Brickbat: Non-Lethal Conduct
Officials in Minneapolis have agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit by Jaleel Stallings, who was beaten by police officers while being arrested in 2020. The city will …
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Brickbat: Excuse Me While I Whip This Out
San Jose, California, Police Officer Matthew Dominguez faces up to a year in prison after being charged with misdemeanor indecent exposure after reportedly masturbating at the scene of a call. …
7 Innocent Bystanders, Including Children, Killed in One City in Only 2 Weeks as Cops Chase Suspects
“I think the police should be charged also” Free Thought ProjectIt is the mission of the Free Thought Project to foster the creation and expansion of liberty minded solutions to …
Austin Texas Voters Decriminalize Marijuana and Ban No-Knock Warrants
AUSTIN, Texas (May 16, 2022) – Austin voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure ending local enforcement of low-level marijuana offenses and banning no-knock warrants. Under Proposition A, the Austin police …
Predictive AI Technology Puts a Target on Your Back
You’ve been flagged as a threat. Before long, every household in America will be similarly flagged and assigned a threat score. Without having ever knowingly committed a crime or been …
Brickbat: Time Is on His Side
Weatherford, Oklahoma, police officer Jeremy Anderson has been charged with neglect to perform a duty and larceny after being arrested for stealing 99 fentanyl pills from the police department’s evidence …
Brickbat: Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud
An investigation by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights has found that prosecutors are often reluctant to use bodycam video from officers in the Minneapolis Police Department in court because …
Rhode Island Senate Committee Holds Hearing on Bill to Create State Process to End Police Qualified Immunity
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (May 4, 2022) – Yesterday, a Rhode Island Senate committee held a hearing on a bill that would create a process to sue police officers in state court for …
Cops Who Arrested Man Over Fake Facebook Page Get Qualified Immunity
In March 2016, Anthony Novak found himself in a jail cell for several days, his phone and computer seized by police. His offense: For 12 hours, he operated a parody …
What Happened When New Mexico Ended Civil Asset Forfeiture?
In 2015, New Mexico scrapped its civil asset forfeiture laws and replaced them with a criminal process requiring a conviction before forfeiture can commence. Law enforcement lobbyists warned that ending …