Brickbats
Brickbat: Don't Come Around Here No More
Godson Vondee, a police officer in Prince William County, Virginia, has been charged with stalking and five counts of using a computer to obtain identifying information. He is accused of using the department's criminal…
Brickbat: Sidewalk Slam – Reason.com
Residents of San Francisco's Dolores Heights neighborhood have long parked in their driveways with part of their cars poking out into the sidewalk with no issues. But complaints, and citations, began to surge about six…
Brickbat: Who Audits the Auditor?
Tobias Otieno, a former auditor with the Office of the New York State Comptroller, was arraigned on charges of second degree grand larceny as a public corruption crime. Between June 2022 and September 2024, Otieno was…
Brickbat: Pretty Tied Up
A federal judge sentenced Mario Stewart, a retired police sergeant in Mount Vernon, New York, to six months in prison and six months of home confinement for repeatedly tasing a restrained 20-year-old man who was experiencing…
Brickbat: Not Hiring – Reason.com
Officials in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate announced they will ban members of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party from holding public office. The order would bar any applicants who are members of…
Brickbat: Song and Dance – Reason.com
Egyptian authorities arrested belly dancer Sohila Tarek Hassan Haggag at Cairo International Airport, charging her with "corrupting public morals" over dance videos posted on social media, where she has over 2…
Brickbat: Gone Fishing
Washburn County officials shut down a 15-year-old's bait stand on his family's farm in Spooner, Wisconsin, deeming the shed a zoning violation, according to a cease-and-desist letter that threatened daily fines for…
Brickbat: Terminating X
Turkey's Information and Communication Technologies Authority blocked access to Grok, social media platform X's AI chatbot, as a result of insulting content directed at Turkish public figures, including President…
Brickbat: Artistic License
In England, artist Victoria Culf is suing Watford Borough Council after a council worker falsely claimed Culf was being investigated by police for a hate crime due to her Christian views, which led to her being banned from…
Brickbat: Shocking Mistake – Reason.com
A police officer in Waterbury, Connecticut, was arrested and charged with manslaughter and other offenses after body camera footage showed him mistakenly shooting a suspect with his gun instead of a Taser during a domestic…
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