https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... sentencingSix Mississippi ‘Goon Squad’ officers get 15 to 45 years for torture of Black men
The men pleaded guilty to state charges in brutal racist attack of Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker in January 2023
Adria R Walker
Wed 10 Apr 2024 13.48 EDT
https://truthout.org/articles/report-av ... id=2469854Report: Average US Taxpayer Paid Over $5,000 Toward Militarism in 2023
Lockheed Martin, which is profiting directly from Israel’s genocide, received $249 from the average taxpayer last year.
By Sharon Zhang , TRUTHOUT
Published April 9, 2024
Of this, $2,974 of the average taxpayers’ money went to the Pentagon alone. And because defense contractors receive more than half of the Pentagon budget — fueling skyrocketing profits, CEO pays and stock buyback budgets in recent years — they were able to pilfer $1,748 from the average taxpayer in just one year. Lockheed Martin, which is profiting directly from Israel’s genocide, received $249 from the average taxpayer, more than the typical weekly food expenses for an American household, the report found.
https://covertactionmagazine.com/2024/0 ... n-germany/Occupied Nation: How the CIA Created Modern Germany
By Kit Klarenberg - April 9, 2024
https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/warran ... ector-saysApril 9, 2024
Warrant Requirement for FBI’s Section 702 Queries Would Impede Investigations, Endanger National Security, Director Says
Wray says requirement would hinder our ability to combat cyberattacks, terrorism
https://www.igpub.com/the-terror-factory/THE TERROR FACTORY
Inside the FBI's Manufactured War on Terrorism
“Compelling, shocking, and gritty with intrigue.” –Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“A real eye-opener that questions how well the country’s security is being protected.”–Kirkus Reviews
“This is investigative reporting at its best. For the first time, a documented investigation into the domestic terrorism program is available to the general public. And the story this dogged reporter tells has been garnering growing attention. Is it possible that we have in fact created the very threat we fear? Are we in danger of destroying the fabric of our freedom in our panic to preserve it? Read Aaronson’s ground breaking report and make up your own mind.”–Lowell Bergman, Pulitzer Prize-winning Professor of Investigative Reporting
“A disturbing window into America’s war on terror. In story after story, Aaronson reveals in detail how the FBI and its informants are creating crime rather than solving it. This is an important piece of journalism.”—Alexandra Natapoff, author, Snitching: Criminal Informants and the Erosion of American Justice
“The Terror Factoryis a damning exposé of how the government’s front line against terrorism has become a network of snitches at the end of their ropes, and FBI agents desperate to thwart a terrorist plot even if it means creating one.”–Will Potter, author, Green is the New Red: An Insider’s Account of a Social Movement Under Siege
“Aaronson explains just how misguided and often deceptive FBI terrorism sting operations have become. In case after case, he demonstrates how the money being spent is more about producing theater than about federal agents arresting suspected terrorists.”–James J. Wedick, former FBI Supervisory Agent
https://theintercept.com/2024/04/08/nca ... terrorism/FEDS SEARCH BASKETBALL ARENA FOR DOMESTIC NUCLEAR TERRORISTS IN THEIR OWN MARCH MADNESS
As UConn meets Purdue, the national security state wants you worried about a different faceoff.
Ken Klippenstein April 8 2024
https://www.themainewire.com/2024/04/co ... t-it-down/Court Records Show Maine State Police Inspected Illegal TCO Drug Hub in July 2023, Waited Nearly Six Months to Shut It Down
A law enforcement source who asked not to be named as they were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter said there could have been several reasons for the delay in executing the Belgrade search warrants.
BY SEAMUS OTHOTAPRIL 9, 2024
https://thehill.com/homenews/4585124-ch ... 100-times/Chicago leaders react to footage of shooting in which officers fired nearly 100 times
BY TAHMAN BRADLEY, DANA REBIK AND ERIK RUNGE - 04/10/24
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/08/cou ... onviction/Court Calls Out BS ‘Driving While Black’ Traffic Stops While Tossing Felony Possession Conviction
Legal Issues
from the another-pretext-vanishes-under-scrutiny dept
Mon, Apr 8th 2024 03:41pm - Tim Cushing
While it’s not ultimately a factor in the court’s decision, it’s nice to see a court call out biased policing while discussing the merits of the case. This decision [PDF], handed down by an Illinois state appellate court, makes it pretty clear the court believes this stop would never had happened if the driver happened to be white. (via FourthAmendment.com)
It’s futile to believe biased policing isn’t the norm in the United States. There’s simply too much data to dispute. In this decision, even more data is presented that makes it clear “driving while black” (DWB) is considered reasonable suspicion for a traffic stop and, often, a vehicle search by far too many US law enforcement officers.
This one starts with a pretext: a minor traffic violation three officers hoped to convert into a search of the vehicle the black man was driving.
Deshaun Carpenter was driving an “older model” Dodge Nitro with one broken taillight and a small object suspended from the rearview mirror when three officers curbed the car, ordered Carpenter out, and asked whether “narcotics” or “weapons” were in the vehicle.
As courts have often noted in cases like these, any pretext will do as long as the pretext holds up. In this case, it didn’t. As soon as the officers were questioned in court during the trial, the pretext fell apart.
An officer admitted on cross-examination that a single broken taillight was not a lawful basis for a stop.
There goes that pretext. The officers had a backup plan, though. It was the “small object suspended from the rearview mirror.” And that
https://www.remoteviewed.com/wp-content ... roject.pdfThe Oak Island Money Pit
This project was a client based project run by Courtney Brown of the Farsight Institute. The second RV session on paper in this files was recorded LIVE on multiple cameras with a camera team from a film studio. This was my first ever RV experiment on camera
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/09/new ... slightest/New Net Neutrality Rules Won’t Harm Telecom Giants In The Slightest
Broadband
from the cry-more dept
Tue, Apr 9th 2024 05:24am - Karl Bode
The FCC is expected to vote to restore net neutrality rules on April 25. And while there’re early indications that the rules may be slightly weaker than those stripped away by the Trump administration — and absolutely no indication the rules could meaningfully impact telecom revenues — telecom giants have already begun their whining about “burdensome regulation” in earnest.
Revolving door poster child Michael Powell, who once led the FCC but now lobbies for the cable industry, was quick to once again insist that the basic net neutrality rules would result in a parade of horribles:
Powell, the CEO of cable lobby group NCTA-The Internet & Television Association, was the FCC chairman under President George W. Bush. Powell said the FCC must “reverse course to avoid years of litigation and uncertainty” in a reference to the inevitable lawsuits that industry groups will file against the agency.
The NCTA said in another statement that the FCC “is pushing unnecessary regulation that will slam the brakes on Internet for all and deny millions—especially in rural areas—the important opportunities that high-speed Internet brings.”
As is usually the case with net neutrality fights, none of that is actually true. The courts have already ruled that it’s well within the FCC’s right to impose or repeal net neutrality rules provided their arguments are based in factual reality. The only thing the FCC can’t do is abdicate its federal consumer protection authority, then try and tell states what to do (something the Trump FCC tried and failed to accomplish).
Meanwhile, the rules generally give ample leeway for big ISPs to engage in dodgy and anti-competitive behavior — if they’re just slightly creative about it. And the FCC, regardless of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLLl5NOLdwAMichael Ruppert Collapse Full Documentary Movie
https://thehill.com/video-clips/4585003 ... atch-live/House Transportation Committee hears update on FBI headquarters: Watch live
BY THE HILL STAFF - 04/10/24
A House Transportation & Infrastructure subcommittee is holding a hearing Wednesday entitled “From Headquarters Building to Field Offices: Examining the FBI’s Real Estate Needs and Strategy.”
Funding for a new FBI headquarters has spurred controversy among both parties. Republicans question the provision of such a large sum for a federal agency they believe has been overstepping its mandate. Virginia Democrats, along with some Congressional
https://www.patriotledger.com/story/new ... 241299007/'Unfit for duty': Weymouth cop stripped of right to be an officer anywhere in Massachusetts
Jessica Trufant The Patriot Ledger
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/ ... 259878007/Feds: Warren cop pleads guilty in beating of suspect in city jail
Christina Hall Detroit Free Press
https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/04/10/ ... it-appeal/San Jose: Excessive force trial for racist text cop on hold pending 9th Circuit appeal
SJPD officer Mark McNamara wants appellate court to grant him qualified immunity; also seeks to move prospective trial out of Bay Area
By ROBERT SALONGA |
rsalonga@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: April 10, 2024
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/04/10 ... -watchdog/Cops Who Shot At Dexter Reed 96 Times Were Being Investigated For Another Traffic Stop: Watchdog
In a letter to Chicago’s top cop, investigators questioned how officers saw a seat belt violation through tinted windows and why they fired nearly 100 times at Reed.
By Joe Ward
https://www.kten.com/story/50653530/for ... rn-chargesTishomingo cop Brandon Wade LeDoux facing child porn charges
Tuesday, April 9th 2024
By Lincoln Revill
COPAGANDA
https://www.thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/ ... llegiance/‘More than a Cop Show’: Why ‘Allegiance’ Pulls Us In
The new CBC series set in Surrey aims to complicate mainstream police show narratives.
Dorothy Woodend TodayThe Tyee
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/1984 ... 235965268/‘Beverly Hills Cop,’ ‘Footloose’ and More 1984 Classics Returning to Netflix Theaters With Milestone Movies Collection (EXCLUSIVE)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/movies-and ... o-scotlandBrooding noir ‘Damaged’ takes cop from Lake Shore Drive to lochs of Scotland
Samuel L. Jackson commands the screen again as Chicago detective investigating serial murders in Edinburgh.
By Richard Roeper Apr 10, 2024
https://www.yourvalley.net/peoria-indep ... cop,489913Peoria Police Department to host Coffee with a Cop
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chica ... d-incidentChicago cop relieved of police powers, accused of sexual misconduct in 2023 Goose Island incident
By Jenna Carroll Published April 9, 2024 Goose Island FOX 32 Chicago
Cop shoots 15-year-old boy accused of aiming fake gun at homes, Ohio police say BY LAUREN LIEBHABER APRIL 09, 2024 5:32 PM
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https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation- ... rylink=cpyhttps://fightbacknews.org/articles/jack ... p-arrestedJacksonville rallies after killer cop arrested
By staff
April 9, 2024
https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/ ... 393661.phpOwners of Simsbury, Canton restaurants former cop allegedly burglarized say thief acted quickly
By Christine Dempsey, Staff writer April 9, 2024
https://www.jezebel.com/before-he-was-a ... ng-threatsBefore He Was a GOP Lawmaker, This Cop Was Fired Over Rape and Mass Shooting Threats
New Hampshire Rep. Jon Stone (R) was ousted from the Claremont Police Department for threatening to rape the police chief’s daughter and go on a shooting spree. He's held public office for two terms now.
By Kylie Cheung | April 9, 2024
https://covertactionmagazine.com/2024/0 ... -march-17/CovertAction Bulletin: Why were there protests in Cuba on March 17?
By Rachel Hu and Chris Garaffa - April 10, 2024
https://theintercept.com/2024/04/10/mic ... itary-use/MICROSOFT PITCHED OPENAI’S DALL-E AS BATTLEFIELD TOOL FOR U.S. MILITARY
Any battlefield use of the software would be a dramatic turnaround for OpenAI, which describes its mission as developing AI that can benefit all of humanity.
Sam Biddle April 10 2024, 8:00
https://whowhatwhy.org/elections/bidens ... in-senate/Biden’s Manufactured Ballot Problem in Ohio Could Help GOP Win Senate
JONATHAN SIMON 04/08/24
In Ohio, a technicality in the state's voting laws could keep Joe Biden off the ballot -- and Sherrod Brown out of the Senate.
https://whowhatwhy.org/science/environm ... eeds-more/The IRA Has Injected $240 Billion Into Clean Energy. The US Still Needs More.
SYRIS VALENTINE 03/28/24
An analysis of the bill’s impact shows that for every $1 the government invested, the private sector spent $5.00
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/04/10 ... his-month/APRIL 10, 2024
Almost a Billion Indians Will Vote This Month…..
BY VIJAY PRASHAD – DMITRIS GIVISIS