Happy Birthday, America! (Episode 12)

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We’re celebrating Independence Day 2017 by walking through the astonishing volume of police f*ckery that’s taken place since just last week! We also cover Saffron Seko’s “voter integrity” commission and his foibles on Twitter, Justice Gorsuch’s dissent in Pavan v Smith, how the Fifth Circuit continues to incentivize corruption in our courts, and new developments in police brutality across the nation – including one Detroit police officer who’s summarily executed 72(!) dogs in his career.

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Show Notes:

• Our new Patreon account (Patreon)
• We talk about the Philando Castile verdict on With Friends Like These (iTunes)
• The Cheeto-in-Chief’s “voter integrity” commission is going well (Washington Post)
• This is what passes for “presidential” these days (Twitter)
• Cheddar Ceausescu pays to have fake Time covers created (Washington Post)
• Trump supporters protest Starbucks… by giving it money (News & Observer)
• NC House considers impeaching the Secretary of State (WBTV 3)
• NCCPAC goes off the deep end with anti-LGBT slurs (WRAL)
  • Logan Smith’s tweets on NCCPAC (Twitter)
• The media is convinced Justice Gorsuch is anti-LGBT (Slate)
• Fifth Circuit: Quacks who helped imprison innocent men avoid punishment (5th Circuit COA)
• Seventh Circuit: Judges insists on a proper sentencing for violent cop (ABA Journal)
  • United States v Smith (7th Circuit COA)
• CALIFORNIA: Oakland Police discover secret drug cache in their HQ (SFGate)
• DC: Capitol Police drop protestors they’ve taken out of wheelchairs (The UK Independent)
• FLORIDA: Punta Gorda’s police chief is found not guilty in a woman’s death (KARE 11)
• FLORIDA: A Pinellas County deputy resigns for being a racist (Bay News 9)
• FLORIDA: Cop fabricates the law to ticket a YBM (Miami Herald)
• FLORIDA: Man serves 90 days in jail for drywall possession (CBS News)
• GEORGIA: Atlanta officer repeatedly punches a man in the face (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
• ILLINOIS: Three Chicago cops indicted in Laquan McDonald cover-up (Joy105)
• ILLINOIS: Oak Forest police officer lets his K-9 bake to death (Chicago Tribune)
• MICHIGAN: Detroit Police kill dogs as punishment for asking about a warrant (Reason)
  • One Detroit police officer has killed 72 dogs! (Twitter)
• MICHIGAN: 22yo James Saltmarshal cleared of murder (Fox2 Detroit)
• NEW JERSEY: The police who beat an innocent bystander in a flaming car are back on the job (NJ.com)
• NEW YORK: NYPD officer being “tried” for beating prostitutes (NY Daily News)
• NORTH CAROLINA: Two elected District Attorneys are charged with misdemeanors for stealing state money (WRAL)
  • Our episode featuring these 2 geniuses (Fsck #7)
• NORTH CAROLINA: The Union County Sheriff’s Office is hiding public records (WBTV)
• TEXAS: Turns out the Balch Springs police chief has a history of lying (Dallas Morning News)
  • Our episode featuring Haber (Fsck #2)
• WASHINGTON: Seattle police summarily execute 20yo Tommy Le (Seattle Times)
• The Rules Enabling Act (Cornell LII)
• Federal Rules of Evidence, Rule 702 (Cornell LII)
• Frye v United States (Harvard)
• Daubert v Merrill Dow Pharmaceuticals (Oyez)
• General Electric v Joiner (Oyez)
• Kumho Tire v Carmichael (Oyez)
• Summary of the Daubert standard (Wikipedia)
• A terrific overview of expert testimony (Shriver Center)
• I love that my Fourth Circuit license references American independence (Facebook)