- NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year, audit finds—"Most of the infractions involve unauthorized surveillance of Americans or foreign intelligence targets in the United States, both of which are restricted by statute and executive order. They range from significant violations of law to typographical errors that resulted in unintended interception of U.S. e-mails and telephone calls."
- FISA Court: Ability to police U.S. spying program limited—"The leader of the secret court that is supposed to provide critical oversight of the government's vast spying programs said that its ability to do so is limited and that it must trust the government to report when it improperly spies on Americans."
- Government surveillance spurs Americans to fight back
- PD: ex-senator's brother impersonated police, commandeered boat
- Citizens who don’t speak English have right to serve as jurors, New Mexico Supreme Court says—Even with the best of intentions, wouldn't this be detrimental to either side as something would most likely be lost in translation?
- Man gets 15 years for stealing donation jar from Rock Hill girl with cancer
- Limbless swimmer finds stolen wheelchair—The theft was pure scumbaggery.
- Missing man walks up to news crew reporting on … missing man
- Boy Set to Go to Court in Dad's Killing—Why is the state charging the 10-year-old for first-degree murder of the man who beat up his kids for years?
- Sidewalk chalk could land four protestors in jail for a year
- A Powerful Legal Tool, and Its Potential for Abuse—"For years, prosecutors in New York have been using what are known as material witness orders to compel testimony from reluctant witnesses in criminal trials. But has the power to persuade led to coercion and tainted convictions?"
- Homeless Man Under House Arrest In Italy Serves His Sentence On The Sidewalk—"Though Codispoti reportedly asked to be placed in jail, where there's at least a roof over his head, his request has been denied in favor of the alternative sentence."
- Michigan's begging law violates First Amendment: federal appeals court
- Quebec: Man ordered to pay panhandler $8,000 for discrimination—"Quebec human rights commission says man's actions were 'highly reprehensible.'"
- Hostile Policing—"After cops threatened to arrest me and harass me when I took their picture, I decided to test the citizen complaint process to see if it works."
- Violent SPD arrest to cost city $1.75 million—"The city of Seattle will pay $1.75?million to settle a civil-rights lawsuit involving a mentally ill man who suffered severe brain damage during a violent arrest involving 15 Seattle police officers in May 2010."
- Firefighter says he waved at police and was handcuffed and threatened
- Boston Police Don’t Want To Re-Hire Twice-Fired Officer—"In a twist, the city appeals an arbitrator’s decision that gave officer David C. Williams his job back."
- Cleveland police to discipline 75 officers for role in deadly chase
- Trooper Who Conducted Cavity Search Reinstated
- Brooklyn family claims dad dies in NYPD raid
- Deputy files civil lawsuit against 9-1-1 caller after he was injured during assault at her home
- Texas deputy accused of raping mother in front of her children resigns
- OC prosecutors: Deputy pepper-sprayed teen's pizza
- Video Shows Pembroke Pines Cop Punching Mentally Ill Girl
- Cops accidentally record themselves admitting they harassed activist at rodeo owners' request: "God, we're gonna get sued"
- Cop canned after camera catches him waving gun at clerk
- Washington Man Arrested for Video Recording SWAT Team from Public Sidewalk
- Boston Cop Shoves Videographer Back While Threatening to Arrest him for Battery on Police Officer
- Cameras vs. LAPD: Was A Photographer Interfering or Just Taking Pictures?
- Journalist, Madison alder arrested as Wisconsin Capitol police broaden crackdown
- Did cops need a Taser, riot shield and shotgun to subdue a 95-year-old veteran?—Who ended up dead. Why are cops getting taser-happy?
- Teenager Israel Hernandez Dies After Miami Beach Cops Catch Him Tagging, Taser Him—Did the officers congratulate themselves with high-fives?
- Sycamore Township man dies after deputies deploy Taser during scuffle
- Man dies a day after RCMP use Taser on him in Leduc, Alta.
- RCMP spokesman on Dziekanski Taser death committed suicide, B.C. coroner says
- Man Shot Trying to Stop Friend from Driving Drunk—Unfortunately, he died.
- NH Supreme Court defines 'loaded weapon' law—"The New Hampshire Supreme Court says ammunition must be in a weapon and not just near it for a gun to be loaded under state law. [...] Prosecutors argued that the law should be construed broadly to include the proximity of ammunition to the weapon in the interest of public safety." Overreaching.
- The mystery of the vanishing gun inventor—"William Cantelo, a 19th Century inventor rumoured to be working on an early version of the machine-gun, left his house one day and never returned. What happened to him, asks Steve Punt."
