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Articles by Jo Ellen Nott

Traffic Stops Spiral Out of Control and Motorists Killed by Cops

by Jo Ellen Nott

 

According to the Council on Foreign Relations, U.S. police killed far more people between 2013 and 2019 than any other wealthy democracy on the planet. Data drawn from the Mapping Police Violence organization show U.S. police officers killed more than 7,500 people during the period ...

ICE Bought Utility Bill Data to Track Down and Deport Undocumented Immigrants

by Jo Ellen Nott

When the Ortega military crack-down against dissidents in Nicaragua paralyzed most of the country in 2018, Norman became desperate to earn money when his livelihood of making ceramic souvenirs paying $133 a month vanished. The undocumented immigrant made the life-threatening trip from Central America through Mexico, ...

Hitman Shoppers, Beware Online Specials

by Jo Ellen Nott 

California Bay area self-styled cyber crusader Bob Innes has been receiving emails asking him to arrange murders for over 10 years. Innes created a website in 2005 to offer internet analytics services and named it “Rent-A-Hitman, Your Point and Click Solution” to draw in potential clients. ...

Dozens of Cases Dismissed After California Cops’ Trove of Racist and Anti-Semitic Texts Discovered

by Jo Ellen Nott

The Torrance Police Department of Los Angeles, California, is under intense scrutiny at both the county and state levels since two officers unwittingly unleashed a scandal after allegedly painting a swastika on the rear seat and smiley face on the front seat of a vehicle involved ...

Dallas K-9 Instrumental in Civil Forfeiture of $106,000 at Love Field Airport Despite There Being no Arrest or Crime

by Jo Ellen Nott

A police dog with the Dallas Police Department sniffed out $106,000 in cash in a traveler’s suitcase on December 2, 2021, at Dallas’ Love Field Airport. The canine, a member of the department’s interdiction unit, pointed his nose in the direction of a 25-year-old woman’s suitcase ...

It’s Rough Being a Spy Under the Watchful Eye of Big Brother

by Jo Ellen Nott

A digital world that never sleeps and the proliferation of surveillance devices in the 21st century have irrevocably altered spycraft. The modus operandi of spies before the technological revolution, concocting cover identities or moving about unobserved, is now virtually impossible in the universe of information available ...

Policy Paper Cites Benefits of Eliminating Federal Marijuana Prohibition

by Jo Ellen Nott

Data collected concerning the positive impact on federal incarceration rates and their cost if marijuana were to be decriminalized are impressive. Ending the federal marijuana prohibition would reduce incarceration costs by $571.8 million and reduce the federal prison population by 2,807 over a five-year period. Decriminalizing ...

 

 

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