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Thu, Jul 15th 2021 7:43pm — Tim Cushing Law enforcement officers have no legal obligation to protect and serve. The words look nice on badges and insignias, but courts have said this is only a nicety, not a guarantee. But that doesnt mean officers can abandon any pretense of protection and service. There are some limits enforced by precedent. Neglecting to take complaints and threats seriously can have consequences. The difference is the definition. Theres no due process right to protection a...

Tue, Jul 13th 2021 5:39am — Tim Cushing GETTR, the Twitter clone created by former Trump advisor Jason Miller, seems to have rolled out just as smoothly as every other attempt to replace the social media service thats still inexplicably popular with people who claim to hate it for moderating their speech. Its yet another "free speech" platform that claims it upholds the lofty ideals of allowing those banned from other, more functional sites to speak their minds… just as long as said mind sp...

Police, v. : maintain law and order Police, n.: responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the maintenance of law and order Metro Transit Police can’t demonstrate that officers investigated thousands of reported robberies, assaults, sex offenses and property crimes over a span of several years, according to the agency’s internal watchdog. In the case of 1,200 reported crimes, “investigative case files lacked any documentation of investigative activity,” according to a rep...

Fri, Jul 2nd 2021 3:47pm — Tim Cushing A substantial part of the Ohio legislature seems incapable of reading the room. Following several months of anti-police violence protests, state legislators have passed a bill that makes it easier for law enforcement officers to arrest anyone for just about anything. (h/t Joe Papp) A proposed state law that could make it a crime to shoot cell phone video of police got the green light by lawmakers to move forward following a statehouse committee hearing T...

Clearview continues to dominate the "Most Hated" category in the facial recognition tech games. And with Amazon tossing aside...

Tue, Jun 15th 2021 3:44pm — Tim Cushing “I can’t believe that,” he said. “I’m not trying to smile. I just ... damn!” That was in 2011, when Sgt. Bosque wasnt seen as quite as terrible as he is now. At that point, the officer who seemed to see himself as the second coming of Vic Mackey only had five firings (and three arrests) to his name. Accusations of misconduct have piled up against this officer. The Herald-Tribune found 40 internal affairs cases involving Bosque, including mul...

Youtube (finally) introduced a Creative Commons licensing option for uploaders on June 2nd, allowing users to make their original works...

High-profile ransomware attacks -- some the FBI have tentatively attributed to Russian hackers -- have provoked the kind of response...

The Pasco County (FL) Sheriff's Office has been using a quasi-"pre-crime" program for years, supposedly as part of its...

Former president Trump made plenty of noise about the Deep State being out to get him. But he apparently didn't see anything wrong...