From “reason.com” More than eight decades ago, the Supreme Court invented a vague First Amendment exception that would-be censors continue to invoke. “We’re not going to give in to terrorism,” Vice President J.D. Vance declared after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot Minneapolis protester Renée Good in January. Vance averred that Good was involved in anti-ICE […]
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From “Hampton Law” If Police Unlawfully Shoot at You, Can You Shoot Back? FORTY rounds fired by two police officers — through a window and a door — into an apartment where a woman was doing absolutely nothing wrong. She now has permanent nerve damage. She has drop foot. She has psychological trauma that will
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From “Gun Owners Of America” A recent decision in the Supreme Court case, Case v. Montana allows for police to use what’s known as a “community care taking exception” to violate the 4th Amendment and enter your home without a warrant.
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From “reason.com” Their plan: have someone hide in the ceiling to catch the assailant in the act. When staff at the Logan Correctional Center learned a prison counselor may have been repeatedly sexually assaulting a female inmate, they did the sane and humane thing and immediately removed her from his reach while opening an investigation
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From “The Civil Rights Lawyer” A sober man, who was actually a retired deputy suffering a diabetic crisis, was arrested for DUI by the Tennessee Highway Patrol. The worst part about it is, this wasn’t just a mistake where a cop mistook a diabetic crisis for a driver being drunk. Brand new bodycam footage, given
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From “Hampton Law” United States Customs and Border Protection. Inside their vehicle. Driving through a residential neighborhood in Chicago. Before any contact — before anything — “Do something, b*tch.” Guns already drawn inside the car. Then they shot a U.S. citizen five times. Her name is Marimar Martinez. Thirty years old. Montessori teaching assistant. Driving
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(Though I don’t agree with everything “Dr. Judge” says, I do agree that cops lie.)
When A Cop Says You’re Not In Trouble, They Are Lying. Read More »
From “reason.com” Georgia state Rep. Joseph Gullett (R–Dallas) has sponsored a bill that would limit police body camera and dashcam videos from open records laws when they capture someone’s death. Gullet says the bill is meant to protect the dignity of people’s final moments and stop others from using the videos to get web traffic or views
