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News in Brief by Alabama: Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith faces six misdemeanor counts after a grand jury indicted him on May 30, 2025, for knowingly employing uncertified personnel. WBRC in Birmingham reported that Smith’s second-in-command, Chief Deputy Ralph Williams, was also indicted on one count of providing false or …
Article • August 1, 2025 • from CLN August, 2025
Beyond the City Limits: How Rural Sheriff’s Departments Are Driving the Spike in Police Killings by David Kim A teenager fatally shot by a deputy on a roadway in New Mexico during the previous summer represents part of an escalating pattern of such incidents. While driving across the plains of …
Class Incarceration Has Become a Prominent Factor in Mass Incarceration by Charles "Keith" Wampler Although the issue is not even close to being resolved, the United States has, in recent years, made some noticeable progress on the issue of racial disparity in our criminal justice system. Regardless of what research …
SCOTUS Announces Rejection of ‘Moment-of-Threat Doctrine’ Because It Improperly Narrows Required ‘Totality of the Circumstances’ Analysis for Fourth Amendment Excessive-Force Claims by David Kim The Supreme Court of the United States held that courts may not apply the “moment-of-threat” doctrine when evaluating the reasonableness of police officers’ use of deadly …
Article • April 15, 2025 • from CLN May, 2025
The FBI’s Encrypted Phone Sting by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson A San Diego-based company called ANOM, often stylized as “ANØM,” distributed encrypted phones worldwide. These devices were stripped down, hardened against intrusion, and designed to allow messaging only between phones on the same closed network. Unbeknownst to users, …
Article • March 15, 2025 • from CLN April, 2025
FBI Pressured Forensic Science Group to Censor Critical Workshops, Emails Reveal by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson When the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (“AAFS”) announced its lineup of workshops for a recent conference, Ted Hunt, a senior policy advisor to the FBI’s crime lab, demanded that references to …
California Court of Appeal Announces Defendants May Obtain Brady Evidence From Police Officers’ Personnel Files in Advance of § 1172.6 Hearing Requesting Vacatur of Conviction and Resentencing for Certain Types of Murder Convictions by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford The California Court of Appeal, Sixth District, held that defendants are …
Article • February 1, 2025 • from CLN February, 2025
Chicago’s Police Body Cam Transparency by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson Police body cameras were full of promise. After several high-profile police killings, people turned to body cams for a solution. It makes sense. Cameras were already recording an increasing number of incidents as civilians witnessed events that poorly …
Article • November 1, 2024 • from CLN November, 2024
ICE’s Deadly Force Problem: A Culture of Impunity by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott To no one’s surprise, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) documents about use of force incidents over the six years from 2015 to 2021 were not readily available to the public. ICE leans heavily on …
Article • November 1, 2024 • from CLN November, 2024
Chicago PD Continues Racial Profiling While Underreporting Incidents of Traffic Stops by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott The Chicago Police Department (“CPD”) has sidestepped both legal and constitutional mandates of the last 10 years by shifting its focus from pedestrian to traffic stops, a practice which allows the …
Article • October 1, 2024 • from CLN October, 2024
Study Finds That Black Americans Want Both Police Presence and Reform: Looking Beyond the Headlines by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott A new study, “On the Robustness of Black Americans’ Support for the Police: Evidence from a National Experiment” published in the May-June 2024 issue of the Journal …
Article • September 1, 2024 • from CLN September, 2024
Colorado Law Enforcement Agencies Will Soon Send Drones Instead of Cops in Response to 911 Calls by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In May of 2024, Shelly Bradbury reported in the Denver Post that “[a] handful of local law enforcement agencies are considering using drones as first responders, that is, …
The FBI Really Doesn’t Want the Public to Know About This Surveillance Device by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson The American Civil Liberties Union (“ACLU”) successfully sued for access to FBI information regarding cell-site simulators (“CSS”). For years, the FBI has used nondisclosure agreements (“NDA”) to hide their use …
Article • August 1, 2024 • from CLN August, 2024
Don’t Stand Too Close to First Responders Under New Florida Law by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Florida Senate Bill 184 (“SB 184”) makes it a second-degree misdemeanor to approach within 25 feet of a first responder after receiving a verbal warning to stay away. Included under the provisions of …
Article • August 1, 2024 • from CLN August, 2024
FBI Encourages Use of Controversial Surveillance Program Despite Misuse by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott A top FBI official is urging his agents to continue using a warrantless foreign surveillance program, Section 702, to justify the bureau’s surveillance powers. This program, which has been misused to target U.S. …
Big Money and Massive Surveillance: The Finance Industry’s Partnership With Federal Law Enforcement by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on the Judiciary (“Committee “) released a report on March 6, 2024, entitled “Financial Surveillance in the United States: How Federal Law Enforcement Commandeered Financial …
HRDC Files Civil Rights Action on Behalf of Wrongly Convicted Florida Man Who Spent 45 Years in Prison by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford   On April 17, 2024, the Human Rights Defense Center (“HRDC”), CLN’s non-profit publisher, and the civil rights law firm of Loevy and Loevy filed suit …
California Court of Appeal: Statistical Evidence Showing Racial Disparity Combined With Evidence Showing Non-Minority Defendants Charged With Lesser Crimes Establishes Prima Facie Case Under California Racial Justice Act by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney   The Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, held that “if a defendant provides …
Article • June 15, 2024 • from CLN June, 2024
Report Finds Inaccurate Field Drug Tests Major Cause of Wrongful Convictions by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke   A report published in January 2024 by the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania’s Carey School of Law revealed that false positives in presumptive …
Article • June 15, 2024 • from CLN June, 2024
DOJ Creates Database to Track Federal Law Enforcement Officers Accused of Misconduct by Sam Rutherford by Samuel Rutherford   As reported by the Associated Press, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the creation of a database designed to track serious misconduct complaints against federal law enforcement officers. The purpose of …
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