EFF: Geek Squad has been working with the FBI for a decade
The FBI classifies the Geek Squad technicians who call in the reports as informants, but some of the documents in EFF’s possession suggest they sometimes […]
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Secret NYPD Files: Officers Who Lie And Brutally Beat People Can Keep Their Jobs
Secret files obtained by BuzzFeed News reveal that from 2011 to 2015 at least 319 New York Police Department employees who committed offenses serious enough […]
This 20-Year-Old Is Serving The Longest Sentence From The Ferguson Protests | HuffPost
Williams was sentenced to eight years in prison. That’s longer than other Missourians who committed similar crimes, including a 28-year-old man who started a fire that caused $1 […]
France’s Favorite Crypto-Fascist Could Face Three Years in Prison for ISIS Tweets
Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s crypto-fascist National Front party, could be required to pay a $90,000 fine and spend up to three years […]
WV house committee axes bill to stop law enforcement property forfeitures | Cops & Courts | wvgazettemail.com
State code allows law enforcement officers to claim ownership of property seized from criminal suspects without convicting them of a crime; the House Judiciary Committee […]
Prisoners held without charge boycott Israeli courts | Israeli–Palestinian conflict News | Al Jazeera
In a joint statement announcing Thursday’s move, 450 people jailed under Israel’s controversial practice of administrative detention said their decision had been taken “collectively and […]
West Virginia calls in National Guard to tackle opioid crisis | Fox News
Forget about Militarized police, in WV we use the military to police, and man our jails. West Virginia declares state of emergency over jail staffing […]
UPDATE: West Virginia declares state of emergency over jail staffing
The executive order authorizes the secretary of Military Affairs and Public Safety to use the West Virginia National Guard to help staff juvenile and adult […]
In Baltimore, Brazen Officers Took Every Chance to Rob and Cheat – The New York Times
The case fits a pattern of corruption scandals involving anti-crime units that rack up arrests and praise, but do not have enough supervision, said Peter […]