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2026-10-21

"Farmer had been killed by [...] two serving UDR men and one serving member of the police, using weapons and other equipment taken from British Army armouries."

"No one has even been convicted of murdering Farmer or McCartney."
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Title: Detective: Murder gang got guns from British army
Author(s): Anne Cadwallader
Publication(s): Declassified UK
Date: October 21, 2026
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#NorthernIreland #UK #Policing #Military #Courts
https://www.declassifieduk.org/detective-murder-gang-got-guns-from-british-army/

#courts #military #policing #uk #northernireland

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2026-10-21

"Marshall Project on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against ICE and CBP in federal court to force the agencies to publicly disclose all the people in their custody."

"[F]irst lawsuit seeking access to the full database."
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Title: ICE Detains People in Secret. The Marshall Project Is Suing to Make It Public.
Author(s): Dave Mann
Publication(s): The Marshall Project
Date: October 20, 2026
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#USA #Incarceration #Policing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing #Courts
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/10/20/ice-suit-arrests-constitution

#courts #ethniccleansing #deportation #policing #incarceration #usa

h o ʍ l e t t @[email protected]

2026-10-20

→ How institutional contexts shape #police-adolescent encounters.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10439463.2022.2037553

“While #discrimination [based on ethnicity and urban segregation] in the selection of targets is found in #France, it is not in #Germany. […] [I]nteractions are much more frequently reported as disrespectful and #violent by French compared to German #adolescents. […] France has a more confrontational #policing pattern of work, with more stops, more racial #profiling and more tensions during stops.”

#police #discrimination #france #germany #violent #adolescents

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2026-10-20

"Black drivers in Virginia Beach were roughly eight times more likely than white drivers to be regularly surveilled by Flock-style cameras."

"[I]t wasn't by accident that these ALPR cameras got put up without public input."
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Title: In Virginia, Racism and Redlining Are Fueling a Flock Camera Backlash
Author(s): Mike Ludwig
Publication(s): Truthout
Date: October 19, 2026
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#Virginia #USA #Policing #AI #Technology #Education #Housing #Surveillance
https://truthout.org/articles/in-virginia-racism-and-redlining-are-fueling-a-flock-camera-backlash/