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Article • November 15, 2020 • from CLN December, 2020
$12 Million Settlement Against Louisville, Kentucky by Edward Lyon   by Ed Lyon  A settlement with family was reached in the death of Breonna Taylor of Kentucky, an unarmed Black woman who was killed when undercover Louisville Metro police “blindly” fired 10 rounds into her apartment on March 13, 2020, …
Article • November 15, 2020 • from CLN December, 2020
Exodus of a Baker’s Dozen by Edward Lyon   by Ed Lyon Since the Memorial Day killing of George Floyd while in police custody, protests against police brutality and systemic racism have grown. And, as various protests and incidents of excessive force by police make headlines, police chiefs are beating …
Article • November 15, 2020 • from CLN December, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief, Police
PBA Cards and the Problem with Police Discretion by Jayson Hawkins   by Jayson Hawkins Police officers have recently been under fire for excessive or even deadly force being used in routine arrests and traffic stops, but some critics have begun to draw attention to a different police behavior that …
Article • November 15, 2020 • from CLN December, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
For-Profit Lexipol Takes Over Writing Departmental Policy for Public Safety by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Lexipol, a privately owned company that drafts policies for over 8,100 police departments, fire, EMS, correctional services, and other public safety agencies nationwide is being criticized by reform activists as doing the bare minimum …
Article • November 15, 2020 • from CLN December, 2020
Filed under: Databases, News in Brief
Guilt by Google by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins An extraordinary wealth of information is easily available if one only utters the magic word –  “Google.” The problem arises with the realization that though the Google-genie provides information, there is no guarantee that the information is accurate or fair. Questions …
Article • November 15, 2020 • from CLN December, 2020
Technology and Police Reform by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso Technology innovation seems to impact every aspect of our lives in the modern era, but what roles should technology play in policing? As the national conversation has turned to police reform, technology’s roles are being questioned anew. Three technology trends …
Article • October 15, 2020 • from CLN November, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alaska: Police here can fly over property but they “cannot use cameras and drones for aerial searches of property without a warrant,” the Alaska Court of Appeals ruled. “The ruling stems from a 2012 case in which Alaska State Troopers received a tip about marijuana being …
Article • October 15, 2020 • from CLN November, 2020
Filed under: News, News in Brief
Is the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Ready to Investigate Arbery Cover-Up? by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins The murder of Ahmaud Arbery was shockingly mishandled by local police from the very beginning. Two White men chased down and shot a young Black man, and yet they had not been charged …
Article • October 15, 2020 • from CLN November, 2020
Blue Lives Matter More: Georgia Introduces Hate Crime Bill Designed to Protect the Cops by Michael Fortino, Ph.D by Michael Fortino, Ph.D. In the summer of 2020, a summer of discontent, a summer rife with pandemic lockdowns and street protests, the Georgia Legislature chose not to address the unrest and …
Article • September 15, 2020 • from CLN October, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by California: Marissa Cruz and Paea Tukuafu filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city of San Jose police in August 2020, claiming they were “battered and bruised” by cops and subject to unreasonable search and entry. The two were celebrating ahead of Cruz’s 22nd birthday at …
Article • August 15, 2020 • from CLN September, 2020
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News in Brief by Arizona: Mariah Valenzuela has filed legal notices against the city of Phoenix and Maricopa County over Phoenix police officer Michael McGillis’ use of force during a January 16, 2020 traffic stop, abc15.com reports. The officer, driving a white van, stopped Valenzuela for allegedly veering across the …
Article • July 15, 2020 • from CLN August, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by California: A series of racist and anti-Muslim posts on social media allegedly has ties to a private group of active and retired San Jose Police officers calling themselves 10-7ODSJ, a reference to the police code for “off duty,” mercurynews.com reports. In June 2020, four of them …
Article • June 15, 2020 • from CLN July, 2020
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News in Brief by California: The death of David Glen Ward of Petaluma was declared a homicide by the Marin County coroner in May 2020, followed by a lawsuit from David’s mother, Ernestine Ward, alleging wrongful death, excessive force and negligent supervision by Sonoma County sheriff’s deputies. Leading up to …
Article • May 15, 2020 • from CLN June, 2020
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News in Brief by Arizona: Tucson has a new ordinance topunish those who fail to stay outside designated crime scene perimeters, the Tucson Star reports. The law aims to halt “cop haters” with cameras, but the potential fallout is a stifling of First Amendment rights. While people should not provoke …
Article • April 15, 2020 • from CLN May, 2020
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News in Brief by Arizona: A sheriff’s deputy who roughed up a 15-year-old quadruple amputee during an arrest at a state-operated group home in September 2019 will not face excessive use of force charges, the Pima County Attorney’s Office announced March 10, 2020. “The teen, in a group home after …
Article • April 15, 2020 • from CLN May, 2020
Sealed Records Open for View by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Washington state has over 5,500 sealed juvenile records that are once again accessible to law enforcement agencies across the nation after a last-minute amendment for “officer safety” was added to a 2015 bipartisan sentencing reformation bill. Tony Calero conducted …
Article • March 18, 2020 • from CLN April, 2020
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News in Brief by Alabama: Blake Duke, a former Mobile police officer of the month, was placed on desk duty after video taken by a bystander and posted online showed him choking a handcuffed Howard Green Jr. and slamming him into a squad car during an arrest, thefreethoughtproject.com and WWMT.com …
Article • February 19, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Limestone County District Judge Douglas Patterson, 37, was arrested in December 2019 after an investigation by the FBI and its law enforcement partners. Patterson, a judge since 2016, was charged in a three-count grand jury indictment for theft, financial exploitation of the elderly and use …
Article • January 21, 2020 • from CLN February, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by California: Former San Diego sheriff’s deputy Richard Fischer, accused of sexual misconduct with at least 16 women between 2015 and 2017, will be eligible for jail release in under two years based on a plea deal, thefreethoughtproject.com reports. Fischer, who pleaded guilty to four felonies and …
Article • December 19, 2019 • from CLN January, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by California: The city of Citrus Heights, California, must pay a $1.2 million settlement in a case of police torture that evolved from a mental health episode in June 2017, blackmainstreet.net reports. That’s when police pinned Stockton resident James Bradford Nelson III, a young shirtless man who …
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