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DHS has arrested two medical personnel at a surgical center in California for demanding that the officers trespassing in their building identify themselves & provide a warrant, accusing them of another.... wait for it... ASSAULT. The case shows how DHS lies relentlessly to violate the Constitution
July 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Louisiana police chiefs among those arrested and accused in a bribery scheme to help foreign nationals get visas.

www.cnn.com/2025/07/16/u...
Louisiana police chiefs among those arrested and accused in a bribery scheme to help foreign nationals get visas | CNN
A group of current or former Louisiana police chiefs and the operator of a Subway sandwich shop are accused of colluding in a decade-long scheme to falsify police reports to help foreign nationals get...
www.cnn.com
July 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Culpeper County, VA. Pardoning Corrupt Sheriff, Trump Undermines Democracy Again www.democracydocket.com/opinion/pard...
Pardoning Corrupt Sheriff, Trump Undermines Democracy Again
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
June 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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🚨NEW: US prisons & jails are locking up MORE people after a decade of decline, growing the incarcerated population by 2%

But why? We answer that & bust the biggest myths of the carceral system in 2025's edition of Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie👇
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Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2025
The big picture on how many people are locked up in the United States and why
www.prisonpolicy.org
March 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Memphis, TN. Former Memphis police officers found not guilty of Tyre Nichols’ fatal beating - The Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Former Memphis police officers found not guilty in murder of Tyre Nichols
The Tyre Nichols case helped galvanize public support for police reform after the 2020 murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
U.S. just sent some innocent people to a prison in El Salvador. Without due process. With a legal right to be in the USA.

If anyone can be snatched off the streets, detained, and deported without due process, it can happen to you. Via Representative Becca Balint.

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April 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Pocatello, Idaho, police shoot autistic teen behind own fence, sparking outcry. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Police shoot knife-wielding autistic teen behind fence, sparking outrage
Pocatello, Idaho, police shot Victor Perez nine times even though he could “hardly walk,” according to his family. He’s in critical condition with his leg amputated.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
New York, NY. N.Y.P.D. Lowers Education Standards as Recruitment Falters - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/n...
N.Y.P.D. Lowers Education Standards as Recruitment Falters
But the department will bring back a requirement that officers pass a timed-run test of 1.4 miles, Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
U.S. Justice Department deletes database tracking federal police misconduct wapo.st/3QsHIXO
Justice Department deletes database tracking federal police misconduct
The Trump administration has removed a nationwide database of federal police officers’ misconduct, launched by the Biden administration to keep bad cops from jumping from job to job.
wapo.st
February 21, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Washington, DC. Trump's overt lies on pardoning two convicted DC police officers shame him and the department.

Opinion | The D.C. police send Trump an early valentine - The Washington Post

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Opinion | The D.C. police send Trump an early valentine
The president’s pardon of two D.C. officers gets treated like an opportunity to make friends.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
New York, NY. How Maddrey Became the N.Y.P.D.’s Top Officer Despite Years of Scandal www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/n...
How Maddrey Became the N.Y.P.D.’s Top Officer Despite Years of Scandal
Jeffrey Maddrey, the former chief of department, built ties when he walked beats in Brooklyn. That seemed to insulate him as lawsuits and serious accusations against him piled up.
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Ohio gives local law enforcement the ability to charge up to $750 for public video footage www.lawdork.com/p/ohio-gives...
Ohio gives local law enforcement the ability to charge up to $750 for public video footage
Gov. Mike DeWine defended the measure as a "workable compromise." Also, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.
www.lawdork.com
January 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
U.S. Business Insider investigates the state of the Eighth Amendment.
www.businessinsider.com/how-business...
How Business Insider investigated the state of the Eighth Amendment
BI analyzed nearly 1,500 cases to obtain data on prisoner litigation. We found that constitutional protections have been dramatically weakened.
www.businessinsider.com
January 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Oneida Co., NY. New York corrections officers pummeled a shackled inmate in a state prison hours before he died in early December, according to body-camera footage released Friday.

Video shows New York corrections staff beat inmate hours before he died wapo.st/4iWtwmR

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Video shows New York corrections staff beat inmate hours before he died
The New York attorney general released body camera video of corrections officers beating a handcuffed inmate hours before he died.
wapo.st
December 29, 2024 at 7:08 PM
USA. Beyond excessive force: How police abuse women, the poor, the homeless wapo.st/40c8eKI
Beyond excessive force: How police abuse women, the poor, the homeless
Justice Department investigations, often launched after controversial police killings, show how other forms of abusive policing can harm communities.
wapo.st
December 27, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Washington, DC. Police officer guilty of leaking arrest info to Proud Boys’ Tarrio - The Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
D.C. officer guilty for leaking to Proud Boys’ Tarrio before Jan. 6
“The defendant was not using Tarrio as a source; it was the other way around,” U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said Monday in finding the former officer guilty on all counts. “He knew then and ...
www.washingtonpost.com
December 23, 2024 at 8:47 PM
The Post investigated cops accused of sexually abusing kids. Here’s what we learned. wapo.st/4fyZPFS

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The Post investigated cops accused of sexually abusing kids. Here’s what we learned.
The Post spent two years reporting on kids exploited by police officers. Here’s what we learned about the systemic failures that allow these crimes to occur.
wapo.st
December 19, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Former Gauley Bridge, WV, police chief sentenced to prison for raping teen - The Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
After 12 delays, ex-police chief who raped teen is sentenced to federal prison
Larry Clay Jr., who paid $100 to rape a 17-year-old girl while serving as police chief in Gauley Bridge, W.V., then sought to cover up his crime, received a 25-year sentence.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Maypearl, TX, police chief Kevin Coffrey preyed on teens for years - Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
The ‘perfect’ predator
The people of Maypearl, Texas trusted Police Chief Kevin Coffey. Then they learned he was a sexual predator with a troubled past.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 18, 2024 at 6:09 PM
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The federal lawsuit stemming from this is worth following ⚖️⚖️⚖️ #legalnews
Detroit, MI. Judge Kenneth King puts teen in handcuffs, jail clothes after she fell asleep during a courtroom field trip in Detroit, Michigan
abc7chicago.com/post/judge-k...
December 8, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Broward Co., FL.
December 8, 2024 at 11:14 PM
New South Wales, Australia. Australian police officer convicted of manslaughter for Tasering 95-year-old woman. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...
Police officer who Tasered 95-year-old woman found guilty of manslaughter
Australian police officer Kristian White used his Taser on Clare Nowland at her nursing home, in an incident that led to calls for an inquiry into police use of force.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Missouri cops charged with stealing explicit photos from drivers reason.com/2024/11/27/t...
November 28, 2024 at 4:06 AM