LAPD Officers Gather In Court To Bitch About Having Their Photos...
You would think this is a done deal, but it isn’t. It just keeps getting stupider. Last year, journalist Ben Camacho filed a public records request for photos of all active Los Angeles PD officers....
View ArticleSettlement In Florida Book Ban Lawsuit Means A Bunch Of Books Are Headed Back...
Florida’s legislative antipathy towards free speech and general overall bigotry has generated plenty of bad laws and plenty of fully justified lawsuits. Earlier this month, the state’s quasi-book bans...
View ArticleEx-Cop Wields Law That Only Protects Cops To Sue Data Broker For Selling His...
We all hate data brokers. I mean, those of us who aren’t in law enforcement. Law enforcement tends to love data brokers because they allow investigators to collect a bunch of stuff (including location...
View ArticleApple Dumps Suit Against NSO Group After Israeli Government Walks Off With A...
Well, it worked. We’ll have to see how this plays out in the lawsuit WhatsApp brought against NSO Group, but it has managed to shed one litigant thanks to intervention from the home team: the Israeli...
View ArticleLawsuit: Cops Stood By While Elderly Woman Was Stabbed 68 Times; Cops: Hey,...
This isn’t a good look for the Las Vegas Metro PD, even if it’s completely supported by court precedent. No matter how often law enforcement agencies sling around the phrase “protect and serve,” they...
View ArticleLAPD Raids Medical Lab For (Nonexistent) Weed, Get Gun Stuck In An MRI Machine
Some of our nation’s finest Drug Warriors are at it again. And by “at it,” I mean doing seriously stupid, seriously unconstitutional stuff in hopes of finding drugs or (better yet!) cash that will...
View ArticleDetroit Cops Misused ALPR Tech To Seize An Innocent Person’s Car For Three Weeks
The Detroit PD is a case study in misuse of powerful surveillance tech. The department is notable for being involved in no less than three wrongful arrests, due to misuse/abuse of its facial...
View ArticleNorfolk, Virginia Residents Sue City Over Its Network Of 172 Flock Cameras
This lawsuit could not be more impeccably timed. Whether or not this timing is more fortuitous than impeccable remains to be seen, but there’s no denying the bang-bang-bang effect on display here, even...
View ArticleCourt Tells Plaintiff Oft-Abused Wiretap Act Can’t Be Abused To Cover Website...
Very few states laws can be considered to be “famous.” Almost any state law immediately recognized by people in other states can only be described as “infamous.” The Wiretap Law enacted in...
View ArticleHonolulu Pays $175,000 To Settle Lawsuit Over Arrest Of A 10-Year-Old Girl
If you put cops in schools, this is what you get: On the morning of January 10, 2020, a parent complained to school officials about a sketch N.B. and other students had drawn in response to another...
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