Brickbats
Brickbat: Punitive Provisions
Former Morgan County, Alabama, jail officer Jarvis Moore faces seven felony extortion charges tied to taking honey buns and other commissary items from inmates. Moore admits he took the items but says he was following jail…
Not Getting the Full Picture
The United Kingdom's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) banned a Transport for London (TfL) Facebook ad because it showed a black teenage boy verbally harassing a white girl, which the ASA said reinforced a negative…
Brickbat: Drunk With Power
Asa Pearl, a former Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) trooper, had 41 DUI arrests dismissed in Bedford County. Of those cases—which occurred between 2021 and 2024, when Pearl resigned—22 were tossed because tests showed the…
Brickbat: Police Priorities
In Australia, a Gold Coast couple suffered a home invasion in which when masked thieves stole valuables and drove off with their car. They say more than a month has passed and police have still not responded to the incident.…
Brickbat: Going Dutch
The Netherlands House of Representatives has approved a bill that would tax unrealized gains on stocks, bonds, and cryptocurrency. Under the new plan, starting January 1, 2028, Dutch taxpayers must pay 36 percent of profits…
Brickbat: Close Enough
A DUI arrest in Rockmart, Georgia, triggered an investigation into the officer who made it because tests later showed the driver's blood alcohol was well below the legal limit. When Officer Thomas Maguire pulled him…
Brickbat: Train to Nowhere
A new bill in California would let the inspector general for the state's troubled high-speed rail project keep records secret from the public if officials think they could reveal weaknesses, like security risks or…
Brickbat: Paid To Go Away
In nine years as a police officer in Kansas City, Missouri, Blayne Newton fatally shot three people and injured others, costing the city millions of dollars to settle lawsuits resulting from his actions. He has now agreed to…
Brickbat: Walking in a Winter Wonderland
A recent snow storm left long stretches of New York City's public sidewalks covered in snow and ice, making them more difficult for people to walk on safely, because the city doesn't automatically clear its own…
Brickbat: Down the Wrong Pathway
A British government–funded video game aimed at students aged 11 to 18 is warning teenagers that questioning mass migration or even researching immigration statistics online could lead to a referral to the U.K.'s…
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