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Bloodied Faces, Sobbing Children: #Immigration Officers Smash Car Windows to Speed Up Arrests
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We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before #Trump took office.
#ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.”
You can judge for yourself.
#News #Government #HumanRights #Police #Courts #Politics
https://projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-smashed-windows-deportation-arrests/
Out today, a story months in the making...
In August, #Austin Police Department violently arrested two pro-Palestine activists at the city's annual #Pride march, and I investigated why and how it happened.
Even though Pride itself claimed to be welcoming to symbols of Palestinian liberation, police who were deployed to "protect" the #LGBTQIA+ community from violent threats ended up attacking us instead. https://thebarbedwire.com/2024/10/18/you-can-fly-any-flag-at-austin-pride-except-a-palestinian-one/
#police #Palestine @palestine #queer #news #Texas
Join the Texas Observer in conversation with author Jessica Pishko on February 5th for this FREE event at Alienated Majesty Books.
We'll discuss Pishko's provocative and important book about the dangers posed by extremist sheriffs in the United States.
RSVP: https://buff.ly/4gzkA5r
#events #books #bookstodon @bookstodon #Austin #Texas #police #extremism #CriminalJustice #law
“This is the administration trying to ramp up agreements with local law enforcement agencies to be a force multiplier for mass deportation.”
New from Francesca D'Annunzio: Police are signing 'task force' agreements with #ICE in order to ramp up the displacement of the undocumented. https://www.texasobserver.org/local-state-police-ice-287g-task-force/
#immigration #politics #USpol #Trump #news #HumanRights #CriminalJustice #police
New from Francesca D'Annunzio: Under Governor Greg Abbott's multi-billion dollar border security bonanza, Operation Lone Star, the Rio Grande no longer holds back law enforcement efforts. Today's digital border reaches across Texas and beyond. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-surveillance-arsenal-artificial-intelligence-lege/
This story is presented in partnership with the Pulitzer Center.
#surveillance #tech #SocialMedia #GregAbbott #police #border #privacy #security #USpol #politics #news
How does this protect your immigrant neighbors who are being raided by ICE? Does this rally help a transgender person maintain access to their gender-affirming medications?
Partly inspired by today's 50501 protests, I wrote some thoughts about how and where I think we should be using our energy in 2025: https://www.patreon.com/posts/stop-marching-on-121443258
(Edit: It's a free post, no membership required)
Outlook not so good 🎱
Police tech doesn’t predict crime. It predicts policing.
Based on biased data, it brings more of the same – racist policing and poverty punishment.
Read our latest blog on why crime 'predicting' police tech must be BANNED ⬇️
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/why-predictive-policing-must-be-banned/
#policing #AI #precrime #justice #criminal #police #ukpol #ukpolitics #surveillance
My latest for Deceleration: Greg Abbott could defund the #police in San Marcos—at least partially—if the Texas governor carries through with his threats over a proposed city council resolution calling for a ceasefire in #Gaza. https://deceleration.news/palestine-greg-abbott-defund-san-marcos-police-israeli-violence/
#politics #Texas #SanMarcos #Palestine #FreePalestine #BDS #news #GregAbbott #USpol
A reminder to all the TERFs and transphobic queers out there that the first Pride was a riot, literally. And it was led by transwomen and drag queens, including Marsha P. Johnson, as well as lesbians, who refused to submit to police bodily searches during a raid on the Stonewall Inn night club, and who fought back during the cops' attempts to mass arrest patrons and community members.
#lgbtq #pride #stonewall #transrightsarehumanrights #transphobia #Riot #police #policebrutality #homophobia
#US abandons #PoliceReform accords sought over deaths of #GeorgeFloyd & #BreonnaTaylor
The #DOJ is abandoning efforts to secure court-approved settlements w/ #Minneapolis & #Louisville, despite its prior finding that #police in both cities routinely violated the #CivilRights of #Black people, a snr ofcl said on Wed.
#law #BLM #ACAB
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-abandons-police-reform-accords-sought-over-deaths-george-floyd-breonna-taylor-2025-05-21/
Hey everyone,
With all the craziness going on, please check out and share:
http://www.dontcallthepolice.com
It’s an online directory of local resources available as alternatives to contacting law enforcement if you need help with DV, mental health, housing, LGBTQ+ support, protecting your vote, crisis management, addiction, etc.
#politics #uspol #ice #Police #mentalhealth #housing #lgbtq #votingrights #addiction
Over 100 years ago, El Paso became the first city in the USA to ban marijuana. Now, #Texas is renewing its commitment to tradition with a bill that will destroy 10,000s of jobs if it goes into effect, fully banning all products with THC despite years of normalization of their usage in our state.
My latest for the @TexasObserver: https://www.texasobserver.org/dan-patrick-texas-devastating-thc-ban/
#drugs #health #cannabis #news #politics #USpol #TXlege #law #police
Since Trump took office, immigration officials have more than quadrupled the number of 287(g) agreements with law enforcement agencies across 40 states, giving local officers authority to function as deportation agents in jails and the streets.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-deportation-police-287g-program-expansion?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#Trump Suddenly Cares About 'Insurrectionists' & Protecting Cops
#Insurrectionists beat #cops w/flag poles, crushed them w/riot shields, tased them in the neck, & spat on them during the deadly attack on the US Capitol on #Jan6, 2021. But when Trump claimed on Monday that he has no tolerance for "insurrectionists" who clash w/ #police officers, he wasn't talking about the 1,500 rioters he pardoned upon assuming office earlier this year;
#law #hypocrisy #propaganda
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-insurrectionists-protecting-cops-1235359943/
4 fmr high-ranking #police officers are suing Mayor #EricAdams of #NewYork, accusing him of enabling #corruption in the #NYPD, an agency where they said anyone who spoke out faced #retaliation & #humiliation.
The separate lawsuits filed on Monday in #NY State Supreme Court come as Adams, a fmr police captain, is running for re-election & using falling crime numbers to bolster his campaign.
#law #Trump #QuidProQuo
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/nyregion/nypd-corruption-lawsuits-adams.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#Minnesota Senator #JohnHoffman & State Representative #MelissaHortman, along with their spouses, have been shot by men dressed as #police officers who showed up at their homes in Brooklyn Park & Champlin, according to law enforcement sources & local media.
The first shooting happened just after 2AM on Saturday at the Champlin home of State Senator John Hoffman, a #Democrat who has served in the Minnesota Senate since 2013.
#criminal #law #PoliticalViolence
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2025/06/minnesota-hoffman-hortman-shooting/
Via RM TM
"Driving home today I saw this gentleman. when I saw the back of his shirt my heart sank to my stomach and I wanted to cry... This is [the US]...."
#blacklivesmatter #blacklivesstillmatter #blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #police #whitepeople #whitedevil #blackmastodon
Federal Monitor Slams NYPD Unit Whose Aggressive Policing ProPublica Exposed
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A report from a court-appointed watchdog details “troubling” conduct and “unconstitutional” stops by the Police Department’s Community Response Team — a unit championed by Mayor Eric Adams.
https://www.propublica.org/article/nyc-nypd-police-community-response-team-stop-frisk?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
I tried to make a longer rant than my usual clips. So this is more practice than anything else.
A rant about when you're in a bad neighborhood, the only nice looking buildings are run by the government. The only park within a short walking trip of my home (about a mile and a half) is only there as the courthouse, library and #police station needed to look nice.
If the #usa cared about its people, everything would be like this.
Headline: ‘FuckLAPD.com’ Lets Anyone Use Facial Recognition to Instantly Identify Cops
Subtitle: A free tool that allows anyone to upload a photo of an LAPD officer to get their name and badge number.
A variety of US federal and state laws give cops the power to get your data from online services. This overview goes over how they work, and how they can be mitigated.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/how-cops-can-get-your-private-online-data
#privacy #police #security #encryption
WTAF?!?
#Trump #DOJ seeks ONE-DAY sentence for officer in raid that killed #BreonnaTaylor
In November, a federal jury found officer Brett Hankison #guilty of violating Taylor’s #CivilRights during a March 2020 #police raid in which she was fatally shot.
#law #BlackLivesMatter #BLM #WhiteSupremacy #racism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/07/17/doj-sentencing-police-officer-breonna-taylor/
Former NYPD Commissioner Accuses Mayor Adams of Running “Criminal Enterprise” and Cites ProPublica Investigation
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A lawsuit filed by former Commissioner Thomas Donlon alleges that the NYPD’s Community Response Team was a “rogue” unit that answered “only to City Hall.” The complaint draws extensively from ProPublica’s reporting.