Police
Brickbat: Two-Tiered Justice
A federal judge sentenced Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Douglas Kirk to four months in prison after he was allowed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of excessive force despite being previously convicted of a…
Trump deploys 700 U.S. Marines to Los Angeles amid protests and riots
700 Marines dispatched: President Donald Trump sent 700 Marines to California, where riots and protests against immigration raids are still going on, to protect federal property and personnel. This follows the deployment of…
Denver case highlights potentially deadly hazards of warrants based on hearsay
On a Friday night in March 2023, Sean Horan called 911 to report that Michael Mendenhall, who runs a staffing agency out of a converted townhouse on Blake Street in Denver, had threatened him with a baseball bat. Based on…
Los Angeles riots break out over ICE immigration raids, Trump deploys National Guard
Riots in Los Angeles: President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard in Los Angeles following three days of clashes between protesters and police. The riots were set off when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents…
Trump wants to revive the militarization of police
In recent years, American public opinion about police has swung wildly from strong support for law enforcement, to serious calls for reform in the wake of high-profile cases of police brutality and killings by officers, back…
Abrego Garcia’s Back. Dems, Be Careful What You Wish For.
Salvadoran MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia is being returned to the United States after the Department of Justice demanded he be tried on criminal charges, including human trafficking. Meanwhile, House Minority Leader…
Senate bill to ban ‘doxxing’ police would chill free speech
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R–Tenn.) introduced a bill Wednesday that would make it a federal felony punishable by up to five years in prison to publish the name of a federal law enforcement officer with the intent to obstruct an…
Police blew up Texas woman’s home and sent her the bill. A judge says she’s owed $60,000.
Years after a SWAT team in Texas destroyed an innocent woman's home while trying to apprehend a fugitive, the local government will have to pay her $60,000 in damages plus interest, a federal judge ruled Thursday. That…
Texas cop who killed unarmed man not entitled to qualified immunity
A federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas denied qualified immunity—a legal doctrine that protects local and state government officials from civil liability unless their actions violate a clearly established…
Is is ‘harassment’ to heckle your local politician? A British court thinks so.
A court in Cardiff convicted two Welsh protesters on Tuesday of "harassment" for causing "alarm and distress" to Alex Davies-Jones, the member of Parliament for Pontypridd and the undersecretary of state…
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