White House confirms, via @margbrennan:
"We have received confirmation that Iran has released from prison five Americans who were unjustly detained and has placed them on house arrest." – @NSC_Spox Adrienne Watson https://t.co/rjor51fjvS
— Olivia Gazis (@Olivia_Gazis) August 10, 2023
Category: Police State
Scary
. NEW: NYPD's aggressive campaign to collect "digital fingerprints" from prisoner's cellphones. “Let me be 100% crystal clear — this is a mandate from Chief LiPetri’s office and it must and WILL be done."-precinct commander.https://t.co/WdJVr0SDEZ
— Graham Rayman (@graham_rayman) July 9, 2023
I have no idea
Why there’s no national coverage of this, especially on cable news, since they seem so fond of this crook:
Eric Adams Asked Outgoing NYPD Commissioner Not to Discipline Top Chief, Source Tells THE CITY https://t.co/0Y92X3sniE
— Suburban Guerrilla 💙 (@SusieMadrak) July 6, 2023
Is this a trick question?
New: Smoking weed is about to be legal in Maryland, so can police officers partake? Baltimore's police union @FOP3 wants relaxed cannabis policies around random drug testing and recruitment. State training commission is in charge, mulling it all over. https://t.co/N2ZYck4zet
— Ben Conarck (@conarck) June 28, 2023
‘One bad apple’
The ENTIRE West Virginia State Police department is under sexual misconduct investigation. Here's a 6/8/2023 update. https://t.co/OBe4id1vpR
— Carol Fenton (@cfpdx) June 10, 2023
Oakland police paid a homeless woman $30,000 to testify about a homicide she didn’t witness. Two young men were sentenced to serve life in prison for a murder they did not commit. The real killer was never caught. Three children grew up without a father. https://t.co/rorYKFviWW
— David Menschel (@davidminpdx) June 9, 2023
Protecting and serving
A former Chicago cop got out 44 traffic tickets by repeatedly claiming his ex-girlfriend stole his car. 👏44 TIMES!👏 @Jodiscohen and @jsmithrichards got the story and obtained the audio of his court appearances and video of each incident 👇 pic.twitter.com/WnJcLatmYT
— Lucas Waldron (@lhwaldron) June 5, 2023
Too many
142 yards.
How far Customs and Border Protection agents would be from each other if lined up along the border at the same time, excluding the Big Bend Sector, where very few migrants or smugglers cross. https://t.co/1uwQ9wXQI4
— Texas Monthly (@TexasMonthly) May 22, 2023
We need more of this
NEW: Offshore-hosted website, https://t.co/KGxKEYo6HN allows registered users to leave a comment on each @LAPDHQ officer's profile.
Like a @Yelp for public employees. https://t.co/fuJ8m6C5gT
— camacho (@bencamach0) April 30, 2023
Smells like fascism to me
Today, Minnesota Republicans wasted everyone's time with an amendment banning public funding of… necromancy and the occult.
Minnesota Republicans aren't even trying anymore. #mnleg pic.twitter.com/gZcMLtVBkj
— Brian Evans (@BriInMN) April 17, 2023
Cowards
So cops claim the right to shoot and kill ordinary people like they’re part of an occupying force during war, but they’re reluctant to put their own asses on the line — even when it comes to little kids:
BREAKING: An investigation published today by the Texas Tribune found the police abandoned their plan to quickly confront the gunman after learning a crucial piece of information: He was armed with an AR-15.
— David Hogg 🟧 (@davidhogg111) March 20, 2023