World Drug Day, DEA, Habersham, Bad Cops, Militarization, Legalization and Decriminalization, Medical Marijuana, Colorado, Prison, Death Penalty, Innocence, Trial and Error, Law and Disorder, Fuzz-y, Recording

World Drug Day

• Branson: The War on Drugs Has Failed, So Let's Shut it Down
• States Undo Food Stamp Felon Bans—"Two states are taking small steps away from a little-known aspect of the war on drugs."
• Reduced sentences urged for non-violent drug offenders
• City of Chicago Files Lawsuit Blaming Painkiller Marketing for Prescription Drug Epidemic
• Having authoritarian parents increases risk of drug use in adolescents, European study finds
• New drug called Snapchat hospitalising users—"Australian police have issued a warning about a new drug called Snapchat, branded with the Snapchat logo and based on bath salts."
• Mexican Drug Cartel May Have Penetrated Rural Ohio Town, Police Say

DEA

• Is DEA Dazed & Confused Over Industrial Hemp?—"The Department of Agriculture needs hemp seeds for critical research. Why is the DEA trying to stop them?"
• Mass. Doctors Say DEA Pressuring Them To Resign From Medical Marijuana Companies—"Several Massachusetts doctors associated with prospective medical marijuana dispensaries are reportedly facing intense pressure from the federal government to cut ties with those companies."
• DEA obstructs research into medical marijuana: report—"Study says agency should not be in charge of scheduling drugs or giving access to drugs for medical research."

Habersham

• Raid that injured toddler based on info from informant
• Investigation into botched Habersham County drug raid growing
• D.A.: "I did not tell Habersham county sheriff there was nothing to investigate" in flashbang baby case
• A SWAT team blew a hole in my 2-year-old son Salon

Bad Cops

• Jury awards more than $2 million to family of pastor killed by narcotics task force WaPo
• Family sues over drug raid of wrong house: San Bruno residents claim multiple violations for June incident
• Man angry after police break into and damage his truck over dubious marijuana suspicion
• These pot searches by police don't pass the smell test
• Seattle police seize more than 2K illegally grown pot plants—"Detectives, however, didn't arrest anyone and said they were only interested in bringing the operation numbers down to the legal limits."
• Police Department Sued For Allegedly Seizing Pot Plants—"A group of medical marijuana patients on the Big Island of Hawaii are suing to get back pot plants that were allegedly seized wrongfully by police."
• Thousands of Rapists Are Not Behind Bars Because Cops Focus on Marijuana Users

Militarization

• Report: SWAT Teams Armed With Military Equipment Spend Most of Their Time Waging the Drug War
• Here's The Crazy Cache Of Military Weapons Arizona's Cops Have At Their Fingertips
• Scenes from militarized America: Brookline, Mass., and the Michigan State Police WaPo
• Report Points To 'Dangerous Militarization' Of U.S. Law Enforcement
• The Police States of America: Five stories that prove we've lost the battle against police

Legalization and Decriminalization

• Yes, We Cannabis—"Has the legalization of marijuana in America become inevitable?"
• Cops Like Me Say Legalize All Drugs. Here's Why.—"Who exactly is prohibition supposed to be helping? After many years of enforcing drug laws as a police officer, my experience with an addicted family member changed my attitude for good."
• Attorney says marijuana wrongly classified as dangerous drug, federal prosecution unfair—Separately, the FDA is looking into this.
• "Evergreen" reveals the weird lessons of Washington's weed battle—"After Colorado and Washington, we're on the way toward national legalization. But will liberals get left behind?" Salon
• Delaware Might Be The Next State To Legalize Marijuana
• Texas GOP Won't Pass the Marijuana
• Philadelphia City Council Votes to Decriminalize Marijuana—It's a veto-proof vote, not that it will matter to the police.
• Jamaica to decriminalize personal marijuana possession
• Anti-marijuana candidate loses in Uruguay primary
• Pope condemns efforts to legalize marijuana—Booooo.

Medical Marijuana

• Florida governor signs law allowing limited medical marijuana use
• Sheldon Adelson Bankrolls Anti-Medical Marijuana Push—"Mogul gives $2.5M to Florida referendum opponents."
• Families celebrate new Iowa marijuana law—Gov. Terry Branstad signed Senate File 2360, legalizing medical marijuana.
• New York Is About to Legalize Medical Marijuana (But With No Smoking Allowed)
• Uruguay set to allow doctors to prescribe cannabis

Colorado

• Despite dire predictions, Denver crime falls over 10 percent in wake of pot legalization
• No Colorado marijuana stores found selling to minors in police checks
• Colorado's poster boy for 'stoned driving' was drunk off his gourd—"Earlier media reports played up Keith Kilbey's pot use, made no mention of alcohol." WaPo
• After 5 Months of Sales, Colorado Sees the Downside of a Legal High NYT
• Hershey's sues Colorado pot candy company

Prison

• Unsealed records allege brutality, corruption in Denver Jail & witness intimidation by police
• Los Angeles: Ex-Deputy Says He Was Trained To Beat Up Inmates Then Cover It Up
• Jurors hear of deputies' attempt to coerce FBI agent—'She told the lies, she testified before a federal grand jury, in an attempt to find out the details of the FBI's civil rights investigation into county jails."
• Judge's Decision to Hear Inmates' Case Threatens Practice of Solitary Confinement NYT
• Censored and 'Obscene' in Solitary—"After a huge hunger strike to protest the state prison system's inhuman conditions, California is threatening to ban any written material deemed 'oppositional to authority and society.'"
• Deaf inmate sues Oregon prison system for not providing sign-language interpreters—Instead, the Department of Corrections "required Mr. VanValkenburg to train inmates to act as interpreters for him, who were unqualified and failed to keep Mr. VanValkenburg's information confidential."
• Texas inmates sue over lack of air conditioning
• Georgia Police Left Two Teenagers In A Holding Cell With No Lights Or Food For An Entire Weekend
• Prisoners freed after cops struggle with new records software—"Officers didn't get enough training on the new system, which went live June 1, according to Dallas's police chief."
• Modern-Day Slavery in America's Prison Workforce—"Why can't we embrace the idea that prisoners have labor rights?"
• Even America's most liberal states imprison more people than nearly any other country in the world
• This Is How Much More States Spend On Prisoners Than On Students

Death Penalty

• Is It Legal to Try Executing Someone Twice?—"The Ohio Supreme Court will decide whether Romell Broom should be put to death—again."
• Texas execution appeal on drug secrecy grounds rejected by US supreme court—"Robert James Campbell's attorneys had demanded Texas officials disclose the source of drugs intended to execute him."
• Autopsy Shows Just How Royally Oklahoma Screwed Up Clayton Lockett's Execution—"Preliminary findings suggest the inmate's executioners had no clue what they were doing."

Innocence

• Man who served 26 years in prison in arson case is suing Ionia police, prosecutor—"The lawsuit says the defendants conspired to create a false case ...."
• 5 Exonerated in Central Park Jogger Case Will Settle Suit for $40 Million—"The five men whose convictions in the brutal 1989 beating and rape of a female jogger in Central Park were later overturned [Salon] have agreed to a settlement of about $40 million from New York City." NYT
• Man cleared in '89 NYC killing plans $162M claim—' A man recently exonerated in a 1989 New York City killing that happened while he was visiting Disney World filed papers Tuesday outlining plans to seek $162 million from the city, one of his lawyers said." WSJ
• For a Respected Prosecutor, An Unpardonable Failure—"Evidence of a convicted murderer's possible innocence sat buried in a case file for more than two decades. Now, a prosecutor in Brooklyn will have to answer for the mistake."
• Proposed Michigan law: Pay exonerated prisoners
• When Innocent People Go To Prison, States Pay

Trial and Error

• Chemical Reaction—"[T]he high court ruled—in a unanimous exercise of comic power—that the federal government should never have been using an international chemical weapons treaty to prosecute a jealous wife in the first place."
• Marshall: The Law Is An Ass—On SCOTUSBlog's press credentials denial.
• Ex-U.S. attorney takes stand: 'I don't owe anyone $100 billion'—"Former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald is no stranger to the inside of a federal courtroom, but on Tuesday he found himself in an unusual position: on the witness stand testifying at a bizarre trial of a sovereign citizen follower who allegedly had tried to place a bogus $100 billion lien on his residence."
• More Time Sought for Robber Who Was Homesick for Prison
• Man Killed Hours After Jury Accidently Acquits Him—"Unable to reach a verdict, Pearson's jury mistakenly signed a not-guilty form Wednesday — despite the judge later learning jurors had actually deadlocked. After his release, Pearson, 37, went to a relative's house and within hours he was killed in a fight."
• Cleveland man collapses, dies outside courtroom after judge issues sentence
• Man curses judge and gets 364 days in jail for contempt

Law and Disorder

• Thief Forgets To Log Off Facebook After Burglarizing Home
• Woman dials 999 over ice cream sprinkles row
• Man calls for help during home invasion, gets voicemail
• 3 men escape from Canadian jail using helicopter—The Transporter unavailable for comment. Wow...
• Police Say Woman Was Strangled In Her Bathtub Soon After Posting On Facebook Picture Of A Large Amount Of Money
• Va. man dies in hole dug in sand on Outer Banks beach
• Man dies in wood chipper accident

Fuzz-y

• Woman shoots at would-be home intruders—They were allegedly impersonating the police.
• Florida man charged with impersonating cop after pulling over real detective
• Police drop case of protester arrested for impersonating a police officer while wearing a pig mask

Recording

• Putting cameras on police officers is an idea whose time has come WaPo
• Can Cop-Worn Cameras Restore Faith In New Orleans Police?
• Blast from the Past: As More Police Wear Cameras, Policy Questions Arise
• Jail video police swore 'did not exist' released in brutality complaint—"Gaps in video raise new questions about case of disabled man alleging mistreatment."
• Woman charged with wiretapping for filming cops wins $57,000 payout—"Settlement follows appeals court declaring 'First Amendment' right to record."
• New York Photojournalist Wins $200,000 Settlement from Incident Caught on this Video
• Drones in L.A.: South Bay man flies aircraft to monitor police
• Pittsburgh Investigating Officer's Violent Exchange At Gay Pride Event
• Facebook Video Shows Cops Grab Man's Camera, Assault Him and his 58-Year-Old Mother
• Woman Attacks Man for Flying Camera Drone over Public Beach in Connecticut—And gets caught lying about the attack but charges may be dropped.
• Video: Toddler Tries To Stop Attack On Mother—Was the fight over a guy?

Happy Father's Day, Homme Videos; Paternity, Parenthood, Law and Disorder, Fake Rape, Sexual Assaults, Prison; Sperm, Penis, Circumcisions; Men, Teens; Male Fashion, Facial Hair

Happy Father's Day

• The Rise of the Single Dad—"More than 2.6 million households in America are headed by a single father."
• Growing number of dads home with the kids
• Lev Grossman on his daughter, Lily: How being a father ruined my life and made me a better writer.
• Terminally ill dad can't be there for daughter so gives her life's advice in one letter
• "Modern Family's" modern fathers: The decade's best sitcom is also its most important Salon

Homme Videos

• Baby Misses Dad's Beard
• Baby meets her dad's twin brother for the first time
• 40 year old tantrum

Paternity

• Nebraska high court again rules father's consent necessary for adoption
• Mother Can Exclude Father From Delivery Room, N.J. Judge holds
• Sports radio host Mike Francesca celebrates bad fathers everywhere, calls paternity leave a "scam"—"Your wife doesn't need your help the first couple of days." Salon

Parenthood

• Look-alike College Friends Discover They Are Sisters
• Rogue sperm donor may have fathered hundreds —Vince Vaungh, is that you?
• Judge rules Kan. sperm donor owes child support—Although "he signed a contract waiving his parental rights and responsibilities... the state contended the contract was moot because the parties didn't follow a 1994 Kansas law requiring a licensed physician to perform the artificial insemination when donors were involved."

Law and Disorder

• Male sex abuse reporting soars
• I was fired for denying lusty lady bosses: suit
• Nearly Half of Young Men Say They’ve Had 'Unwanted' Sex—"New study says it's possible for women to rape men: 18% of surveyed guys say women used physical force to make them have sex against their will."
• Chouteau man accused of shooting aunt claims he was tired of having sex with her in exchange for housing
• No jail time for Wausau woman accused of holding 2 men hostage, demanding sex
• Alexandra Rose Williams on good behaviour bond after in-flight bum grope
• Florida mom who had sex with teen son's friend gets asylum in Canada
• Judge questions why 'only the boy' is charged in underage sex case
• 17-year-old boy detained for 'exploiting' woman aged 21
• Tucker Carlson: We Have To 'Pretend' Boys Are Statutory Rape Victims

Fake Rape

• Angelina Jolie lookalike stabs man who refused sex—"Perijoc, who styles herself on Jolie's character in the movie 'Lara Croft: Tomb Raider,' was arrested on the scene and originally tried to claim she was the victim."
• Trainee barrister cried rape 11 times to avoid taking exams, court told—"Rhiannon Brooker, trainee lawyer, is accused of falsely claiming boyfriend repeatedly raped and assaulted her in attempt to dodge Bar exams."
• UA Student Arrested In False Sex Assault Report On Campus
• Jail for woman who told husband she had been raped to hide her affair
• Law graduate found guilty of falsely accusing former boyfriend of rape—A [Women Against Rape (War)] spokesperson said the prosecution of Brooker was 'completely disproportionate,' adding: 'Time and again we see police resources diverted from rape and put into prosecuting women instead.'" Don't you mean prosecuting liars?
• Minnesota Supreme Court reinstates charges against Billings woman accused of false rape claims

Sexual Assaults

• Retired Marine Reveals Secret Suffering of Male Military Rape Victims
• The 'Boys' in the Bunkhouse—"For decades, dozens of men with intellectual disabilities lived in an old schoolhouse and worked in a turkey plant. No one knew just what they endured." NT
• Boys 'rented out' for abuse at Salvation Army boys' home at Bexley in Sydney's south—Those who ran away got beaten up by police.
• Nathaniel Morales of Covenant Life Church convicted of sexually abusing young boys
• UK launches £500,000 fund to help male victims of rape and sexual abuse—"Minister says he wants to break silence on 'taboo' subject after crime survey estimates 72,000 men a year are victims."
• Male rape in America: A new study reveals that men are sexually assaulted almost as often as women

Prison

• Sex in men's prisons: 'The US system cultivates rape. If you treat people like animals, they behave like it'
• Sentenced to Wait: Efforts to End Prison Rape Stall Again—"The Prison Rape Elimination Act was passed in Washington 2003. It still hasn't been fully implemented."
• These 7 GOP Governors Are Refusing to Crack Down on Prison Rape. Now the Obama Administration Is Calling Them Out
• Meet the Vigilante Prisoner Who Beats Up Jail Rapists

Sperm

• Testicular time bomb: Older dads' mutant sperm
• The 6 most bizarre types of sperm found in nature—"You thought that 17-million-year-old sperm was weird? Well, it's in some very strange company." Salon
• Blast from the Past: Sperm-like cells created by scientists

Penis

• Penis politics: Sex, size and stereotypes in the gay community Salon
• Novi Man Discriminated Against For Big Penis, Tiny Speedo
• Exploiting Men's Insecurity About Their Penises Is a Terrible Way to Promote Vegetarianism
• For March Madness fans, vasectomy timing is everything
• 'Accidental Tyler Durden' as Fox news station KDVR airs penis picture during helicopter crash coverage
• Me and my codpiece
• Man accidentally shoots own penis, dies

Circumcisions

• New York Baby Infected With Herpes After Metzitza B'peh Circumcision Rite
• Sexually Transmitted Disease in Infants Following Ritual Circumcisions
• South Africa's dark secret: Botched circumcisions
• Circumcision rates declining in U.S., study says
• Circumcision Rates in the United States: Rising or Falling? What Effect Might the New Affirmative Pediatric Policy Statement Have?
• Penn & Teller: Bullshit on Circumcision
• College Humor: The Real Reason You're Circumcised

Men

• The Tortured Rise of the All-American Bro—"The misogynist portrait of modern American masculinity may be a historical accident. Here's how to fix it."
• Building a Bigger Action Hero—"A mere six-pack doesn't cut it in Hollywood anymore. Today's male stars need 5 percent body fat, massive pecs, and the much-coveted inguinal crease – regardless of what it takes to get there."
• Why Are Handsome Men Such Jerks?

Teens

• War on Boys
• Why teenage boys do stupid things
• More teen boys working as babysitters
• Confirmed: Teenage Boys Use Way, Way Too Much Body Spray
• Steroid Use Much Higher Among Gay and Bi Teen Boys

Male Fashion

• The worst men's grooming trends of all time
• Project Upgrade: Kevin Love—"We noticed Minnesota Timberwolves animal of a power forward Kevin Love has been looking a little shaggy lately. This season he's been playing the best ball of his career, so we called our go-to barber to give him a cut and a shave to match."
• How Men Can Fight Sexism by Wearing Very Short Shorts
• Why Are Guys Afraid to Wear Speedos?—"American men need to get over their Freudian fear of showing off their junk."

Facial Hair

• The Racially Fraught History of the American Beard
• Beard PhD
• Hipster wannabes get facial hair transplants
• Beard envy? Surgery may be the answer
• Mike Napoli says Elvis Andrus should shave off 'embarrassing' beard
• Beards Trim P&G's Sales as 'Movember' Fuels Hairy Look
• 10 Actors Who Improved with Mustaches
• Gillette Loses Its Way in Mustache Flap
• Hot gay daddies—NSFW video by Farenheit80.

Police State, Brutality, Bad Cops, False Arrests; Trial and Error, Law and Disorder; Death Penalty, Prison; Recording, Phone, Body Cams; Animal Cruelty, Kids; Road Rage, Traffic

Police State

• Federal Court: The Police Can Stop and Search You for Behaving Innocently—Even stiff driving posture is suspicious behavior.
• Supreme Court: Pennsylvania cops no longer need a warrant to search citizens' vehicles
• Can cops legally fire "GPS bullets" at fleeing cars to track suspects?—"ACLU says technique is OK, but the scope of search must be limited."
• Cops Must Swear Silence to Access Vehicle Tracking System
• Lawsuit filed over freeway cash seizures—"'I just smelled weed. I know I did. I know I smelled weed.' The Humboldt County deputy never finds weed in the car he's searching after a traffic stop on I-80, but he does find $50,000 in cash and $10,000 in cashiers checks."
• Flipside: Minnesota Now Requires A Criminal Conviction Before People Can Lose Their Property To Forfeiture—"In a big win for property rights and due process, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed a bill yesterday to curb an abusive—and little known—police practice called civil forfeiture."

Brutality

• Austin police chief is angry that people are angry about police misbehavior
• City of Huntsville denies wrongdoing after lawsuit alleges teen died from arrest injuries
• Border Patrol Threatens Mother, Slashes Her Tire, as Kids Watch
• Border Patrol agents rarely disciplined in abuse cases, records show
• How a Special Needs Kid Gets Handcuffed and Thrown in Jail "For Her Own Good"
• Man Nearly Blinded After Fayette County Deputy Shoots Taser In His Eye
• Dagsboro man settles Taser suit for $270,000

Bad Cops

• Outcry over latest fatal shooting by Albuquerque police—"Residents angered by deadly response of cops chanted for resignation of police chief at city council meeting."
• Police say off-duty NYPD cop shot man 6 times
• Three NYPD Officers Have Drunkenly Shot at People in the Last Week
• Officer suspended after pulling gun on group of children
• Lawsuit Claims That the NYPD Keeps Raiding an Apartment in Search of a Dead Man

False Arrests

• Police accused of false arrest, illegal search, excessive force
• Man Claims Police Planted Phone To Justify Shooting
• NYPD detective grilled about allegedly lying under oath

Trial and Error

• Attorney: Tech advances make courtroom cellphone ban unconstitutional
• Supreme Court Unanimously Slaps Conservative Appeals Court For Botching Police Shooting Case
• Man back in prison for 90 years after court error
• Flipside: Clerical error allows man sentenced to prison to walk free

Law and Disorder

• Denver Woman's 13-Minute-Long 911 Call Ends With Fatal Gunshot
• Philip Welsh's simple life hampers search for his killer—"Philip Welsh did not use a cellphone, or e-mail — making it hard to trace the days before he was slain." WaPo
• German student Diren Dede killed in 'castle doctrine' case—"On the night of the shooting, Mr Kaarma and his partner Janelle Pflager left their garage door open, and Ms Pflager left her purse in the garage in order to bait intruders, she told police."
• Texas 93-year-old woman shot dead by officer had fired twice, says nephew—""Pearlie Golden 'brandished handgun' after refusal to hand over car keys following denial of driver's licence renewal."
• Man trying to rob donut shop shot by police
• Canadian Teen Charged in "Swatting" Calls Throughout U.S.
• Mother claims funeral director essentially held baby's body for ransom
• Florida woman has neighbors' mobile home demolished, authorities say

Death Penalty

• Oklahoma Inmate Dies After Botched Execution, Second Execution Delayed
• Report urges one-drug lethal injection to avoid botched US executions
• Why are US states using untested drugs to execute prisoners? - video
• US states may go back to electric chair and firing squads—"Shortage of drugs for lethal injections leads states to consider alternative methods of executing prisoners."
• Oklahoma Lawmaker: I Don't Care If Death Row Inmates Are 'Fed To Lions'
• US President Obama calls for death penalty review

Prison

• Corporations Divest Nearly $60 Million From Private Prison Industry
• Interactive Map Shows How Much Prisons Cost in America
• More Than 4% of Death Row Inmates May Be Innocent

Recording

• One deputy fired, two on leave after UT party bust—Kudos the Knox County Sheriff's Office for their swift actions.
• But for video: Wisconsin deputy badly injures woman in crash, attempts to blame victim—It looked like he was going to get away with it. WaPo
• NJ Assembly releases bill requiring new police cars to have cameras installed
• Youtube Video of Police Shooting Man in Back Contradicts Initial Report
• Pembroke Pines officer charged after stealing watch from burglary scene

Phone

• Florida man uses iPhone to film arrest -- and gets arrested—"A Miami DJ says he followed police instructions to back away, but ends up in custody and facing charges. 'I was threatened,' the police officer says, 'by his presence.'"
• Cops Snatch Phone from Wheelchair-bound Man for Recording Them, Cite him with "Unauthorized Photography"
• NYPD Officers Expect Public To Be Stupider Than They Are; Justify Shutting Down Recording With 'iPhones Are Guns' Claim
• Man who recorded alleged police brutality says he was told to delete evidence

Body Cams

• Dallas police chief calls for body cameras after cops shoot unarmed teen, mentally ill man
• Seattle police will launch body camera pilot program
• Metropolitan Police officers start wearing body cameras—"Met Police officers are to start wearing tiny cameras on their uniforms as part of plans to boost transparency and accelerate convictions."

Animal Cruelty

• Dash camera video released from deputy shooting dog
• Video Shows Hammond Police Officer Allegedly Abusing Dog
• Fort Worth Vet Accused of Keeping Dog Alive for Transfusions

Kids

• Teen killed for cell phone, $10 and a sandwich; suspect speaks out
• Man smothered crying son over video game WaPo
• Aunt: My nephew beaten to death defending 12-year-old sister during assault

Road Rage

• Brain-injured teen receives $2 million in 'affluenza' case settlement
• Deputy to avoid jail, criminal record in road rage case, attorney says
• Speeding Alameda deputy won't be charged in fatal crash
• Palmdale Girl, 16, Dies After Suspected DUI Driver Slams Into Her Home
• Teenage girl accused of running down 10-year-old boy in road-rage incident
• Driver caught using cell phone jamming device

Traffic

• Colorado Weighs Ban On Traffic Enforcement Cameras
• Sign Installer Cited for Violating the Sign He Was Putting Up—"Overtime parking ticket issued in Santa Barbara while man was about to screw in sign."
• Firefighters Smash BMW's Windows to Stretch Hose Toward 8-Alarm Blaze—"Next time you think about parking in front of a fire hydrant, keep this BMW in mind."

Net Neutrality Neutered, Broadband; Fourth Amendment Fouls; Bad Cops, Albuquerque; Police Brutality, K9 Killers, Militarization; Law and Disorder, Trial and Error, Recording, Prison, Innocence; Guns; Uncharitable

Net Neutrality Neutered

• FCC proposal would destroy net neutrality
• The FCC's "fast lane" rule is awful for the Internet—just ask the FCC—"Pay-for-play is fine for Web users? That's not what the FCC said in 2010."
• The FCC is about to axe-murder net neutrality. Don't get mad – get even—"The former cable and wireless industry lobbyist Tom Wheeler is re-writing rules in favor of the telecom giants – not you, me or the internet. Here's what you can do to stop him."
• Why Comcast Will Be Allowed to Buy Time Warner Cable and Kill Net Neutrality—"Five registered lobbyists at Comcast have spent time at the FCC. One of the last FCC Commissioners is one of them. One chart describes it all."
• How Comcast gets whatever it wants despite being one of America's most hated companies
• Sen. Sanders' statement—"Under this terribly misguided proposal, the Internet as we have come to know it would cease to exist and the average American would be the big loser. We must not let private corporations turn bigger and bigger profits by putting a price tag on the free flow of ideas."
• Goodbye, Net Neutrality; Hello, Net Discrimination
• The FCC's New Net Neutrality Proposal Is Even Worse Than You Think
• Netflix: The Case Against ISP Tolls—Should they switch over to P2P?
• Internet For the 1 Percent: New FCC Rules Strike Down Net Neutrality, Opening Fast Lanes for Fees
• Save the Internet campaign
• Blast from the Past: Obama pledges Net neutrality laws if elected president—US citizens should remind him of his promise.

Broadband

• Is Your Internet Connection Slower Than Advertised? WSJ
• AT&T's 'Expansion' of 1 Gbps to 100 Cities is a Big, Fat Bluff
• Comcast says its customer service does a great job 'way more than 99%' of the time
• Verizon Knows You're A Sucker: Takes Taxpayer Subsidies For Broadband, Doesn't Deliver, Lobbies To Drop Requirements

Fourth Amendment Fouls

• Supreme Court Gives Police New Power To Rely On Anonymous Tips
• Feds Beg Supreme Court to Let Them Search Phones Without a Warrant
• Low-level federal judges balking at law enforcement requests for electronic evidence—"Judges at the lowest levels of the federal judiciary are balking at sweeping requests by law enforcement officials for cellphone and other sensitive personal data, declaring the demands overly broad and at odds with basic constitutional rights." WaPo

Bad Cops

• New Orleans cops ignore federal oversight—"Advocates say a federally mandated overhaul of the New Orleans Police Department has yielded few results."
• Reform in Reverse—"How Mayor Ed Murray Unraveled Two Years of Police Reform in Only Two Months."
• D.C. Lieutenant Working During Fire Station Death Bypasses Discipline
• Monterey County deputies mistake Air Force captain for burglar in Carmel—"U.S. Air Force Capt. Nicolas Aquino was tackled and handcuffed at his own house in Carmel because a Monterey County sheriff's deputy thought he was a burglar. Now, Aquino is being charged with resisting arrest and obstructing a peace officer."
• Pakistani judge dismisses charges against 9-month-old accused of attempted murder

Albuquerque

• Albuquerque: 3 Police Oversight Commission members quit—"Letter: 'I cannot continue to pretend or deceive the members of our community.'"
• Police body cameras didn't provide accountability in New Mexico
• Albuquerque police officer fatally shoots woman—"A 19-year-old woman suspected of stealing a truck was shot and killed during a chase with Albuquerque police, making her the third person in five weeks to be killed by officers and the first since the department was put under federal orders to reduce the use of deadly force and reform a culture of abuse and aggression."

Police Brutatlity

• #myNYPD Backfires As Twitter Users Share Photos of Police Brutality
• Bull Shoals police chief arrested in federal excessive-force case
• Federal jury acquits state trooper of stomping

K9 Killers

• Dog dies after police prevent neighbor from giving aid after it was hit by a car—"We asked Denver Police to view the video but they declined."
• Halifax cop shoots dog while conducting surveillance on home
• Owners ask for answers after Austin Police officers shoot and kill dog

Militarization

• The United States of SWAT?—"Military-style units from government agencies are wreaking havoc on non-violent citizens."
• Congratulations! Your tiny town has an MRAP and is ready for war—"Here at The Watch, we're looking for the smallest town in America to acquire an MRAP, or Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected armored personnel vehicle." WaPo
• Militarized police may be in a town near you

Law and Disorder

• Hate crime charge in mob attack on Detroit motorist
• Couple strip searched over $3 earrings at southeast Houston beauty supply
• Ohio man must pay $489,000 for fake distress report: court
• Driver of SUV that hit cyclists suing dead teen's family—'Her enjoyment of life has been and will be lessened,' suit claims." Sociopath?

Trial and Error

• Report: NYC court stenographer who typed 'gibberish' may jeopardize up to 30 convictions
• FBI rescues Wake Forest man; abduction related to daughter's work as prosecutor, investigators say
• Ohio judge orders man to hold 'I AM A BULLY!' sign WaPo
• Families of autistic kids sue Disney parks over policy on lines—"Disney changed the policy after media reports of abuse of guest assistance cards, such as visitors hiring disabled people to help them skip lines." Go sue those assholes first.
• Majority of complaints about Sriracha factory came from 4 households

Recording

• Rare 'Perry Mason' moment in court wins dismissal for defendant, desk duty for 5 police officers—"A seemingly routine suppression hearing in a suburban Chicago courthouse last month took an unexpected dramatic turn when video from a police car was introduced that disproved the testimony of five police officers."
• Detroit police unveil new cameras to be worn by officers and newest batch of scout cars
• Video shows Texas cop kicking, tripping high school soccer fans
• China: Rioting crowd severely beats 5 chengguan for killing civilian

Prison

• Texas prisons violate international human rights standards, report says—"Extreme temperatures in state-run facilities has caused the deaths of at least 14 inmates since 2007, according to human rights group."
• State pays $120,000 to settle prison claims
• Protesters want Gates Foundation to stop investing in prison operator
• Mike Anderson Sues MO Department of Corrections, Asks for Immediate Release—Put in jail after 13 years due to a 'clerical error.'

Innocence

• Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter dead at 76—"Former professional boxer became an advocate for the wrongly convicted."
• DA's fight against innocence claim may have left dangerous gunman on street
• The U.S. Abuses Its Wrongfully Convicted in More Ways Than One
• Life interrupted: Man exonerated in murder struggles to start fresh after 24 years behind bars
• Exonerated Illinois man could seek review of conviction in 1974 Shaker Square-area murder

Guns

• NJ gives driver 5 years on gun charge: targeted because he had Texas plates
• Despite deadline, protesters 'will not comply' with SAFE Act
• Republicans Say No to CDC Gun Violence Research—"Giving the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention money for gun violence research is a 'request to fund propaganda,' a Georgia congressman says."

Uncharitable

• Comic Relief money invested in arms and tobacco shares
• NY report: Telemarketers kept most charity donations
• Only 8 percent of NFL pink apparel sales go toward cancer research: report
• Report: Red Sox May Be Sued By Charitable Foundation Over Use Of 'B Strong' Logo

420, Medical Marijuana, War on Drugs, Law and Disorder, Prison, Mexico; Easter, Church and State, Creationism, Islamists

420

• How 420 became code for marijuana
• Colorado legalized marijuana tax revs ahead of expectations: Moody's—"Colorado, the first state to tax legalized recreational marijuana sales, expects to bring in an estimated $98 million in revenue this year, exceeding the state's original expectations by 40 percent."
• 3 Months Later, Here's What Denver Looks Like Since Legalizing Marijuana

Medical Marijuana

• Uruguay Considers Using Medical Marijuana To Treat Cocaine Addicts In Prison
• Nurse practitioners added to list of those who can prescribe medical marijuana
• Weed Eases Anxiety, Says the Federal Government
• Corbett wouldn't legalize pot even if toddler grandson needed it
• Boston Mayor Walsh says he aims to block dispensaries—"Urges state to reject applications with errors."
• Pro-pot group files to recall Arizona senator—"A pro-marijuana group is trying to recall Arizona Sen. Kimberly Yee after she refused to hear a bill that would have helped fund research into the effects of medical marijuana on post-traumatic stress disorder."
• Missouri Rep Tells Marijuana Patient To "Get A Job And Get Off Dope"

War on Drugs

• Jesus would end the war on drugs—"Christian leaders issue Easter statement denouncing drug war and mass incarceration of minorities."
• Let's Just Get Rid of the DEA Already—"America's drug cops are determined to keep weed illegal just to maintain their jobs."
• Legalized pot 'makes us fight harder,' top DEA official tells Congressional committee
• DEA raids woman's Shorewood home after she shops at garden center
• Shocking police overreach haunts Southern city: Racial profiling, quotas and secret "conviction bonuses"—"How a federal grant incentivized a police department to go nuts on drug arrests -- and terrorize its community." Salon
• Utah cops warrantlessly search prescription drug records of 480 emergency personnel—"When searching for morphine thief, Utah cops have almost carte blanche powers to search database."
• Law professors demand cannabis legalization—"Over 120 German professors of criminal law are supporting an initiative to legalize cannabis. They have called on the Bundestag to discuss the issue. Merkel's coalition is skeptical."
• Maryland Decriminalizes Marijuana Possession

Law and Disorder

• Matt Taibbi: U.S. Should Be Ashamed It Treats Pot Smokers Worse Than Wall St. Criminals
• Remember when legal marijuana was going to send crime skyrocketing?
• LAPD officer gets community service, probation for lying under oath—"A Los Angeles police officer was sentenced Wednesday to community labor and three years' probation for falsely testifying about the details of a 2008 drug arrest."
• Dashcam from traffic stop of driver from legalized marijuana state—"Roseen believes he was profiled by the trooper because he had a Washington driver's license, Colorado license plates and had just crossed into Idaho from Oregon. All three of the other states have some form of legalized marijuana."
• "Free Jeff Mizanskey" Efforts Continue with Billboards and 360,000 Signatures
• 5 Accused of Trafficking Drugs, Using Day Care as Cover
• Woman, unhappy with pot purchase, calls cops

Prison

• Feds to Reconsider Harsh Prison Terms for Drug Offenders
• US Panel Votes to Reduce Drug-Dealing Sentences
• California Governor Jerry Brown Grants Dozens Of Drug Pardons
• Louisianan Given 13-Year Prison Sentence for Possession of Two Marijuana Cigarettes

Mexico

• Tracing the U.S. heroin surge back south of the border as Mexican cannabis output falls WaPo
• The Grisly Reality Behind Soaring Lime Prices—"Mexican cartels are making the citrus more expensive in the United States."
• Mexican drug lord's insider notes may set him free after 10 years—"Vicente Zambada, son of Sinaloa kingpin, struck deal with US to inform on cartels in exchange for reduced sentence."
• Mexico catches No. 2 in once-powerful Beltran Leyva drug cartel
• Mexico prepares first illegal drug financing blacklist—Is HSBC on that list?
• Two drug tunnels, with rail systems, found at U.S.-Mexico border

Easter

• Yes Candida, Christians Did Steal Easter—People like Candida push ignorance to hide the truth.
• Spanish village called 'kill Jews' mulls name change
• There Are No Errors in the Bible, Says Christian Pastor Who Clearly Hasn't Read the Bible
• Papyrus fragment put to test—"None of the testing has produced any evidence that the [Gospel of Jesus' Wife] fragment is a modern fabrication or forgery."

Church and State

• Louisiana Lawmakers Vote to Make the Bible the State Book
• Oklahoma School's 'Hobby Lobby Bible Curriculum' Raises Bias Concerns
• Atheist Witch Hunt: South Carolina Lawmakers Spar Over Appointed Official’s Supposed 'Godlessness'
• Warren mayor says atheist can't put up 'reason station' inside city hall
• After Being Denied "8THEIST" License Plate, New Jersey Woman is Suing State's Motor Vehicle Commission
• Media, rights groups urge court to revisit takedown of anti-Muslim YouTube video—"Media says decision allows subjects of news events to control coverage."
• Pastafarians rejoice as Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is granted permission to register as a religion in Poland

Creationism

• Bill Nye says he underestimated debate's impact
• The Real Darwin Fish—"Why creationists hate Tiktaalik."
• FunnyOrDie: Creationist Cosmos

Islamists

• Islamist plot: six schools face Ofsted special measures—"Six schools implicated in the so-called 'Trojan Horse' plot by extremists to 'Islamise' secular state education face being placed in special measures."
• State schools isolate non-Muslims—"Schools in Birmingham discrimate against non-Muslim students and restrict GCSE teaching to fit in with Islamic beliefs, according to official report."
• 'Sinful': Video of British Muslims dancing to Pharrell Williams's hit Happy comes under attack
• Poster dictates music haram in UK school
• 1,000 Christian, Hindu girls forced to convert to Islam every year in Pakistan: report
• China official says Islamists seek to ban laughter and crying

International Day of Forests; Trees, 420, Legalization; Medical Marijuana, PTSD; Pot Bust-a-Moves, War on Drugs, Prison; Law and Disorder

International Day of Forests

• Australia: No more national parks as Tony Abbott pledges to support loggers as the 'ultimate conservationists'—Orwellian lies.
• Ikea cut down to size as 600-year-old trees used for flat-pack
• Timber Thieves Threaten California's Redwood Giants NYT
• Greenpeace urges Procter & Gamble to reject harmful palm oil practices—"Group pushes for ‘no-deforestation’ policy after accusing Indonesian suppliers of clearing endangered animal habitat."
• LePage: More logging of state forests will increase revenues—"The governor says the money can be used to help Mainers get better heating systems, but environmentalists say the plan is short-sighted."

Trees

• The Marijuana Industry Pleads With Congress: Treat Us Like a Regular Business
• Republicans Have Finally Turned Against the Drug War—"Libertarian Republicans are pushing the party to get behind marijuana legalization. Is this a culture war the GOP is willing to lose?" Apparently Rand Paul didn't get the memo.
• Uruguay may import marijuana from Canada

420

• House GOP passes bill to force Obama to crack down on legal weed in states that allow it—Championing states' rights and limted government... not.
• More than 100 marijuana shops shut down, L.A. city attorney says—"Mike Feuer is stepping up enforcement of rules restricting marijuana dispensaries. His staff is also focusing on landlords who rent space." LAT
• Oklahoma Man Threatened To Kill Gov. Fallin Because Weed Is Illegal—Somebody needs to chill.
• Despite banning legal pot, Yakima seeks tax money—Hypocritical freeloaders.
• Dog-Walkers to Client: "We Don't Walk Dogs for People Who Want Marijuana Legalized"
• Tests show THC content in marijuana edibles is inconsistent—"With no standard for testing, buyers can't trust items' potency."
• 3rd grade students busted with pot in school bathroom—This is why we can't have nice things.

Legalization

• Should pot be legal nationwide? Your Say Interactive—Resistance is slowly dying out.
• California Democrats Back Marijuana Legalization In Party Platform
• CA. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom on marijuana : 'It's time to legalize', 'time to regulate'
• Legalize pot in York? State group to make push
• Legal pot a 'net positive' for society - US expert

Medical Marijuana

• The Canadian Government Is Forcing Medical Marijuana Patients to Destroy Their Weed—"[O]n April 1, Canada's roughly 40,000 medical marijuana patients will no longer be able to grow their own weed. Instead, they'll have to turn to the big-time grow ops that are being built and regulated all across the country. Patients will have to spend more money (these new legal grows will charge patients $4.50 to $7 a gram), while being provided with a more limited selection of cannabis."
• Cops Cripple Minnesota and Louisiana Medical Marijuana Bills
• Georgia medical-marijuana bill dead for 2014
• The US Government Now Supplies Cannabis Extracts to Epileptic Kids—"We Talked to CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta about his new documentary, Weed 2, and his ongoing journey to investigate the plant's medical potential."
• Maryland House looks to expand medical marijuana law, considering other measures WaPo

PTSD

• The 50-Year-Old Agreement Preventing Marijuana from Treating PTSD
• Nevada health dept. allows treating PTSD with marijuana
• Medical marijuana research for PTSD nears federal approval

Pot Bust-a-moves

• Police, Nutter Open to Ending Pot Arrests
• Colorado Court: Some Pot Cases Can Be Overturned
• ACLU: Steep drop in pot cases has freed up resources

War on Drugs

• America Has a Black-Market Problem, Not a Drug Problem—"The head of the military's Southern Command wants more money to fight a losing battle."
• 5 Ways the War on Drugs Makes Us Less Safe
• Man Calls Cops To Turn In Drug Paraphernalia He Found, Gets Home Placed On Federal 'Drug Lab' Watchlist For 2 Years
• Senate passes welfare drug testing pilot program—"Suspicion-based drug testing of welfare recipients would become the norm under a bill passed by the state Senate Thursday."
• Legalizing marijuana could fund Gov. LePage's anti-drug bill—"Lawmakers discuss putting pot legalization before voters, where a 'yes' vote would provide taxes to fund the governor's beefed-up anti-drug fight." LePage wants to add 22 state jobs to fight drug trafficking.

Prison

• The war on drugs fills half of federal prison cells—"This would be comical if it weren't so tragic." WaPo
• Holder Endorses Proposal to Reduce Drug Sentences—"Testifying on Thursday before the commission that sets sentencing guidelines, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. criticized what he called an 'overreliance on incarceration.'" NYT
• Figures show large drop in US inmate numbers tied to sentencing reform—"Data from Bureau of Prisons shows less aggressive approach to drugs offences mean fewer people are being sent to prison."

Law and Disorder

• Our criminal justice system has become a crime—"Prosecutors too often abuse unrestrained powers."
• Hawaii law lets police have sex with prostitutes
• Boy, 16, suffers ruptured testicle after rough 'pat down' by police woman and now faces infertility
• Thieves dig 50ft tunnel to steal thousands of pounds from cash machine
• Ban on audio recordings without consent is struck down by Illinois Supreme Court

War on Terror; NSA Spying; Transparency and Media; Trial and Error; Uncivil Forfeiture; Flaw in Border; Bad Cops; Police State; Civil Liberties; Brutality; Shooting; Prison; Innocence; Traffic; Recording

War on Terror

• Eleven Years Later, We Learned In Iraq That 'Tough' Isn't Enough
• Iraq invasion was about oil—"Maximising Persian Gulf oil flows to avert a potential global energy crisis motivated Iraq War planners - not WMD or democracy."
• This Just In From Our Sociopath Bureau—"Blow me, you monstrous, bloodthirsty fraud, you silly, stupid chickenhawk motherfker who plays army man with the children of people who are so much better than you are, and who would feed innocent civilians in lands you will never visit into your own personal meatgrinder to service your semi-annual martial erection."
• The CIA impunity challenge—"The intelligence agency — and the White House — are holding hostage the truth about torture."
• What Pakistan Knew About Bin Laden—"Our supposed ally had a special desk devoted to managing Osama bin Laden. How can the U.S. fight extremism when we're unable to confront it where it really lives?" NYT
• At Trial, Son-in-Law Recalls a Cave Meeting With Bin Laden on 9/11 NYT
• U.S. Boycotts U.N. Drone Talks ForeignPolicy
• How a Comedy Article Got Me Placed On the No-Fly List

NSA Spying

• US tech giants knew of NSA data collection, agency's top lawyer insists—"NSA general counsel Rajesh De contradicts months of angry denials from big companies like Yahoo and Google."
• The NSA, invited to TED, takes a swipe at Snowden—"Snowden's actions 'show amazing arrogance,' and hurt 'legitimate whistleblowers.'" Just like there's "legitmate rape."
• Why Does the NSA Want to Keep Its Water Usage a Secret?
• Brazil to drop local data storage rule in Internet bill—"Brazil will drop a controversial provision that would have forced global Internet companies to store data on Brazilian users inside the country to shield them from U.S. spying...."

Transparency and Media

• US cites security more to censor, deny records—"More often than ever, the administration censored government files or outright denied access to them last year under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, cited more legal exceptions it said justified withholding materials and refused a record number of times to turn over files quickly that might be especially newsworthy, according to a new analysis of federal data by The Associated Press."
• 'Most transparent' White House ever rewrote the FOIA to suppress politically sensitive docs
• Nearly half of federal agencies not complying with FOIA law, audit finds
• Journalist: McConnell Campaign Banned Me From Event For Asking Questions—Big mistake.
• Maine looks at officials' use of secret messaging—"If the practice exists for officials to get around public access-to-records laws – and testimony suggests it does – a LePage official says a ban may be needed."
• State offices ignore freedom of information laws—"Cuomo's office among 79 agencies that failed compliance check."
• NYPD counsel doubles down, rules freedom of information manual is confidential—"... citing attorney-client privilege."

Trial and Error

• Judge says prosecutors should follow the law. Prosecutors revolt.—"The profession seems allergic to accountability." WaPo
• Arkansas judge apologises for 'racist, sexist and homophobic' online comments
• Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers director held in contempt of court—"Masten appeared before Judge Victoria Brennan and said he was not willing to risk allowing a judge to determine whether any tip information should be disclosed." He put his money—in this case, his tip—where his mouth is to protect his sources.

Uncivil Forfeiture

• Deputy accused of illegal stops—"A rural Nevada sheriff's deputy is accused of stopping travelers on a lonely stretch of U.S. Interstate 80 and confiscating tens of thousands of dollars for the county without bringing charges, according to two federal lawsuits." Unsurprisingly, the sheriff is supportive of his thugs, but the county has surprisingly settled and the money is being returned.
• Police Allegedly Stole From Immigrants During New York Traffic Stops—"Officer caught by surveillance camera, according to authorities."
• Cops Use Traffic Stops To Seize Millions From Drivers Never Charged With A Crime

Flaw and Border

• Woman's Lawsuit Alleges Horrifying Abuse By Border Officers, Including Cavity Searches And Forced Bowel Movements
• Autopsy: American died of overdose in border cell—"An American citizen died of a methamphetamine overdose at a U.S. Border Patrol station near San Diego shortly after a paramedic thought he might be faking a seizure, an autopsy concluded."
• US Border Agents Intentionally Stepped in Front of Moving Vehicles to Justify Shooting at Them
• U.S. Border Agents Told to Be Less Aggressive Against Stone-Throwers—"The U.S. Border Patrol told its agents on Friday that when they confront suspected illegal immigrants crossing the frontier who throw rocks at them, they should try to take cover or move away rather than immediately open fire." How many Mexicans have been killed already? NYT
• DHS accused of holding U.S. citizen at airport, using emails to pry into her sex life—"The Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection is accused of detaining an Indiana woman at the airport without cause and then quizzing her about her sex life on knowledge the agents may have gained through the interception of private emails."

Bad Cops

• Windsor Locks fights order to reinstate fired cop—"Windsor Locks officials have decided to fight a state order to reinstate a police sergeant fired in 2012 for allegedly hindering an investigation into a fatal accident involving his son."
• Bastrop Sheriff: Supervisors Changed Records Of Deputy In Question
• Local cop's son and friend claimed to be police officers during violent home invasion
• Philly cop arrested, suspended for false imprisonment
• Cop Who Killed Kelly Thomas Gets Calmly Booted From Denny's by Other Patrons

Police State

• Justice Department Bad Boys: More Than 650 Cases of Misconduct Documented in 12-Year Period
• Federal judge blasts ATF stings—"A federal judge in Los Angeles blasted ATF for sting operations that he said unfairly enlist people in a 'made-up crime' by offering them a huge payday for robbing a non-existent drug stash house."
• FBI Ordered to Justify Shielding of Records Sought About Alleged 'Occupy' Sniper Plot WSJ
• Attorney General to State Police: Stop photographing protesters at Chris Christie town halls
• Kansas 'retaliation' bill would allow police to arrest people who complain about officers—"A Kansas bill being considered by the House Standing Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice would give police the power to arrest people who file complaints against officers if those allegations were proven false."

Civil Liberties

• Police halt Montgomery County commuters on I-270 to hunt for bank robbery suspects—Did the overblown tactical responde include warrantless car searches? WaPo
• Feds raid gun parts stores despite court order—"With a search warrant in hand, federal agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives confiscated computers, customer lists and the questionable polymer 80 percent lower receivers from four Ares Armor store locations throughout San Diego County over the weekend."
• Missouri Moves To Ban Use Of Cellphone Tracking Without Warrants
• Reports of the Death of a National License-Plate Tracking Database Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
• Los Angeles Cops Argue All Cars in LA Are Under Investigation—"The agencies took a novel approach in the briefs they filed in EFF and the ACLU of Southern California's California Public Records Act lawsuit seeking a week's worth of Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) data. They have argued that 'All [license plate] data is investigatory.' The fact that it may never be associated with a specific crime doesn't matter."

Brutality

• Chicago Police Cannot Keep Complaints Of Brutality Secret Anymore, Court Rules
• Delco man: Tasered by police after suffering seizure—"Chester authorities are investigating an incident in which a man alleges that a Chester police officer used a Taser on him when he had just suffered a seizure - puncturing his lung - and later arrested him for allegedly assaulting an officer and medic."
• NJ 'computer geek' latest to file beating claim against Harrah's A.C. security

Shooting

• Shoot first, ask questions later method puts former Beckville resident in Alabama hospital
• No charges in shooting of Ga. Alzheimer's patient
• Former cop accused of shooting and killing moviegoer over texting was texting himself
• Man shot and killed by deputies identified, was not subject of warrant that led to chase—"It's our understanding that the man exited the vehicle with a knife."
• Dog on leash shot and killed by York deputy

Prison

• FBI Investigates Prison Company—"The FBI has launched an investigation of the Corrections Corporation of America over the company's running of an Idaho prison with a reputation so violent that inmates dubbed it 'Gladiator School.'"
• We Must Stop Throwing People Away
• Horrific conditions described in homeless man's death at Burlington County Jail
• NYC inmate 'baked to death' in cell WaPo

Innocence

• Freedom After 30 Years on Death Row—"A case involving a black man convicted by an all-white jury in Louisiana decades ago may be reopened."
• Bloodsworth: I was on death row, and I was innocent
• Essex County authorities' mistake puts innocent man in jail for 27 days—"'We know it was some sort of human error, but we don't know where it occurred,' said Kathy Carter, spokesperson for Essex County Prosecutor's Office." Non-apology.
• Man jailed based on mistaken identity can't sue, court rules—"A man jailed in Los Angeles County for a month because he was mistaken for someone with the same name and birth date lost a legal effort Wednesday to hold law enforcement agencies responsible for the mix-up." Justice denied.

Traffic

• Caught on camera: SAPD officer arrests woman waiting for bus, but why?
• Speed trap city accused of corruption, threatened with extinction
• Keller PD using social media to post speed trap alerts
• 500 trees along I-5 will be removed for cameras
• Five DWI Cases Thrown Out After Judges Rule NYPD Set Up Illegal Checkpoints

Recording

• Jurors acquit Little Canada man who videotaped deputies, paramedics
• Temple student sues Philly cops over photo incident—"A Temple University photojournalism student and his girlfriend are suing two Philadelphia police officers who they say wrongly arrested them in 2012 while he was photographing a neighbor's arrest in Point Breeze."
• Mass. Man Charged With Wiretapping For Filming Police In Public—"A man in Fall River, Mass. has been charged with unlawful wiretapping for recording a police officer shouting profanities in public."
• Florida man sues cop who arrested him for videotaping officers arresting another man
• Denver Officers Won't Be Able To Delete Body Camera Video
• Cameras on cops: Coming to a town near you
• New city police policy says public has right to film officers
• St. Louis Man Records Cops Black Mailing Him Into Framing Someone For A Weapons Charge!
• Roadside adventures with small-town cops in Electra, Texas—"I verbally objected to an unconstitutional search of my vehicle in Electra, Texas. Police officers Matt Wood and Gary Ellis maliciously responded by issuing me two false citations. I got a copy of the dashboard-camera video at the pretrial hearing. It showed all. City attorney Todd Greenwood demanded I give my copy of the evidence back, and tried to have me arrested when I refused."