- Toddler critically burned during SWAT raid—"Phonesavanh told Young the grenade landed in the child's crib, and she showed him a photo of a charred portable crib."
- Federal judges challenging stings as 'fictitious crime'—"Two federal judges have ruled that widely used sting operations designed to ensnare suspects with the promise of a huge payday for robbing an imaginary drug stash house are so 'outrageous' that they are also unconstitutional. One judge said the charges were so unfair that he threw them out after three suspects already pleaded guilty."
- NYPD Still Making Thousands Of Marijuana Arrests, And One Lawmaker Has Had Enough
- Despite new law, pot arrests still likelier than fines—"New study shows state, Chicago inconsistent in enforcing tickets and fines for holding small amounts of cannabis. 98.7% of marijuana arrests involved simple possession.
- Texas man facing possible life sentence for pot brownies
- N.D.Ga.: Court doesn't buy officer testimony they smelled marijuana; search suppressed
- Today's Heroin Addict Is Young, White And Suburban—Wrong color to arrest?
- House Votes To End DEA Raids On Legal Medical Marijuana Operations—"'Marijuana does not make people commit crime. It makes them overeat,' Rep. Steve Cohen said. The amendment passed 219-189." Next step is the Senate.
- Illinois House Approves Medical Cannabis for Epileptic Kids
- Legal marijuana created thousands of jobs in Colorado
- The FBI Is Struggling to Hire Hackers Who Don't Smoke Weed
- FBI Director: Don't Let Weed Stop You from Applying to the FBI—It's a trap!
- Apple pulls popular weed-growing game from App Store
- One Direction Stars Smoke Joint, World Keeps Spinning
- City of Aurora, Police Sued for 'More-Than-Two-Hour Mass Roundup' of Innocent People in Search for Bank Robber
- Pennsylvania cops don't need a warrant to search your car? That's a problem
- 7th Circuit upholds warrantless entry, seizure of gun rights activist
- In Complaint, Activists Seek Audit of New York Police Surveillance—"After reports that the Police Department secretly monitored political groups, several are requesting a review of its intelligence-gathering operations." NYT
- Another Bogus Hit From A License Plate Reader Results In Another Citizen Surrounded By Cops With Guns Out
- Police use cellphone spying device
- Root backdoor found in surveillance gear used by law enforcement—"Vulnerability one of nine critical weaknesses from lawful intercept provider."
- OKC police, FBI, Homeland Security raid SW OKC home—Warranted a trifecta.
- Where did $1 million of seized money go?—"San Diego Police Department is looking for the funds, missing from records."
- Banned, On the Run—"Baltimore Police freeze out a Sun reporter; Sun management follows suit."
- $650G for New York woman mistakenly shot by police—"A county police officer shot the Hempstead woman in the chest after bursting into the wrong apartment while hunting for drug dealing suspects."
- Police must ID officers in on-duty shootings, court rules—"Police agencies must reveal the names of officers involved in on-duty shootings unless there is specific evidence that disclosure would pose a safety threat, the California Supreme Court decided Thursday."
- Cleveland police officer to be suspended for inappropriate behavior —Issued citation to get woman's personal information.
- Man in Pig Mask Arrested for Impersonating Police Officer
- Woman Sues City After Chicago Police Officer Shoots, Kills Puppy
- Tupac's final words revealed by police officer on scene of murder
- Co-owner of restaurant tells 911 not to send police
- Officer Arrested After Holding Gun To 5 Year Old's Head
- Miami Gardens 'Stop & Frisk' Nabs Thousands of Kids, Finds 5-Year-Olds 'Suspicious'—"Stop and Frisk quota policy at Miami Gardens Police Department results in over 99-thousand stops in a city of 110-thousand people."
- Albuquerque Police Face Federal Scrutiny, Local Outrage
- Autopsy: James Boyd was shot in the back and arms—"Boyd's family suing Albuquerque."
- Seattle Police Say Force Policies Unconstitutional—"Dozens of Seattle police officers have filed a federal civil rights complaint against city and federal officials, saying use-of-force polices are restricting their constitutional rights to protect themselves."
- State trooper convicted of official oppression for illegal searches—"Ex-trooper pleads guilty to official oppression for cavity searches on 2 female motorists."
- Jury weighs police pepper spray that blinded woman
- Victim's friend called 911 before beating to complain of harassment by off-duty cops, sources say
- BPD officers allegedly shot teen with BB gun
- I was the victim of police brutality: How I survived my brush with death—"In 2010, Chicago police officers viciously attacked me. The incident haunted me — and then I made a discovery." Salon
- Teen Treated At Local Hospital Dies After Being Tased By Police
- Supreme Court vacates police-immunity ruling in suit over multiple Tasering
- Cops Used TASER Several Times On Mentally Ill Man, Family Says
- Suit: Officer Instructed 'Tase The Bitch' During Deadly Beating
- Cal graduate sues In-N-Out over spilled coffee—Restaurant claims company policy not to call 911.
- Woman's Story in Fatal S.C. Shooting Was a Lie: Deputies—"A South Carolina woman lied to investigators about the death of a friend who she said asked her to shoot him to test his bulletproof vest, sheriff's deputies said Friday."
- French father tried for ordering daughter's killer kidnapped from Germany
- Indian woman pushed off train to her death—"The woman's two children boarded the air-conditioned coach then the conductor told the woman her tickets entitled them to travel only in a cheaper coach...."
- Southern California city drops bill against Sriracha hot sauce plant
- New York Federal Judge: Tens Of Thousands Of Innocent People Have Likely Pleaded Guilty—"A prominent New York federal judge said this week that a broken guilty plea system is sending too many people innocent people to prison, coerced by the threat of long prison sentences and not enough information."
- Final Word on U.S. Law Isn't: Supreme Court Keeps Editing—"The Supreme Court has been quietly revising its decisions years after they were issued, a secretive process that has led judges, lawyers and scholars astray." NYT
- Arrestee alleges government misconduct; federal magistrate orders arrestee to apologize and recant, as a condition of bail —How is this not a miscarriage of justice? WaPo
- N.C. judge overturns Darryl Howard conviction, finds prosecutor misconduct by Mike Nifong—"Ruling comes as new book tries to rehabilitate Mike Nifong's reputation." WaPo
- Italy: Murder trial is suspended after judge spots court staff having sex
- Innocent man cleared after serving 10 years as 'Bronx rapist'
- New York prosecutor to re-examine 90 convictions—"Fueled by the freeing of a prison inmate who claimed a detective framed him in a 1990 murder, the Brooklyn district attorney's office has undertaken one of the nation's most ambitious efforts to revisit cases of people put behind bars decades ago to determine whether they were wrongly convicted."
- Man freed after wrongful murder conviction earns law degree
- End Mass Incarceration Now—"The American experiment in locking up vast numbers of citizens has been a moral, legal, social and economic disaster. It cannot end soon enough." NYT
- Punitive damages—"Q&A on the economic and social costs of rising U.S. incarcerations, despite dipping crime rates."
- $25M lawsuit for inmate who 'baked to death' in New York prison—"Mother of Jerome Murdough, mentally ill homeless veteran found dead in overheated jail cell, filing wrongful death lawsuit."
- Miami Herald: Allegations Of Abuse Of Mentally-Ill In Florida Prison—"A 50-year-old mentally ill inmate at the Dade Correctional Institution, Rainey was pulled into the locked shower by prison guards" and "was left there unattended for more than an hour…. When guards finally checked on prisoner 060954, he was on his back and dead. His skin was so burned that it had shriveled from his body…."
- Inmate in solitary confinement says jail ignored birth, leading to baby's death
- Invasive airport body scanners have found a new home at US prisons
- U.S. Supreme Court justice halts Missouri execution at 11th hour
- U.S. top court rules for Florida death row inmate over IQ test—"The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a death sentence for a Florida man in a decision that found the state's method for assessing whether defendants are mentally disabled was unconstitutional."
- Judges Orders Temporary Halt to Ohio Executions
- Tennessee to use electric chair when lethal drugs unavailable
- Firing squad or poison gas: America hunts for new death penalty
- The NRA has been blocking a nominee for surgeon general since February
- NRA lobbying led to law that stopped CDC from using federal funds to study gun violence
- AZ Candidate Apologizes For Saying Shootings Are Committed By Dems
- Detroit's top cop defends NRA article on deadly force
- Maryland police mistake pellet gun for assault rifle, kill man
- Colorado: Thornton pays $25,000 to man arrested for openly carrying firearm into Cinnebarre Theater
- Chipotle: Don't bring guns in our stores
- Gun Activists Flaunting Assault Rifles Get Booted From Chili's and Sonic
- Court upholds "First Amendment" right to film police—"Ruling is one of many nationwide supporting right to record police."
- Chicago cops physically, verbally abuse woman on video
- Ohio woman injured, charged after deputy pries open her mouth to retrieve Tylenol
- Cali. officer threatens illegal car search: "Doesn't mean I can use what I find but I can do it."
- Youtube Video Leads to Exposure of Police Coverup in Florida Beating Death—"Key West police not only tried to have his body cremated without an autopsy, a requirement for all in-custody deaths, they waited four days to notify his family that he was clinging to life in a hospital. And when an autopsy was finally conducted, it was discovered he had suffered from ten broken ribs."
- Dallas cop indicted for shooting mentally ill man—"Police Chief David Brown has suggested an expansion of the use of body cameras to avoid relying solely on officers' statements in disputed situations...."
- Can Cop-Worn Cameras Restore Faith In New Orleans Police?
- City, Fraternal Order of Police reach agreement on use of body cameras—"In plain English this means the Grievants will no longer be required to wear the Axon body cameras."
- Trial of former Traffic Court judges begins this week—"They and two businessmen are accused of participating in a widespread ticket-fixing scheme."
- Sheriff’s deputies at fault in 500 accidents, receive little to no punishment
- Mendham Township officer lawsuit: Illegal ticket quotas—"A 16-year officer in the Mendham Township Police Department has filed suit against the force, alleging he has been bypassed twice for promotion and denied chances to earn overtime because he refuses to 'profile' young drivers for tickets."
- No fines for DC cops running red lights
- Driverless cars could cripple law enforcement budgets—"Local government have long looked to speeding tickets to increase revenue. What will they do when autonomous cars stick to the speed limit?"
- Video: Vaga Para Deficiente (Disabled Parking Prank)—Use full screen to read the tiny subtitles. Also: Double parking douches.
- Blackwood man wins $1.5M settlement after Hollywood Cafe-sponsored bar crawl crash
- Drunk father accused of running from crash scene, leaving 7-year-old screaming in street
- Packed minibus filled with boiling water after 'geyser' bursts through Siberian street
- Taxi driver stiffed out of $1500 after 22-hour ride across five states
- Oregon man caused three-car crash by holding breath in tunnel
