- Supreme Court Says Phones Can't Be Searched Without a Warrant—A stunning 9-0 decision. NYT
- The most important sentence in the Supreme Court's cell phone privacy ruling
- What to do if police try to search your phone without a warrant
- SCOTUS cellphone ruling resonates in NSA fight—"Chief Justice John Roberts's 28-page paean to digital privacy was like music to the ears of critics of the NSA's metadata program, which sweeps up details on billions of calls and searches them for possible links to terrorist plots." Politico
- Snarky Lawmaker Reminds Former NSA Chief That Selling State Secrets Is Illegal
- Over NSA worries, Germany ends government contract with Verizon—"Rare meaningful response after US revealed its spying on German chancellor."
- Denmark's ties with the NSA are deeper than previously thought
- NSA-proof messaging app Wickr gains £17m in funding
- Blimp flies over NSA's Utah Data Center to protest 'illegal mass surveillance program'
- Surveillance: It's Worse Than You Think
- U.S. Says It Spied on 89,000 Targets Last Year, But the Number Is Deceptive
- New Data Shows FBI Issued More Than 19k National Security Letters in 2013
- Theresa May: There is no surveillance state—Bwahahahaha!
- Researchers uncover government digital surveillance tool—"A program used by governments around the world to access and monitor a person's digital footprint across mobile networks and the internet has been uncovered by two sets of researchers who have broken down how it works."
- The Senate's New Cybersecurity Bill Threatens Net Neutrality
- Massachusetts high court orders suspect to decrypt his computers
- PRISM, Local Edition: NY DA Employs 381 Secret Orders to Gather Complete Digital Dossiers from Facebook
- Why the Supreme Court May Finally Protect Your Privacy in the Cloud
- Why Apple really cares about your privacy
- Massachusetts SWAT teams claim they're private corporations, immune from open records laws—"Unusual law enforcement counsels that operate the SWAT teams say they aren't public entities." WaPo
- Major murder case collapses in new 'police corruption' scandal—"Scotland Yard is facing serious questions after the prosecution of a man charged with murder quietly collapsed following an investigation into alleged police corruption."
- White Detroit Police Lieutenant Files Discrimination Complaint Against Department—"A lieutenant in charge of the Detroit Police Department's drug unit says he was the victim of racial discrimination and subjected to a hostile work environment for reporting wrongdoing."
- Cleveland grand jury indicts six officers in deadly 2012 chase
- Denver police chief orders review of alcohol abuse reports in ranks
- Miami, Okla. officer indicted by a Grand Jury for her part in alleged scheme to protect the arresting officers
- SC sheriff latest to be charged in past 4 years—"... making him the eighth sheriff in the state to face criminal charges or investigations...."
- Police officer accused of recording men in bathroom, soliciting oral sex online
- Police Officer Fired For Secretly Filming Chief Having Sex In Ambulance
- Sheriff's deputy sought crazed vengeance after his car is egged by teens, charging documents show
- Mass. state trooper treats man like criminal for failing to show "respect"
- Roanoke Rapids police cleared in use of stun gun on autistic teen
- How Poor Young Black Men Run from the Police
- Officer tried to save handcuffed Clive man who drowned—"How a life jacket came off of a Clive man who was handcuffed when he went off a police boat and drowned will be a key part of the Missouri Highway Patrol's investigation into the incident, officials said."
- Durham police says teen shot self, family accuses officials of withholding facts
- Video released of local bodybuilder, Daniel Saenz, shot by El Paso police officer—Grand jury refuses to indict [Salon].
- Utah Democrat Fights Back After Police Smash Spinal Cord Stimulator: Running for State Rep. on Anti-Police State Platform
- Albuquerque ordered to pay $6m over man's wrongful killing by police—"Ruling says officers were not acting in self-defence when they shot dead a man with schizophrenia in his backyard in 2011."
- Video shows Albuquerque police killing homeless man
- 1 of 2 victims found in suitcases was from Minn.—"According to WTMJ, the [murder] suspect is a former West Allis police officer."
- City of Oxnard Agrees to Multimillion Dollar Settlement—"Oxnard paying record $6.7 million for police shooting death of innocent man."
- Dallas to pay $900000 to family of unarmed man killed by police
- Family of WWII vet killed by beanbag gun files suit—95-year-old man came out with a knife.
- Witness: Man fatally shot by Jersey City police asked 'Why did you shoot me?'—"You shouldn't have been wrestling with us."
- Prisoner: I cleaned up skin of inmate scalded in shower; human-rights groups call for federal intervention
- Owners have questions after police shoot dog in home—"'I thought my dog would still be there, I may have wanted to bury my dog in my backyard. Who told you to take my dog away?' [Hope Lane] asked. The blood had also been cleaned up by police."
- Investigation underway into why officer shot dog in its own yard
- Police: Dog's throat cut; Officer charged with animal cruelty
- 2nd officer suspended in slitting of dog's throat
- Salt Lake man wants police officer who killed his dog fired
- Australia: ACT police officer removed from frontline duties after capsicum-spraying dog
- Chief judge of Broward issues statement: Trust us—"Broward residents can trust the justice system — despite the spectacle of three sitting judges facing criminal charges for allegedly driving while under the influence, the county's chief administrative judge said Monday."
- Parma resident ticketed for sign warning of drunken driving checkpoint
- Chicago: Quinn signs bill banning police ticket quotas
- Florida Supreme Court: Early red-light cameras were illegal
- Man gets traffic ticket for running stop sign when video shows he clearly stopped—According to the police chief, "the law says you stop at the stop sign, you move forward, stop again, until you can see that the intersection is clear and then you go." What?
- Robin Hooder sentenced to jail in connection with city parking dispute
- Man sues L.A., saying his parking ticket violates the 8th amendment
- Open data saves New York City drivers from parking tickets—"Here's a great example of how making government data open can directly benefit you."
- Speed Kills Your Pocketbook
- Sometimes Faster is Better
- Blast from the Past: Montana: No Speed Limit Safety Paradox
- Staggering toll: Car crashes cost $871 billion a year
- Emma Czornobaj guilty in 2 highway deaths after stopping for ducks
- Husband, Wife Killed After Colliding in Head-On Crash
- We Should Denounce Drowsy Driving
- Texts worse than drink-driving
- 4 in 10 Teens Admit Texting While Driving
- Volkswagen - Eyes on the road
- Truck Driver Charged With Causing Crash That Injured Tracy Morgan
- Tracy Morgan crash: Truck driver hadn't slept for 24 hours, documents say
- Tracy Morgan's rep: Leg amputation rumors are false
- Comedian Tracy Morgan moved to rehab center as condition improves
- Walmart says it will take 'full responsibility' if their truck caused fatal crash
- Man with 150 arrests gets 5 years for fatal hit-and-run
- Man Killed Trying to Stop Daughter from Drunk Driving—She's gonna have to live with that for the rest of her life.
- Motorcyclist who filmed, uploaded police flight video to serve hard time—"Defendant Ali's GPS anklet from unrelated offense clocked him in at 115 mph."
- Driver, 60, caught 'using cell phone jammer to keep motorists around him off the phone'
- Motorcyclist Clocked At 150+ MPH On I-75 Speaks Out
- Car fleeing from police goes through park, nearly hits children—Fourteen-year-old was driving.
- Teens' attempted car theft foiled by stick shift
- Teenager's £13,000 car stolen and taken for 15-minute joyride... but thief drove so well it helped bring down his insurance costs
