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'Neighbour wants to call police if anyone breaks hosepipe ban - she's lost plot'
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/neighbour-wants-call-police-anyone-37471016
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#Police corporal created #AI #porn from driver's license pics
A corporal in the #Pennsylvania state police yesterday pleaded guilty to a mind-boggling set of crimes that include going through his co-workers' underwear, possessing a stolen gun, having child sexual abuse material on his hard drives, and using AI tools to create over 3,000 #pornographic "deepfakes."
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#Police corporal created #AI #porn from driver's license pics
A corporal in the #Pennsylvania state police yesterday pleaded guilty to a mind-boggling set of crimes that include going through his co-workers' underwear, possessing a stolen gun, having child sexual abuse material on his hard drives, and using AI tools to create over 3,000 #pornographic "deepfakes."
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Why Local and State Police Rarely Investigate Federal Agents – ProPublica
FBI agents at the scene of the shooting death of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Jan. 24.
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FBI agents at the scene of the shooting death of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Jan. 24.
Peter DiCampo / ProPublica“You’re Not Going to Investigate a Federal Officer”
It doesn’t happen often, but local law enforcement can arrest and charge federal agents. Legal experts say there’s a moral obligation to at least try to hold federal immigration officers accountable when they violate the Constitution and the law.
by Andy Mannix, Melissa Sanchez and Nicole Foy
February 5, 2026, 6:00 am
Minutes after a federal agent shot and killed a Mexican immigrant in a Chicago suburb last September, a group of police officers stood on the sidewalk trying to figure out the answer to a question of protocol: Who would investigate the shooting?
“Wouldn’t it be state’s, at a minimum?” one Franklin Park officer asked, according to body camera footage.
Chief Mike Witz shook his head. “No, because it’s a federal shooting,” he said. “You’re not going to investigate a federal officer.”
His officers didn’t investigate. In their report, they didn’t even note the names of the two Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at the scene of Silverio Villegas González’s death. Instead, they deferred to the FBI.
Local law enforcement officials also did not investigate when a Border Patrol agent shot and wounded a U.S. citizen in her car in Chicago less than a month later. Or when an ICE agent in Phoenix shot a Honduran man during a traffic stop later that month.
In fact, local police did not open investigations into six of the 12 shootings by on-duty federal agents that have led to the deaths or injuries of citizens and immigrants since September, a ProPublica analysis found. In three other shooting cases, state or local police said they have opened inquiries, which they called a routine practice in those jurisdictions. And in Minnesota, where ICE and Border Patrol shot and killed two U.S. citizens and injured a Venezuelan man last month, state police have tried to conduct independent investigations only to be thwarted by the Trump administration, which has gone so far as to block officers from a scene, even when they had a judicial warrant.
In almost every instance, President Donald Trump’s administration blamed the injured and dead for the shooting within hours of the incident, raising questions about whether federal officials can fairly and objectively investigate their own. Legal experts and advocates for immigrants say this apparent lack of accountability demands that local authorities step up and exercise their power to investigate and prosecute federal agents who break state laws — from battery to murder.
“Local police and the state have gotten a free pass,” said Craig Futterman, a law professor at the University of Chicago and the co-founder and director of its Civil Rights and Police Accountability Project. “Residents have every right and should be demanding that, ‘Hey, state authorities, police, local police: Protect us. Arrest people who kill us, who batter us, who point guns at us and threaten and assault us without legal cause to do so.’”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXw9k7JWufI
Body camera footage shows then-Franklin Park Police Chief Mike Witz responding to his officers’ questions about whether they would investigate the shooting of a Mexican immigrant by federal agents. Obtained by ProPublica
It’s usually the opposite scenario: federal authorities coming in to investigate a troubled police department. But local authorities have investigated and charged federal agents in the past. It’s just rare and complicated. The federal supremacy clause in the U.S. Constitution bars local interference with federal law enforcement officers when they act reasonably and within the scope of their duties.
But given the aggressive tactics employed by immigration agents under the Trump administration, Futterman and other legal experts said local police and prosecutors are morally obligated to at least try to hold federal law enforcement officers accountable.
“We’re in an environment right now where ICE officers are blatantly and egregiously violating the Constitution and the law,” said Joanna Schwartz, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. “The federal government has made it very clear that they are not going to do anything to provide any sort of accountability backstop to its officers. Unfortunately, because Congress is not taking any steps to rein ICE officers in, there really is no option other than states protecting their constituents’ rights.”
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Why Local and State Police Rarely Investigate Federal Agents — ProPublica
#AlexJeffreyPretti #Chicago #CPB #FBI #FederalAgents #GonzalezDeath #ICE #ImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcementICE #Investigate #January242026 #LocalPolice #Minneapolis #MoralObligation #ProPublica #RuleOfLaw #StatePolice #Trump #TrumpAdministration #ViolateConstitution #Why #YouTube -
HUGE WIN Against Civil Asset Forfeiture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq_TG-cQmQg
Another big hit from the Institute for Justice.https://ij.org/
#CivilAssetForfeiture #BlueGang #HighwayRobbery #Nevada #StatePolice #FederalGovernment #Collusion #MoneyLaundering #Theft #Crime #HighwayPatrol #DEA #USA
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"Many in the UK were outraged by proposals to give the Department of Work and Pensions the power to examine people’s bank accounts. In the US, Hasbrouck points to a recent report from the House Judiciary Committee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government that documents the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s collaboration with the FBI to push banks to submit reports of suspicious activity while it trawled for possible suspects after the January 6 insurrection. Yes, the destructors should be caught and punished; but also any weapon turned against people we don’t like can also be turned against us. Did anyone vote to let the FBI conduct financial surveillance by the million?
Now imagine that companies outsource ID checks to the government and offload the risk of running their own. That is how the no-fly list works. That’s how airlines operate *now*. GIAAS.
Then add the passive identification that systems like facial recognition are spreading. You can no longer reliably know whether you have been identified and logged, who gets that information, or what hidden decision they may make based on it. Few of us are sure of our rights in any situation, and few of us even ask why."
https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2024/12/20/government-identification-as-a-service/
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"Many in the UK were outraged by proposals to give the Department of Work and Pensions the power to examine people’s bank accounts. In the US, Hasbrouck points to a recent report from the House Judiciary Committee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government that documents the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s collaboration with the FBI to push banks to submit reports of suspicious activity while it trawled for possible suspects after the January 6 insurrection. Yes, the destructors should be caught and punished; but also any weapon turned against people we don’t like can also be turned against us. Did anyone vote to let the FBI conduct financial surveillance by the million?
Now imagine that companies outsource ID checks to the government and offload the risk of running their own. That is how the no-fly list works. That’s how airlines operate *now*. GIAAS.
Then add the passive identification that systems like facial recognition are spreading. You can no longer reliably know whether you have been identified and logged, who gets that information, or what hidden decision they may make based on it. Few of us are sure of our rights in any situation, and few of us even ask why."
https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2024/12/20/government-identification-as-a-service/
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🚨Holiday Task Force🚨
MCDOT & MCPD are warning Montgomery County residents ahead of the #Thanksgiving2024🦃 holiday to not drive🚗 if they choose to celebrate with alcohol🍸or cannabis. MCPD🚔 has activated a "Holiday Task Force" to detect impaired drivers.
Plan📲 for a safe ride🚖home ▶️ https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail.aspx?Item_ID=46214&Dept=50 #MDRoads #MDTraffic #transit #publictransit #taxi #montgomerucountymd #maryland #countypolice #statepolice #checkpoints #impaireddriving -
State Police and Police Dogs entertain on the Port Royal Race Track during the Juniata County Fair, circa 1960. #police #policereform #dogs #dogphotographer #doglover #doglovers #statepolice
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Connecticut Police Recover $63,500 in Cryptocurrency Scam - Connecticut State Police (CSP), in collaboration with the Statewide Prosecution Bu... - https://news.bitcoin.com/connecticut-police-recover-63500-in-cryptocurrency-scam/ #cryptocurrency #digitalassets #connecticut #newsbytes-2 #statepolice #blockchain #newsbytes #phishing #crypto #scam
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Connecticut Police Recover $63,500 in Cryptocurrency Scam - Connecticut State Police (CSP), in collaboration with the Statewide Prosecution Bu... - https://news.bitcoin.com/connecticut-police-recover-63500-in-cryptocurrency-scam/ #cryptocurrency #digitalassets #connecticut #newsbytes-2 #statepolice #blockchain #newsbytes #phishing #crypto #scam
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Charges have been dismissed against 46 people who were arrested on Wednesday during a pro-Palestinian protest at UT Austin.
#News #Protests #Schools #Texas #AustinPoliceDepartment #StatePolice #UTAustin #UTAustinProtests
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Charges have been dismissed against 46 people who were arrested on Wednesday during a pro-Palestinian protest at UT Austin.
#News #Protests #Schools #Texas #AustinPoliceDepartment #StatePolice #UTAustin #UTAustinProtests
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#Congress Has a Chance to Rein In #Police Use of #Surveillance Tech
As #statepolice amass more #spying tools, #privacy advocates say Congress’s debate over a mass surveillance bill offers hope for reform. What do they have?
Hardware that breaks into your #phone; #software that monitors you on the #internet; systems that can recognize your face and track your #car: The #NewYork State Police are drowning in surveillance tech.
https://theintercept.com/2024/04/02/surveillance-tech-new-york-state-police/ -
#Congress Has a Chance to Rein In #Police Use of #Surveillance Tech
As #statepolice amass more #spying tools, #privacy advocates say Congress’s debate over a mass surveillance bill offers hope for reform. What do they have?
Hardware that breaks into your #phone; #software that monitors you on the #internet; systems that can recognize your face and track your #car: The #NewYork State Police are drowning in surveillance tech.
https://theintercept.com/2024/04/02/surveillance-tech-new-york-state-police/ -
#Philadelphia #LGBTQ+ #official #demands #police #apology after being #released without charges.
“We want #transparency, we want all the #facts to come out. We have to get into the root of why things like this keep happening,” Ross added.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Pennsylvania #Philadelphia #StatePolice #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Racism #BlackMastodon
https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/03/08/celena-morrison-lawsuit-philadelphia-lgbt-affairs-arrest/
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#Philadelphia #LGBTQ+ #official #demands #police #apology after being #released without charges.
“We want #transparency, we want all the #facts to come out. We have to get into the root of why things like this keep happening,” Ross added.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Pennsylvania #Philadelphia #StatePolice #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Racism #BlackMastodon
https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/03/08/celena-morrison-lawsuit-philadelphia-lgbt-affairs-arrest/
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[Video] #Protesters #ShutDown One of #Philadelphia's #Busiest #Highways #Calling for a #Ceasefire in #Gaza.
32 protesters on the #SchuylkillExpressway have been #arrested by #Pennsylvania #StatePolice as they #shutdown a #bridge and one of Philadelphia's #busiest #highways while calling for a cease-fire in Gaza.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #MiddleEast #Israel #Gaza #Palestine #Activism
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[Video] #Protesters #ShutDown One of #Philadelphia's #Busiest #Highways #Calling for a #Ceasefire in #Gaza.
32 protesters on the #SchuylkillExpressway have been #arrested by #Pennsylvania #StatePolice as they #shutdown a #bridge and one of Philadelphia's #busiest #highways while calling for a cease-fire in Gaza.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #MiddleEast #Israel #Gaza #Palestine #Activism
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#Statepolice have arrested a #Naugatuck #policeofficer who was under #criminalinvestigation for his use of a #taser during an #arrest earlier this month. Thirty-six-year-old #NicholasKehoss, a 13-year #veteran of the #police force, has been charged with #intentionalcruelty to persons and #assault in the third degree. The incident happened on Oct. 14 during the arrest of 33-year-old #JarrellDay, of #Waterbury...
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https://thecivilrightslawyer.com/2023/11/01/officer-in-huge-trouble-over-his-taser-use/ -
"‘Utter Clowns’: It’s Knives Out Over Maine State Police Massacre Response" - They’re all freaking clowns. Great to see them turning on each other. F*ck the police. #LawEnforcement #police #policing #StatePolice #maine https://www.thedailybeast.com/maine-mass-shooting-deputy-grills-state-police-for-its-search-for-robert-card?via=ios
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"‘Utter Clowns’: It’s Knives Out Over Maine State Police Massacre Response" - They’re all freaking clowns. Great to see them turning on each other. F*ck the police. #LawEnforcement #police #policing #StatePolice #maine https://www.thedailybeast.com/maine-mass-shooting-deputy-grills-state-police-for-its-search-for-robert-card?via=ios
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In related news, our #DriversLicenseDivision was rolled out of the #DMV and into the #StatePolice under the umbrella of the #DHS
They still “Protect and Serve,” but it’s not you or I that they’re protecting and serving.
Bottom Line: Osama bin Laden was more successful at destroying America than he ever dreamed possible. And it’s gone largely unnoticed.
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In related news, our #DriversLicenseDivision was rolled out of the #DMV and into the #StatePolice under the umbrella of the #DHS
They still “Protect and Serve,” but it’s not you or I that they’re protecting and serving.
Bottom Line: Osama bin Laden was more successful at destroying America than he ever dreamed possible. And it’s gone largely unnoticed.
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A #Pennsylvania #court says #statepolice can't hide how it monitors #socialmedia
Andrew Christy, a lawyer with the #ACLU of Pennsylvania, said the ruling "sort of puts #lawenforcement on the same playing field as all government agencies. If they have a legal justification to keep something secret, then they have to put forth sufficient evidence to justify that."
https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-police-aclu-social-media-monitoring-1508189aba86cc776e19892b4a2b358a #police #surveillance #privacy -
A #Pennsylvania #court says #statepolice can't hide how it monitors #socialmedia
Andrew Christy, a lawyer with the #ACLU of Pennsylvania, said the ruling "sort of puts #lawenforcement on the same playing field as all government agencies. If they have a legal justification to keep something secret, then they have to put forth sufficient evidence to justify that."
https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-police-aclu-social-media-monitoring-1508189aba86cc776e19892b4a2b358a #police #surveillance #privacy