Kansas City police Officer Matt Masters first used a Taser in the early 2000s. He said it worked well for taking people down; it was safe and effective. “At the end of the day, if you have to put your hands on somebody, you got to scuffle with somebody, why risk that?” he said. “You […]
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In April 2024, the American police tech firm Axon, which leads the market for police body cameras, released a tool it billed as “revolutionary”: Draft One, an AI-powered software package that would turn body camera footage and audio into intelligible police reports. Once best known for developing the Taser, Axon has transformed into a $50 […]
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A new class-action lawsuit filed by a coalition of immigration advocacy groups alleges that undocumented immigrants have been detained in “crowded, squalid, and punitive conditions” in New York City. The complaint paints a bleak picture of life inside the holding facility, confirming details previously published in articles by Gothamist and the New York Times, which […]
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For the past 30 years, former Graham County, Arizona, sheriff Richard Mack has been railing against federal overreach and warning of encroaching governmental tyranny. As an antidote to this threat to freedom and liberty, Mack, who hasn’t actually been a sheriff since 1997, founded the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association in 2011. Its mission […]
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Far-Right Militias Adored the Constitution. Then Came Trump. Read Post »
Last fall, retired Judge Karen Radius leaned on her cane as she walked me toward the girls’ housing unit at Hawaii’s only youth prison, remembering the moment three years ago when she’d learned no more girls were living there. For Radius, a disarmingly matter-of-fact 76-year-old who’d spent much of her career trying to keep teens […]
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A Revolutionary Way to End the Incarceration of Girls Read Post »
Last fall, retired Judge Karen Radius leaned on her cane as she walked me toward the girls’ housing unit at Hawaii’s only youth prison, remembering the moment three years ago when she’d learned no more girls were living there. For Radius, a disarmingly matter-of-fact 76-year-old who’d spent much of her career trying to keep teens […]
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), now the best-funded federal law enforcement agency in the United States, is embarking on a plan to drastically expand its detention infrastructure. But considering the $45 billion it’s been given for the job, the agency’s vision for its new facilities seems startlingly low-tech. In July, the Wall Street Journal got […]
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ICE Plans to Build More Tent Jails for Immigrants. What Could Go Wrong? Read Post »
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), now the best-funded federal law enforcement agency in the United States, is embarking on a plan to drastically expand its detention infrastructure. But considering the $45 billion it’s been given for the job, the agency’s vision for its new facilities seems startlingly low-tech. In July, the Wall Street Journal got […]
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This story was originally published by Mission Local, a nonprofit newsroom covering San Francisco. You can donate to them here. At least two people arrested by federal immigration officers last Thursday at immigration court in San Francisco have been flown to Hawaii, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. They are now being held in the Federal Detention Center Honolulu, a federal prison, […]
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ICE Arrested These Immigrants in San Francisco and Sent Them 2,400 Miles Away—to Hawaii Read Post »
This story was originally published by Mission Local, a nonprofit newsroom covering San Francisco. You can donate to them here. Three asylum-seekers leaving routine court hearings at San Francisco immigration court Thursday morning were arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, including one man who a judge had just said might be mentally impaired. They’re the latest in a series of ICE actions, […]
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In 2019, Susan Bowlus got a text from a friend that caught her off guard. “I’ve been watching the coverage on the Golden State Killer,” her friend wrote, referring to the California serial killer who’d been arrested in 2018. The killer’s name was Joseph DeAngelo, a cop-turned-criminal who’d broken into homes to rape and kill […]
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This story was originally published by Popular Information, a substack publication to which you can subscribe here. This past Thursday, the Wall Street Journal published a bombshell report about President Trump’s relationship with convicted child sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein. According to the Journal, the materials collected as part of the Department of Justice’s investigation into Epstein included a 2003 birthday message […]
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