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  1. …Zarkin is involved in another MI controversy.
    In an ongoing lawsuit, filed earlier this year in a Wayne County court, a fmr city manager & a fmr #police officer allege that Zarkin held conversations w/ Jamiel Altaheri, until recently the #PoliceChief in Hamtramck, a #Detroit suburb. In those conversations, plaintiffs allege, the 2 men discussed a plan to pay #Trump as much as $5 million to secure a #pardon for an unidentified NY acquaintance of Altaheri accused of unspecified financial #crimes.

  2. At the end of Friday’s hearing, #DOJ attorney Yaakov Roth said the admin would agree to change a key section of #PamBondi’s order that named the #DEA chief, Terry Cole, as the commissioner of the #DC #police. Local officials said that removing #PoliceChief Pamela A. Smith, who was appointed by Mayor #MurielBowser, from her duties would be perhaps the gravest violation in history to DC #HomeRule.

    #Trump #law #DC #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #coup #TrumpCoup2

  3. #New #Update

    Judge: #DC #PoliceChief remains in command, but #Trump can likely demand help on #immigration
    
Mayor #MurielBowser & #DCAG Brian Schwalb said the order by Attorney General #PamBondi was unlawful & suggested they would not comply.

A federal judge convinced the #DOJ to walk back Trump’s efforts to assert #control over the DC #police & signaled that she would issue a temporary restraining order [#TRO] if the changes are not complete by Friday evening.

    #law #MilitaryState #TrumpCoup2

  4. Upscale #EastBay suburban hamlet must pay $120,000 to settle case brought by a persistent projectionist , "#solarpunk novelist" and Mastodon user @AEMarling arrested in 2021 for being an alleged "public nuisance" after beaming portable political imagery onto #SanRamon #CityHall.

    Marling is perhaps best known for his caustic commentary targeting petty #Twitler #CEO #MelonHusk with viral projection takes including “Space Karen,” “Lawless Oligarch” "Mediocre Manchild" and other critiques on the #American oligarch's corporate #SocialMedia HQ outpost along #MarketSt in #SanFrancisco.

    Originally after being cited, Marling's attorney assumed the small suburban city would return his projection equipment and drop charges, but angry officials retained "outside counsel and private attorney to act as prosecutor, and they prosecuted this to the bitter end” which prompted the case to continue for years as Marling counter sued the bedroom community in #federalcourt for alleged violations of his #FirstAmendment and #FourthAmendment rights, as well as false arrest, among other legal claims that personally named city officials and #police personnel who pursued the charges. Named in Marling's suit were #CityAttorney Martin Lysons, city manager Joe Gorton, ex top cop Craig Stevens, current #PoliceChief Denton Carlson, Sgt. Michael Pistello, Officer Rick Gonzalez, pvt attorney Lance Bayer and city employee Karen McHenry-Smith. The first alleged criminal conspiratorial act by the local govt occured when petty police lied in their report about the spot where Marling even had the projector, claiming it was propped up against a traffic light on a sidewalk rather than placed in a landscaping bed.

    From there, and even after an acquittal in an actual local court for the bogus citation, Marling filed a complaint alleging numerous civil violations, including of the First, Fourth and 14th amendments and the #CivilRights Act, as well as false imprisonment.

    Marling said he hopes the legal #settlement discourages crackdowns on #activism in the future.

    “For the police to try to detain in this fashion is illegal — I wasn’t violating any laws,” Marling said. “I guess you could say it was a slap on the wrist to try to encourage cities to not do this.” We only got to this point where the city finally "settled" and agreed to pay #legal costs and admit no #wrongdoing after years of #litigation.

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    danvillesanramon.com/news/2023

    eastbaytimes.com/2025/05/13/vi #CopWatch #FreeSpeech

  5. I want y'all to understand that this is an example of #ageist and #infantilizing #rhetoric from this #policeChief. #nypd chief is patronising and infantilising (demonstrating how youth are an oppressed class in and of themselves whosw actions are belittled and dismissed) when he says these aren't righteous protestors taking actions of #solidarity while a literal #genocide happens but just entitled students with no real interest or political message. Makes my blood boil.

    #gazagenocide

  6. After firing Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong, I’m counting on Sheng Thao to get Oakland out of receivership. I have serious concerns that she’s way over her head. This is one tough city to lead. One hopes her eye is on the donut and not the hole. #Oakland #Mayor #PoliceChief