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Executive Director of California Police Association Accused of Running Illegal Drug Distribution Business, Charged with Importing Fentanyl

by Jo Ellen Nott

On March 28, 2023, a criminal indictment from the Department of Justice was unsealed accusing Joanne Marian Segovia, 64, of importing thousands of opioids and other pills from abroad to her home in San Jose, California, with an intent to distribute them elsewhere in the U.S.    ...

Another Chapter in Cops’ False Narrative That Mere Contact With Fentanyl Is Deadly – Cleveland Police K-9 Given NARCAN After Fentanyl Exposure

by Jo Ellen Nott

A police K-9 involved in the execution of a search warrant for a 27-year-old drug trafficking suspect on March 15, 2023, in Cleveland, Ohio, was given NARCAN after an exposure to fentanyl.   The unnamed K-9 was taken to Westpark Animal Hospital where he was found to ...

Facing Driving-While-Suspended Charge in Oregon? DMV Has Thousands of Inaccurate Records, So You May Actually Be Innocent. But Other Innocent Drivers Already Sent to Prison

by Jo Ellen Nott

Oregon law enforcement stopped Nicholas Chappelle on January 30, 2022, for expired tags. When the officer ran them, Chapelle appeared in DMV records as having a suspended license.

A previous suspension had expired in 2021, but the Oregon DMV database of driver’s licenses is mismanaged and ...

Historic Settlement of $21,000 for Each Police Brutality Protester ‘Kettled’ and Beaten by NYPD

by Jo Ellen Nott

On March 1, 2023, New York City agreed to settle a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of more than 300 protesters who were penned up by NYPD officers and then brutally assaulted with batons and pepper spray and restrained with zip ties on June 4, ...

Minnesota Governor Restores Voting Rights to 50,000 Former Prisoners

by Jo Ellen Nott

On March 3, 2023, Governor Tim Walz signed legislation that will give 50,000 Minnesotans previously convicted of a felony immediate voting access. The bill restores political franchise to those who served their time without having to complete probation or parole.

Advocates of restoring rights to the ...

Chicago Pays $40 Million Per Year to Private Firms to Defend Police Violence Cases

by Jo Ellen Nott

Police misconduct is costing the city of Chicago nearly $40 million a year in outside legal fees. Although the city has its own in-house counsel to handle legal problems, it outsources many cases involving police violence. Defense attorney Andrew Stroth claims those outside firms are prolonging ...

Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement Training Teaches Police Officers How to Intervene When Their Fellow Officers Use Excessive Force

by Jo Ellen Nott

An epidemic of police officers using excessive force in situations that do not require police brutality to subdue or arrest an individual in the United States has a gruesome death toll. In case after case, from Tamir Rice in 2014 to Philando Castile in 2016 to ...

$2 Million Settlement for Family of Beloved Musician, Cory Jones, Killed by Florida Cop Now Serving 25 Years for Slaying

by Jo Ellen Nott

On February 23, 2023, the city of Palm Beach Gardens, 77 miles north of Miami, agreed to settle with the family of slain motorist Corey Jones for $2 million dollars. Jones was shot by former police officer Nouman Raja as Jones called for assistance from his ...

Illinois Town Will Pay $12 Million to Family After SWAT Officer Shot 12-Year-Old in Kneecap While Sitting on Bed With Hands Up

by Jo Ellen Nott

In early February of 2023, Al Holfeld, Jr., lawyer for Crystal Worship and her son Amir, announced that their federal civil rights lawsuit would be settled by the city of Richton Park, Illinois, for $12 million. The lawsuit arose from a 2019 SWAT raid on the ...

Police Departments’ Purchase of Tracking Tool Collecting Location Data Without a Warrant Raises Fourth Amendment Concerns

by Jo Ellen Nott

In July 2022, the Virginia State Police paid $15,000 to purchase a subscription from Fog Data Service for its Fog Reveal tracking tool according to ABC 8 News in Richmond. Increasingly, law enforcement agencies across the county are using concealed cellphone tracking data to follow users’ ...

 

 

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