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July is almost over! Join us this week as we talk about the impeachment of Rod Rosenstein, don’t-call-them-gangs in California, “hackers” in Idaho prisons, and a Maryland man shot for “wielding a comb.” Then, in our #Law140 segment, we talk about the law of prior restraints and CNN broadcasting the audio of Michael Cohen and the Papaya POTUS!
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- Republican Congresscritters file resolution to impeach Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein (Washington Post)
- 2nd Circuit: immigrants entitled to suppression hearing after after NY State Police, CBP exposed for lying (2nd Circuit COA)
- Study: Red-light cameras do not reduce traffic accidents or improve public safety (Case Western Reserve University)
- Here’s the study (SSRN)
- Analysis: Amazon’s facial recognition technology for police produces loads of false positives, especially of minorities (BuzzFeed News)
- Analysis: Most investigations of non-white homicides end in no arrest (Washington Post)
- TSA secretly running new surveillance program of innocent travelers who pose no security threat (Boston Globe)
- Hundreds of young children being molested at CBP/ICE youth detention centers (ProPublica)
- Police departments across the country waste your money on “lip sync challenge” videos (Patch Media)
- CALIFORNIA: LA County sheriff launches investigation into police gangs operating within his department (LA Times)
- CALIFORNIA: LAPD kills hostage during Trader Joes standoff (LA Times)
- CALIFORNIA: Santa Monica PD holds Hollywood star Ving Rhames at gun point for “breaking into” his own house (Washington Post)
- COLORADO: El Paso County jailers run secret “fight club,” win prizes for beating inmates (Colorado Springs Gazette)
- FLORIDA: Biscayne Park PD officer Guillermo Ravelo pleads guilty to framing innocent blacks for crimes they didn’t commit (Miami Herald)
- Our episode on the initial indictments (Fsck #72)
- And on the subsequent investigation (Fsck #76)
- FLORIDA: Miami PD officer Luis Arcia sued for beating unarmed black man over insult (Miami New Times)
- FLORIDA: North Miami Beach PD officer Ambar Pachaco fired, arrested after she “beat the sh*t out of” pregnant woman (Miami Herald)
- FLORIDA: Palm Beach County PD tests 994 rape kits, find 140 matches, make 0 arrests (Palm Beach Post)
- Similar results out of Minnesota last week (Fsck #76)
- FLORIDA: Tampa / Hillsborough County paramedics John “Mike” Morris, Justin Sweeney, Andrew Martin, Cortney Barton suspended after refusing to transport or examine black mom suffering from stroke (Tampa Bay Times)
- GEORGIA: Athens-Clarke County PD on video pinning unarmed 9-year-old boy to the ground (WSB 2)
- KENTUCKY: Louisville PD officer Brian Smith disciplined for racist social media posts (WUKY)
- IDAHO: Hundreds of inmates “hack” JPay tablets, get over $200K in credits (Idaho Statesman)
- ILLINOIS: Chicago PD fighting consent decree requirement to log when they point their weapons at people (CapitolFax.com)
- INDIANA: Long-read on pervasive misconduct in the prosecutions of Keith Cooper and Christopher Parish, released after years in prison for robbery they didn’t commit (ProPublica)
- LOUISIANA: New Orleans PD officers Spencer Sutton and John Galman fired, arrested for beating Latino military veteran in local bar (New Orleans Advocate)
- LOUISIANA: Shreveport PD offcer Joshua Mayfield arrested for battery (KSLA 12)
- MARYLAND: Aberdeen PD officer James Evans repeatedly man wielding a… comb (Baltimore Sun)
- MISSISSIPPI: Meridian PD officer Daniel Starks fired after being caught on video tasing handcuffed black man in the neck for sport (Reason)
- MISSISSIPPI: No charges against Southaven police who shot Ismael Lopez in the back of the head while serving warrant on wrong person (WMC 5)
- MISSISSIPPI: Former Starkville PD officer Gary Wheeler indicted for 2017 shooting of black teen during traffic stop (MS Clarion Ledger)
- NEW JERSEY: Millville PD officer Samuel Brozina indicted for child porn (Vineland Daily Journal)
- NORTH CAROLINA: City of Cary will start monitoring your poop for opioids (WRAL 5)
- NORTH CAROLINA: Federal judge denies Harnett County Sheriff’s Office motion to dismiss lawsuit over 2015 shooting death of John Livingston (Fayetteville Observer)
- NORTH CAROLINA: State Highway Patrol officer James Stahl summarily executes 22-year-old black man for avoiding DWI checkpoint (WRAL 5)
- NORTH CAROLINA: Southport PD chief Gary Lee Smith, Lt Michael Simmons arrested for public corruption and department disbanded (News & Observer)
- OHIO: Columbus PD officer Dean Worthington indicted for child porn (Columbus Dispatch)
- OHIO: Trump supporter Patricia Edelen arrested after spraypainting “Hail Trump,” “N*ggers Keep Out” on black neighbor’s home (WTVG 13)
- OREGON: Multnomah County deputy Dwight Richey indicted for sexual assault (KGW 8)
- PENNSYLVANIA: Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney stands up to ICE, refuses to renew data-sharing agreement (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- SOUTH CAROLINA: Former Walterboro PD officer Stephanie Grant Bridge pleads guilty to stealing $20,000.00+ from evidence locker (The State)
- TENNESSEE: Former UT football player Geraldo Orta threatened a witness in a rape case, rewarded with job in Knoxville PD (The Tennesseean)
- TEXAS: Return of “zero tolerance” school discipline policies are targeting preteens, students with mental disabilities (Texas Tribune)
- TEXAS: Forensic Science Commission concludes – accurately – that “blood-spatter analysis” is bogus non-science (ProPublica)
- WEST VIRGINIA: Testimony underway in impeachment proceedings against Justice Allen Loughry (WV MetroNews)
- Our episode on Justice Loughry’s suspension (Fsck #69)
- And on the indictment against him (Fsck #71)
- CNN broadcasts Michael Cohen recording of the Papaya POTUS (CNN)
- Our #Law140 on attorney-client privilege (Fsck #42)
- Patterson v Colorado (Justia)
- Near v Minnesota (Oyez)
- Bantam Books v Sullivan (Oyez)
- New York Times v US (Oyez)
- Great prior restraint case law in EFF’s MuckRock brief (EFF)
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