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The ELEPHANT in the US living room is White Supremacy Violence 2 TigressDem Jan 2021 Jan 2021 5 2470
Trump policing commission calls for independent probes of officer shootings, more technology use 0 Eugene Jan 2021 Jan 2021 1 1694
Justin Amash has introduced a bill to end civil asset forfeiture nationwide. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2020 Dec 2020 19 2814
If you allow the government to break the law during an emergency, ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2020 Dec 2020 9 3050
On this day, December 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights was enacted. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2020 Dec 2020 3 1659
IT IS TIME for mandatory BODY CAMS for POLICE -- Another police shooting no body cams 0 TigressDem Dec 2020 Dec 2020 7 1770
Supreme Court says Muslims placed on no-fly list can sue FBI agents for damages 0 friendly_iconoclast Dec 2020 Dec 2020 2 1410
ACLU files request over data US collected via Muslim app used by millions 0 Eugene Dec 2020 Dec 2020 2 1493
Will somebody silence Trump promoting law breaking and civil unrest. 2 Prosper Dec 2020 Dec 2020 2 1521
Police guide that calls BLM a terrorist group draws outrage 0 friendly_iconoclast Dec 2020 Dec 2020 5 1374
Offensive License Plates Are Free Speech, Court Tells California 6 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 Nov 2020 4 2306
BluePrints members receive Student Press Law Center Courage in Student Journalism Award 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 Nov 2020 2 1272
Chile police chief resigns after officers shoot adolescents 0 sandensea Nov 2020 Nov 2020 1 1313
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 sl8 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 2 1650
Pasco's (FL) sheriff uses grades and abuse histories to label schoolchildren potential criminals... 3 friendly_iconoclast Nov 2020 Nov 2020 4 1631
Justice Alito says pandemic has resulted in 'unimaginable' restrictions on individual liberty 13 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 Nov 2020 2 2382
Facial recognition used to identify Lafayette Square protester accused of assault 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 Nov 2020 1 1796
Chad Wolf complains to Twitter about censorship. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 Nov 2020 0 1537
SCOTUS summarily reverses in suit by TX inmate left naked for 6 days in cell covered in human waste 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 Nov 2020 15 1833
Symposium: The First Amendment does not require governments to contract with parties who do not ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 Oct 2020 7 1502
The Supreme Court's seemingly contradictory decisions in the voting wars are unified under one ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 Oct 2020 1 1345
Minnesota Cops Can Seize Your Car, Sell It And Keep The Profits, Even If You Did Nothing Wrong 10 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2020 Oct 2020 14 3202
Weenie Waver Kavanaugh and Bend Over Barrett - SCOTUS A$$ Kissers 0 Praek3 Oct 2020 Oct 2020 2 1395
Cops Turn to Canadian Phone-Tracking Firm After Infamous 'Stingrays' Become 'Obsolete' 0 friendly_iconoclast Oct 2020 Oct 2020 4 1781
Security company that sought ex-Special Forces to guard Minnesota polls agrees to stay out of state, 1 Eugene Oct 2020 Oct 2020 6 1364
FCC: Rejects All Its Own Legal Arguments; Claims It Can Be The Internet Speech Police 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 Oct 2020 3 1308
NY Times: Activists Turn Facial Recognition Tools Against the Police 3 friendly_iconoclast Oct 2020 Oct 2020 3 1933
Trump: we did a retaliatory gang killing 8 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 Oct 2020 7 2599
They stopped and humiliated him at the Versace store. He is the Vice President of Versace. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 Oct 2020 23 2608
Video of Black jogger stopped by ICE agents in Boston prompts calls for investigation 0 Eugene Oct 2020 Oct 2020 2 1441

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Sign on UVA Lawn Room Causing a stir 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 Oct 2020 0 2687
ABUSE OF POWER: THE CASE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR'S IMPEACHMENT 4 BigmanPigman Sep 2020 Sep 2020 8 1814
This message was self-deleted by its author 6 Maraya1969 Sep 2020 Sep 2020 4 1743
This message was self-deleted by its author 6 Maraya1969 Sep 2020 Sep 2020 1 2242
McAllen, TX: lawyers discover DHS is detaining people at black-site run out of the local Hampton Inn 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Sep 2020 20 2466
Police Officers Patient With White Suspect -- Black Suspect Brutalized 0 rocktivity Aug 2020 Aug 2020 3 1901
This is an incredibly disturbing thread. Public defender begins to expose police corruption ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2020 Aug 2020 15 2405
Family seeking legal action after bodycam video shows alarming arrest of 8-year-old boy 2 sandensea Aug 2020 Aug 2020 8 2021
Trump kayos O'Rielly's nomination, possibly because he didn't support conservative media reform 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2020 Aug 2020 2 1836
Important new video from the Renew Democracy Initiative 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2020 Aug 2020 1 1181
Bowser Had 'Black Lives Matter' Painted On A D.C. Street. Other Groups Say They Should Get A Turn 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2020 Aug 2020 0 1839
Apparently North Paulding High @nphswolfpack doesn't want you to see this photo. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2020 Aug 2020 17 1769
Regarding the Implementation of Trump's Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 2 1492
Patent Troll Gets Court To Order Startup It Sued To 'Edit' Blog Post; Troll Now Asks Startup To ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 3 3074
DHS decides there's been enough free speech for the day, walks up, and pepper-sprays vet in the face 15 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 14 3030
Last month I was proud to vote for two candidates I believed in & worked for in my district ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 1 1290
Defund Teaching About Slavery? Sen. Tom Cotton Proposes Legislation Attacking The 1619 Project 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 6 1382
DHS authorizes personnel to collect information on protesters it says threaten monuments 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 1 1447
These high school journalists are documenting what's happening in Portland @Clypian 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 34 3315
Prosecutor: No time for evidence against arrested reporter 4 friendly_iconoclast Jul 2020 Jul 2020 23 2109
Forbes: The FBI Is Secretly Using A $2 Billion Travel Company As A Global Surveillance Tool 3 friendly_iconoclast Jul 2020 Jul 2020 13 1855
DHS Dep Sec Cuccinelli tells NPR not only are they not stopping the Portland tactics, they're ... 20 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 14 4176
Secret White House calls helped funnel tax money to Trump preachers 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 9 1566
Does anyone here feel as I do, that we have essentially lost the courts? 10 Desert Dem Sep 2019 Jul 2020 2 3924
Your Boss Can Now Search Your Car 9 sandensea Jul 2020 Jul 2020 16 3285
Hey, quick question: Is there any research showing how GOING TO JAIL affects grades and memory? 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 0 1368
Selah city lawyer: Family could be prosecuted for chalk art 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 Jul 2020 25 4072
Argentina's Spygate: Macri aide Susana Martinengo, 21 others arrested 0 sandensea Jun 2020 Jun 2020 0 1302
SHERIFF SONGER: MY RIGHT TO LIVE TRUMPS YOUR RIGHT TO BE AN A**HOLE 1 MikeJelf Jun 2020 Jun 2020 11 2052
Face recognition vendor vows new rules after wrongful arrest in U.S. using its technology 1 Eugene Jun 2020 Jun 2020 3 1216

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Justice Department will reportedly propose limits to online platforms' legal protections 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 Jun 2020 2 1644
Former prosecutors write court in support of bail for lawyers accused of throwing molotov cocktail 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 Jun 2020 1 1368
On this day, June 14, 1943, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette was decided. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 Jun 2020 8 1705
Watch the Nassau county cop slam on the brakes to give them an excuse to beat a protester. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 Jun 2020 4 2000
L.A. schools police will return grenade launchers but keep rifles, armored vehicle 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 Jun 2020 7 1548
FBI warned of white supremacists in law enforcement 10 years ago. Has anything changed? 4 BigmanPigman Jun 2020 Jun 2020 3 2262
Justin Amash wants bill to allow victims to sue police officers 2 sandensea Jun 2020 Jun 2020 8 1799
This video is from 3 nights ago, but remains one of the most disturbing we've seen. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 Jun 2020 9 1739
Complaint filed against Argentina's Macri for wide-reaching illegal surveillance 0 sandensea May 2020 May 2020 1 1338
Philippines orders its largest broadcaster off the air as nation fights virus 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 May 2020 4 1496
A Federal Judge Has a Plan to Let Politicians Manipulate Elections 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 May 2020 12 2345
As campaign 2020 shifts into high gear, Trump's defamation suits pose a chilling prospect for press 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 Apr 2020 2 1516
Georgia Loses Legal Code Copyright Clash at Supreme Court 0 Eugene Apr 2020 Apr 2020 4 1474
What this country needs is more government monitoring of the internet 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 Apr 2020 3 1764
The Persistence of Tyranny 3 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2018 Apr 2020 5 2235
Dark Side: Secret Origins of Evidence in US Criminal Cases 4 friendly_iconoclast Jan 2018 Apr 2020 6 2648
Inmates at N.J. Women's Prison Endured Years of Sex Abuse, Justice Dept. Finds 2 Eugene Apr 2020 Apr 2020 4 1530
There's a provision that would allow deporting people with virus to countries that will torture them 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 1919
Laurence Tribe: There are "national emergencies" . . . and then there are NATIONAL EMERGENCIES 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2020 Mar 2020 9 2219
On this day, March 22, 1972, Eisenstadt v. Baird was decided. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2020 Mar 2020 0 1786
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