Driven by Prison Guard Rams Anti-ICE Protesters
We very nearly had another Heather Heyer situation in Rhode Island, where a group from Never Again Action, a Jewish group that protests the Trump immigration policies and ICE in particular, were rammed...
View ArticleSanders Releases Excellent Criminal Justice Reform Plan
Leaving aside the question of whether Bernie Sanders is the best Democratic candidate for president — please do not broaden this issue out, stick to the specific policies being discussed — the senator...
View ArticleJay-Z Filed Suit Over Prison Conditions in Mississippi
Rapper Jay-Z has filed a lawsuit against a prison in Mississippi, arguing that the conditions and treatments of the inmates in the prison are so barbaric that it violates the Constitution. This is the...
View ArticleIngraham: Trump Understands Police Brutality Because of Mueller Investigation
Fox Host Laura Ingraham pulled another thought out on thin air, arguing that Trump understands police brutality because he’s used to an out-of-control FBI and other agencies and investigation he’s been...
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