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Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms listening in! Join us this week as T. Greg rants about Yankees who “aren’t from ’round here,” plus an in-depth look at the Palantir “predictive policing” software, Illinois policing insisting they’ll kill their dogs if politicians legalize weed, and nearly a dozen stories about white folks weaponizing the police against minorities in white spaces.
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Show Notes:
- Rob Smith of Harvard’s Fair Punishment Project is clueless about North Carolina (Twitter)
- Arrogant twit Senator Joel Ford mollywhopped in Democratic primary (Charlotte Observer)
- Former General and Trump apologist John Kelly is a scumbag, Part 514 (Business Insider)
- In-depth look at Palantir, the “predictive policing” software departs are using to violate your civil rights (Bloomberg)
- ARIZONA: Border Patrol killer cop Lonnie Swartz acquitted of murder in death of Mexican teen; will be retried for manslaughter (Arizona Daily Star)
- CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles PD is using Palantir to create an evergreen list of “probable offenders” (In Justice Today)
- CALIFORNIA: Unnamed Morgan Hill PD officer “accidentally” shoots 14-year-old girl in the eye during traffic stop, given paid vacation (Mercury News)
- COLORADO: White mom summons police on Native American students for wearing heavy metal t-shirts (Inside Higher Ed)
- CONNECTICUT: White Yale student calls police on black Yale student for falling asleep in common room while studying (NY Times)
- DC: Metro PD cop Richard Wince illegally sold guns to murderer (CNN))
- GEORGIA: Cook County police arrest, jail Canadian student for crime of (legally) driving with a Canadian license (CBC)
- ILLINOIS: VP of shopping mall apologizes to black teens who were kicked out of mall for no reason (Chicago Sun Times)
- ILLINOIS: Macon County cop Chad Larner says weed can’t be legalized, or they’ll have to kill all their drug dogs (Reason)
- LOUISIANA: Kevin Smith imprisoned 8 years without trial; when drug charges are dismissed, his parole is revoked over address change (New Orleans Advocate)
- LOUISIANA: Shreveport PD officer Gary Thomas on paid vacation for assaulting black teen over noise complaint (KSLA 12)
- MARYLAND: Carroll County deputy on video blowing away groundhog for blocking traffic (WBAL-TV 11)
- MASSACHUSETTS: State Trooper Alfred Burgos arrested for DWI leaving Irish-American Police party (Springfield Republican)
- MISSOURI: 3 black teens falsely accused of theft at Nordstrom Rack, released without charges (KMOV 4)
- NEW YORK: Entire Galway PD department indicted for falsifying records (The Saratogian)
- NEW YORK: NYPD officers summoned to “burglary” as black man moves into new apartment (Washington Post)
- NORTH CAROLINA: Duke University VP Larry Moneta has coffee shop baristas fired for playing Spotify rap song (Indy Week)
- NORTH CAROLINA: Campaign page for Durham Sheriff Mike Andrews says “Amen!” to racist Facebook rant (Durham Herald Sun)
- Sheriff Andrews was obliterated in last Tuesday’s primary election (Durham Herald Sun)
- NORTH CAROLINA: Moore County deputy Tracy Carter fired for helping cover up drunk driving of Sheriff Neil Godfrey’s deputy-son Brent (Southern Pines Pilot)
- Sheriff Godfrey was defeated in last Tuesday’s primary election (Fayetteville Observer)
- NORTH CAROLINA: Moore County deputy Tevin Cadell charged with assault on a female (Fayetteville Observer)
- NORTH CAROLINA: Warsaw PD officer Frank Moss on video beating, choking tuxedoed black man at Waffle House (Fayetteville Observer)
- PENNSYLVANIA: White owners of Grandview Golf Club call police on black women for “golfing too slow” (NY Times)
- PENNSYLVANIA: Black men arrested in Starbucks settle for $1 apiece, expungement, $200K school program (USA Today)
- TEXAS: White elementary school principal Shanna Swearingen “jokes” about fake gun call to police regarding black student (KPRC 2)
- TEXAS: White manager of Sambuca 360 in Plano on video kicking out black diners so white man could have table (WFAA 8)
- TEXAS: Federal judge rules San Antonio police officers Raphael Medel and Sergio Villanueva repeatedly lied in warrantless search of man’s car (DocumentCloud)
- TEXAS: Judge reduces death row inmate’s sentence to life without parole after discovering that prosecuted lied at trial (Texas Tribune)
- VIRGINIA: Maryland Klan leader Richard Preston Jr. found guilty of firing gun at black counterprotestor at Charlottesville rally (The Hill)
- VIRGINIA: White supremacist Jacob Scott Goodwin found guilty in savage beating of DeAndre Harris at Charlottesville rally (Washington Post)
- VIRGINIA: Customs & Border Patrol killer cop Mark Cochrane charged with felony puppycide (WRC-TV 4)
- WASHINGTON: White manager of Tacoma Fuego store on camera loudly reading shoplifting policies outside black woman’s dressing room, kicks her out (The Grio)
- WISCONSIN: Hennepin County Minnesota deputy Jeffrey Masek charged with child sex crimes (Twin Cities Pioneer Press)
- AUSTRALIA: Mobile phone footage shows officer deliberately running down indigenous teen for sport (NITV)
- UNITED KINGDOM: 9 police officers under investigation for killing mentally ill man during welfare check (UK Guardian)