Tag: Brickbat

Brickbat: Miami Vice

A Miami–Dade County sheriff's deputy threatened to arrest a local TV reporter for asking Mayor Daniella Levine Cava a question at a beach and bay cleanup event in a public park. Jeff Weinsier of WPLG Local 10 News wanted…

Brickbat: Partners in Crime

In California, former Rohnert Park police officers Joseph Huffaker and Brendan Tatum will be sentenced together in May after a judge denied Huffaker's request for a new trial. The case involves a scheme where the…

Brickbat: Who Are You

Just hours after it was unveiled, cybersecurity experts found serious flaws in the European Commission's new age-verification app for online services. One expert said it took him less than two minutes to hack into. Poor…

Brickbat: Hard at Work

A federal judge sentenced former Baltimore City Schools Police Officer Lawrence Smith to one year and one day in jail. Smith admitted stealing $215,000 in overtime pay and pleaded guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion.…

Brickbat: Lightening the Mood

Mike Forbess, a 911 dispatcher in Watauga, Texas, was formally reprimanded after making an inappropriate joke during an emergency call. A mother called for help because her daughters were fighting and one had kicked a hole in…

Brickbat: Won't You Stay

In Germany, officials stress that military service remains voluntary. But an update to its military service law, which quietly took effect in January, bars men between ages 17 and 45 from leaving the country for more than…

Brickbat: Coming Back Clean

A local TV news investigation found that hundreds of people in Georgia who were arrested for DUI in 2025 were later shown to be sober, based on blood tests from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The records show that 701…

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