Police Abuse
The killing of Alex Pretti is a reminder that all state laws are backed up by violence
The killing of Alex Pretti by U.S. Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is hard to defend for anyone who watched the video of his horrifying slaying. Only a few of the most rapid anti-immigration hawks on social…
Border Patrol agents started the scuffle that led to Alex Pretti’s death
During the encounter that culminated in Minneapolis protester Renee Good's death on January 7, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents senselessly escalated a situation that could have been resolved peacefully.…
Alex Pretti’s shooters are shielded from lawsuits, thanks to SCOTUS
If Alex Pretti had been pepper-sprayed, thrown to the ground, disarmed, and repeatedly shot by Minnesota police after exercising his First Amendment right to record law enforcement and his Second Amendment right to keep and…
Democrats plan to block DHS funding after the Alex Pretti killing. Republicans should join them.
After federal immigration agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse, in Minneapolis on Saturday, Senate Democrats say they will block a bill funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which includes…
Brickbat: Durham Bully
Former Durham, North Carolina, police officer Rayshawn Taylor was sentenced to three years and one month in prison plus two years of supervised release after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a man while on duty. Taylor…
DHS promises to investigate Pretti shooting but has prejudged the outcome
Hours after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jonathan Ross fatally shot 37-year-old Minneapolis protester Renee Good on January 7, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said Good was engaged in…
The Trump administration is lying about Alex Pretti and gun rights
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents shot and killed a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis, Minnesota, outside a restaurant on Saturday. The victim, 37-year-old Alex Pretti, was licensed to carry a firearm, and he had one with…
ICE agent in Maine tells observer he’s going in a domestic terrorist database
Video taken this morning in Maine shows an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer taking pictures of a legal observer's car. When she asks why he's doing that, he says, "Because we have a nice little…
Cop-assisted extortion of DWI arrestees in New Mexico included getting them drunk
For three decades, Albuquerque defense attorney Thomas Clear bribed police officers to make drunk driving cases against his clients disappear. The cops typically did that by deliberately failing to show up at administrative…
‘The Rip’ is a just-ok Miami cop thriller that’s really about Netflix
Looked at one way, The Rip is just a story about corrupt Florida cops. Loosely—very loosely—based on the true story of some Miami police officers who found a giant stash of drug money in a suburban house, The Rip takes that…
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