https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/a ... lance-billACLU, NACDL, and Coalition of Civil Rights and Criminal Justice Groups Urge Congress to Vote “NO” on DEA Surveillance Bill
Instead of Meaningfully Addressing the Overdose Crisis, Cooper Davis Act Incentivizes Online Services to Surveill Users
WASHINGTON - In a letter sent today to the Senate Judiciary Committee, the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers were joined by 14 other criminal justice and civil rights organizations to urge senators to vote no on S. 1080, the Cooper Davis Act. The bill would require private messaging services, social media companies, and even cloud providers to report their users to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) if they find out about certain illegal drug sales.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ice-f ... tic-summer'People Didn't Listen': Complete Loss of Arctic Summer Sea Ice Now Inevitable, Warn Scientists
"As scientists, we've been warning about the loss of Arctic summer sea ice for decades," said one researcher.
JULIA CONLEY
Jun 06, 2023
https://video.vice.com/en_us/video/my-p ... 74350738e7My Photo Helped Expose the CIA Coverup of the Iran-Contra Affair
In this latest installment of I WAS THERE, photojournalist Lou Dematteis recounts the moments that led up to him photographing the capture of U.S. mercenary Eugene Hasenfus after the cargo plane Eugene was on was shot down and crashed in the Nicaraguan countryside. Lou's photograph, along
https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxjjnq/ ... governmentOK, WTF Is Going on With the 'Intact Craft of Non-Human Origin' Allegedly Recovered by the U.S. Government?
There are currently no public details on what evidence or documentation, if any, the whistleblower may have.
By Chloe Xiang
June 6, 2023
https://www.commondreams.org/news/nothi ... arlan-crow'Nothing Off the Table': Wyden Says Subpoena Possible for Billionaire Harlan Crow
"It comes as little surprise that Mr. Crow is doubling down on bogus legal theories as he continues to stonewall basic questions about his gifts to Clarence Thomas and his family."
BRETT WILKINS
Jun 06, 2023
https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/0 ... -of-staff/Biden Appoints Strong Candidate For Nuremberg-Style War Crimes Tribunal As New Head of Joint Chiefs of Staff
By Jeremy Kuzmarov - June 5, 2023
Charles “CQ” Brown, Jr., Oversaw Secret Bombing Campaigns in Iraq and Syria that Killed Many Civilians and Has Been Deeply Involved in Dispursing Weapons to Ukraine
When President Joe Biden named General Charles “CQ” Brown, Jr., to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the top military officer in the U.S., the mainstream media gushed that he would be the first African American to hold the position since Colin Powell held it from 1989 t
https://www.wwnytv.com/2023/06/05/lowvi ... t-looming/Lowville police chief, sergeant remain on job with possible arrest looming
By Jeff Cole
Published: Jun. 5,2023
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2 ... g-address/Waco police officer shoots, kills dog after responding to wrong address
“We are regretful of the outcome,” the department said in a statement.
By Michael Williams
Jun 6, 2023
https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/12/los ... r-sheriff/Another Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Gang Member Admits The Department Has Plenty Of Gang Members
from the gang-members-first,-law-enforcement-officers-second dept
Mon, Jun 5th 2023 08:07pm - Tim Cushing
The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department doesn’t have a great track record. In addition to the usual stuff expected from law enforcement agencies (biased policing, zero accountability, civil rights abuses, excessive force deployment), the LASD has been home to deputy gangs pretty much since its inception.
Its recent string of elected sheriffs hasn’t done anything to eliminate this problem. Sheriff Lee Baca ended his career facing federal criminal charges. Sheriff Alex Villanueva ran as a reformer but was run out of office after spending his tenure intimidating critics, threatening
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wi ... h-99877021ABC News
UK police motorcyclist under criminal investigation over royal escort crashA British police motorcyclist is facing a criminal investigation over the death of a woman who was struck in a collision with the officer's...
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/wif ... e-99883540Wife of slain man says police didn't respond to her 911 report that he had been taken hostage
A woman who received a desperate text from her husband indicating he had been taken hostage says she called 911 but that police didn't respond until about an hour later, by which time he had been shot and killed
ByCOLLEEN SLEVIN June 6, 2023,
https://www.boston25news.com/news/local ... UPU4E2D4E/‘Respect and empathy’: Local police training is adapting to reflect the changing nature of the job
By Bob Dumas
June 06, 2023
https://policeviolencereport.org1,200 people were killed by police in 2022.
Officers were charged with a crime in only 11 of these cases. One percent of all killings by police
Each year, fewer than 3% of killings by police result in officers being charged with a crime. Officers are disproportionately prosecuted by Black prosecutors — especially Black women. Representing only 1% of the nation’s elected prosecutors, Black women were 9% of prosecutors who charged officers for killing someone, 11% of prosecutors convicting officers and 19% of prosecutors charging officers in two or more deadly force incidents from 2013-2022.
https://truthout.org/articles/police-ki ... gLZx_D_BwEPolice Killed Nearly 100 People a Month in 2022, Data Shows
A preliminary report finds police killed over 1,100 people last year, the most killings in any year in the past decade.
By Sharon Zhang
January 6, 2023
https://www.economist.com/1843/2023/06/ ... wn-americaDrone cops are coming for small-town America
Some think that they can prevent confrontations from escalating. Civil-liberties groups are sceptical
https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-cop-t ... ngs-spike/The Times of Israel
Top cop tasked with combatting Arab community violence quits as killings spikeThe head of a police unit tasked with fighting crime among Israeli Arabs resigned Tuesday, as leaders sought answers for a surge of deadly...
https://www.tampabay.com/news/tampa/202 ... nder-past/Tampa Bay Times
Tampa cop resigns amid investigation of political player with sex offender pastOfficer William Cain failed to inform officials that he knew political player Gio Fucarino was using an alias and was untruthful when asked...
https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/edit ... 53091.htmlThe Kansas City Star
Missouri AG defies judge 6th time, keeps ex-KC cop convicted of manslaughter free | OpinionAG Andrew Bailey still hasn't responded to Eric DeValkenaere's appeal to his manslaughter conviction in the death of KC's Cameron Lamb.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2023/0 ... ficer.htmlThe Toronto Star
‘I was going to shoot him in the head’: Toronto cop admits to threatening fellow officerConst. Kehui Li admitted to telling his partner “I was so mad that I was going to shoot him in the head,” following a verbal dispute with a...
https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/06/05 ... e-his-car/Block Club Chicago
This Chicago Cop Got Out Of 44 Tickets By Saying Over And Over That His Girlfriend Stole His CarChicago police officer Jeffrey Kriv used the same alibi to contest dozens of traffic tickets over the years. A deeper look at his career...
https://www.unionleader.com/voices/city ... e0640.htmlCity Matters: One Strange Brew cop remains on Laurie List and wants off
Mark Hayward Jun 4, 2023
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/05/loc ... quivalent/Locked Out Of NSO Group’s Pegasus Spyware, DEA Purchases Exploits From Its Non-Union, Israeli Equivalent
(Mis)Uses of Technology
from the pegasus,-paragon:-tomato,-tomahto dept
Mon, Jun 5th 2023 01:35pm - Tim Cushing
First off, let’s just clear one thing up: the headline is a Simpson’s reference, not a dog whistle aimed at unions and/or the Jewish population of Israel.
Facts in evidence:
Let’s face it: the DEA doesn’t care what anybody thinks of it. It will continue to get funded. It will continue to say incredibly stupid shit. It will continue to gain the attention and support of alarmists. And it will continue to seek out the spyware it desires to carry out its mission, which appears to be “lose the war on drugs for decades in a row.”
The administration can blacklist, criticize, and strongly suggest federal agencies not do business with shady exploit hawkers. None of these things will have an effect on the DEA, which will
https://wgntv.com/news/park-ridge/teen- ... -evidence/Friend who recorded teen pinned by CPD cop wanted ‘hard evidence’ if something bad happened
by: Sean Lewis
Posted: Jun 6, 2023
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-ear ... president/Trump Earned $82 Million From Properties in Scotland and Ireland While President
A watchdog group called the income Trump made from his properties while in office “extraordinary conflicts of interest.”
By Chris Walker , TRUTHOUT
Published
June 6, 2023
Copaganda
https://www.wane.com/top-stories/police ... cop-event/WANE 15
Police connect with community over cold brew through ‘Coffee with a Cop’ eventThose who attended "Coffee with a Cop" were treated to a free small coffee and a cookie.
https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/06/cop_city_paypal/Police use of PayPal records under fire after raid on 'Cop City' protest fund trio
Nearly anything can look like money laundering if you squint hard enough
Jessica Lyons Hardcastle
Tue 6 Jun 2023Three supporters of activists against a $90 million police training facility dubbed Cop City were arrested after the cops used PayPal data to bring money-laundering
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/06/pos ... n-misinfo/Possible Reasons Why YouTube Has Given Up Trying To Police 2020 Election Misinfo
Content Moderation
from the maybe-not-the-end-of-the-world dept
Tue, Jun 6th 2023 12:16pm - Mike Masnick
Judging by the number of very angry press releases that landed in my inbox this past Friday, you’d think that YouTube had decided to personally burn down democracy. You see, that day the company announced an update to its approach to moderating election misinformation, effectively saying that it would no longer try to police most such misinformation regarding the legitimacy of the 2020
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/06/wel ... -any-more/Welcome To Twitter, Linda Yaccarino, No One Wants To Advertise On Your Terrible Platform Any More
Failures
from the pretend-captain-on-a-sinking-ship dept
Tue, Jun 6th 2023 09:28am - Mike Masnick
On Monday of this week, new CEO Linda Yaccarino officially became CEO of Twitter. Of course, basically no one believes that she’s actually the CEO. Everyone knows that Elon Musk, who in the past has mocked the “CEO” title anyway, is still in charge. He still owns the company and is executive chairman, meaning that he can still fire Yaccarino whenever he wants. And he’s still managing the company and its products. Any honest look at what’s happening here would recognize that Yaccarino’s role is somewhere between “VP of Marketing & Advertising” and “the person we sent to meetings when Elon has pissed
https://whowhatwhy.org/science/environm ... ransition/The Unequal Benefits of California’s Electric Vehicle Transition
JENESSA DUNCOMBE 06/06/23
https://theintercept.com/2023/06/06/cop ... ding-vote/NO ONE BELIEVES IN COP CITY. SO WHY DID ATLANTA’S CITY COUNCIL FUND IT?
George Chidi
https://theintercept.com/2023/06/05/dhs ... -andy-ngo/DHS INTEL REPORT ON COP CITY PROTESTERS CRIBBED FAR-RIGHT ACTIVIST ANDY NGO
The intelligence report described the demonstrations as a “violent far-left occupation” — a phrase copied directly from an article by Ngo a day earlier.
Ken Klippenstein
June 5 2023
https://truthout.org/articles/supreme-c ... cking-ban/Supreme Court Won’t Hear Industry Challenge to California Offshore Fracking Ban
Lower courts ruled that fracking for oil and gas in the Pacific Ocean could pose a threat to marine life.
By Mike Ludwig , TRUTHOUT
https://truthout.org/articles/merck-sue ... extortion/Merck Sues Government, Saying Plan to Lower Medicare Drug Prices Is “Extortion”
The company claims that the plan to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices violates the First and Fifth Amendments.
By Sharon Zhang , TRUTHOUT
June 6, 2023
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/ ... -extremistMoms for Liberty listed as ‘anti-government’ group by extremism watchdog
The ‘parents’ rights’ group has backed book bans and the removal of discussions of race and LGBTQ+ issues in schools
Jason Wilson
Tue 6 Jun 2023 16.01 EDT