- The Man Behind Hidalgo County's Biggest Law Enforcement Scandal—"For more than six months, Miguel Flores lived a double life. In his day job, he was a narcotics investigator for the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Department. But underneath his uniform, he secretly wore a wire for the Federal Bureau of Investigation as part of a probe into corruption at the highest levels of law enforcement along the border."
- Fired LAPD officers seek reviews of their cases in wake of Dorner rampage—"Dorner killed four people including two police officers after accusing the LAPD of racism and deceit in sacking him in 2008."
- Indiana legalizes shooting cops—"Governor Mitch Daniels, a Republican, has authorized changes to a 2006 legislation that legalizes the use of deadly force on a public servant — including an officer of the law — in cases of 'unlawful intrusion.'"
- California Police Beat Man Nearly To Death For Asking To Read His Ticket—"Police officials claim that there is no video of the altercation and that all associated radio logs have been deleted by system malfunctioning for this time period." Emphasis mine.
- Sacramento Police Investigating Death in Custody—"Video obtained by CBS13 of the arrest on the 8300 block of Folsom Boulevard shows a suspect being restrained by a male officer's legs, while a female officer strikes him 10 times with a baton."
- Wrongfully arrested motorcyclist who had helmet cam seized by Dallas County Sheriff's deputy sues for $1 million
- Florida cop fired after dashcam shows him running over fleeing man
- NYPD Cops Arrest Woman Recording Them, Apparently Stealing Wrong Memory Card
- Murder in Mayfield—"Veteran BBC investigative reporter Tom Mangold got an email out of the blue one day from a woman in Mayfield, Kentucky, asking him for help to find the murderers of a teenage girl. Intrigued, he flew out to meet her soon afterwards, and stumbled into an extraordinary story."
- Murder suspect dies after police inject him with acid, kerosene
- Former "Hero" Cop Who Met Michelle Obama Charged With Raping Two Women At Gunpoint
- Woman sues after Lynnwood police didn't believe she was raped
- Las Vegas cop sexually assaults woman, then arrests her for protesting
- Minneapolis pays $3 million in police misconduct case
- Deaf woman calls 911 as she's beaten black and blue by Washington cops because she didn't hear their orders
- Miami-Dade Police Choke Black Teenager Because He Was Giving Them "Dehumanizing Stares"
- Tasered 10-Year-Old Boy Sues Police—"R.D. raised his hand to say he did not want to clean the police officer's car. Webb then said, according to the lawsuit, 'Let me show what happens to people who do not listen to the police.' He then 'shot his Taser gun at the boy's chest.'"
- Grandmother says she watched officer shoot girl, 7
- A 2-year-old East Texas boy died after shooting himself in the face
- 4-year-old boy accidentally kills dad in Arizona
- Another "Accidental" Child Shooting Death Shows that Child Shooting Deaths Are Not Accidental—Some parents don't know how to be parents.
- Take the bait? NYPD anti-theft tactics criticized—"Sometimes the bait is a small amount of cash in a stray wallet. Or a credit card. Even a pack of cigarettes can do the trick."
- Cops Need Quotas, Say NYPD Brass, Because They're Too Lazy To Work Without Them
- NYPD Police Officers Pepper-Spray Baby In Subway Arrest Incident, Lawsuit Alleges
- NYPD Arrested and Committed Woman to Psychiatric Ward for Legally Baring Breasts—Despite the fact that "NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne told the Village Voice in June 2011 that toplessness was legal."
- Queens Woman Files $5 Million Suit Against NYPD And City After Cabbie Takes Her For A Ride
- Why Edward Snowden Is a Hero—"In revealing the colossal scale of the U.S. government's eavesdropping, the twenty-nine-year-old N.S.A. whistle-blower has performed a great public service."
- Whistle-blower Edward Snowden talks to South China Morning Post
- Edward Snowden: how the spy story of the age leaked out
- More Americans see man who leaked NSA secrets as 'patriot' than traitor: Poll
- White House Petition: Pardon Edward Snowden—Expecting to see some acrobatic doublespeak if ever they're forced to respond once 100k signatures are collected.
- James Clapper: I Gave 'Least Untruthful' Answer Possible On NSA Surveillance—Does that discount it from being perjurious (Salon)?
- Schneier: Before Prosecuting, Investigate the Government—"Was the program he exposed legal and constitutional? Was its classification legal? And was he exposing government deceit?" NYT
- Whistblower: Constitution violated—"Three government whistleblowers talk to CNN's Piers Morgan about Edward Snowden and the current NSA activity."
- Civil Liberties Groups Are Ganging Up on NSA, All the Way to the Legal Limit
- Former Justice attorney seeks $23 billion in damages for NSA surveillance programs
- Drezner: Man, the State and trust
- FISA Court Rejects Catch-22 Secrecy Argument in FOIA Case—"In the first publicly known victory by a non-government party before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), the secret court today granted a motion filed by EFF related to an ongoing Freedom of Information Act lawsuit."
- Sen. Sanders: "An Orwellian World"—"Intelligence agencies and law enforcement authorities need strong and effective tools to combat terrorism. But it is my very strong opinion that we can do that without living in an Orwellian world where the government and private corporations know every telephone call that we make, every website we visit, everyplace we go. Is that really the country we want to be?"
- Al Franken Defends NSA Surveillance: It's Not Spying, They're Protecting Us
- Rightbloggers Find NSA Spying on Americans--And This Time They're Against It!
- The Daily Show: John Oliver Slams Republicans for Reactions to NSA Surveillance
- 'NSA Snooping Was Only the Beginning. Meet the Spy Chief Leading Us Into Cyberwar—"General Keith Alexander has been building a secret army capable of launching devastating cyberattacks. Now it's ready to unleash hell."
- Send Letters, Not Emails—"Why it's so much harder for the government to spy on your snail mail than your email."
- Keeping Your Data Private from the NSA (and Everyone Else)
- The secret to online safety: Lies, random characters, and a password manager
- Google Offers Some Detail About How It Transfers Data to the Government NYT
- The Xbox One will always be listening to you, in your own home
