from the apex-predators dept Law enforcement officers and sexual assault go hand-in-hand. Give someone enough power and they’re sure to abuse it. That’s just human nature. Only the best people should be trusted with this much power, but this nation ...
Seward County, Nebraska’s Uniformed Roadside Bandits Are Raking In Millions In Asset Forfeiture Cash
from the not-a-crime-if-you’ve-got-a-badge-I-guess dept Seward County is distinguished from Nebraska’s many blink-and-you’ll-miss-it counties by its penchant for seizing cash from motorists. The county’s population checks in at under 18,000 but its overly enthusiastic law enforcement still manages to rake in ...
from the nose-dive-continues-uninterrupted dept NSO Group is irredeemable. It must know that by know. Its investors know it. The public knows it. Even the government of the country it set up shop in — a shop filled with ex-government employees ...
from the do-it-right-the-first-time dept The Supreme Court’s Riley decision has been the law of the land since 2014. If cops want to search seized cell phones, they need a warrant. Nearly a decade on, cops are still violating it. The ...
from the gang-members-first,-law-enforcement-officers-second dept The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department doesn’t have a great track record. In addition to the usual stuff expected from law enforcement agencies (biased policing, zero accountability, civil rights abuses, excessive force deployment), the LASD has been ...
