by Casey Bastian
Jamarcus Glover was offered a plea agreement on July 13, 2020, by Commonwealth attorney Tom Wine. Glover is a convicted felon with a history of drug trafficking. The plea would reduce the likely 10-year prison sentence on charges of criminal syndication, drug trafficking, and gun charges to ...
by Casey Bastian
All across America, mostly peaceful protests have advanced cries to defund the police. This increasing demand is in response to too many recent examples of law enforcement abusing its authority. Often, these acts result in seemingly avoidable injuries or deaths. So some of the more liberal cities ...
by Casey Bastian
In 2018, Florida electors passed an amendment to the state constitution allowing the restoration of voting rights to residents convicted of felonies. The amendment, which does not apply to those convicted of murder or sexual offenses, restored the right to any resident who completed “all terms of ...
by Casey Bastian
Most Americans are not aware that Vigilant Solutions has a product called “Law Enforcement Archival Reporting.”
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) knows about it and reportedly uses its database to conduct warrantless surveillance. CBP admitted that it uses the database in CBP’s updated Privacy Impact Assessment ...
by Casey Bastian
Protests against excessive force by police continue across the country. Demonstrations escalated after George Floyd was killed on a Minneapolis street in May. Portland, Oregon, received significant attention when violent acts began overshadowing the mostly peaceful protests. In response to attempts by protesters to vandalize a federal ...
by Casey Bastian
Once again, a video of an interaction between a police officer and a citizen has gone viral. Thankfully, the citizen survived this encounter. Alexis Wilkins, a 20-year-old diabetic, was returning from a George Floyd protest in Cincinnati when the car she was in was stopped. Wilkins was ...
