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Fri, Jan 22nd 2021 10:49am — Tim Cushing Anyone with half a brain reading the post would have known it was a joke. It contained references to marijuana (the group was to meet at 4:20 pm) and asked that only "card carrying members" of Antifa show up. There was also the line: "Arms optional. Legs encouraged." For some reason, neither the mayor nor the local police department got the joke. The mayor issued an official statement about the citys "zero-tolerance policy for threats to life and prope...

Fri, Jan 22nd 2021 9:48am — Tim Cushing A lawsuit [PDF] against Google over ad practices and search engine rankings has been dismissed. The allegations start normally before taking a sharp turn into some recently favored causes of action. First, theres the RICO. Second, the plaintiff claims the RICO and everything that goes with it is a result of Googles anti-conservative bias. Heres the most coherent part of the allegations: Plaintiff operated a website, https://seniorcare.care/ (“the webs...

Thu, Jan 21st 2021 12:19pm — Tim Cushing Another law enforcement officer has lost his job after being unable to accept the outcome of a national election. Lots of officers around the nation are under investigation for their participation in the Capitol Hill raid earlier this month. Theres another name to add to that long list -- one who used to work for one of the worst law enforcement officials in the county, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd. (h/t WarOnPrivacy) Trump repeatedly made it clear h...

Anyone who says anything critical of the Turkish government is a terrorist. That's been the operative theory of Recep Tayyip...

Wed, Jan 20th 2021 12:02pm — Tim Cushing Talk of police reform has escalated over recent years. It reached an inflection point after the killing of an unarmed black man by a white Minnesota police officer last May. Since then, a lot of proposals have been put forward, but very few have passed without being stripped of anything useful. Whats being asked doesnt make it impossible to be a cop, no matter what law enforcement and union officials may claim. Theres definitely room for improvement an...

Tue, Jan 19th 2021 6:35am — Tim Cushing At the beginning of his term, President Trump promised hed turn regular America into police-loving America: President Trump will honor our men and women in uniform and will support their mission of protecting the public. The dangerous anti-police atmosphere in America is wrong. The Trump Administration will end it. But cops kept being cops and the "dangerous anti-police atmosphere" continued. Actually, it escalated. When a Minnesota cop pressed his knee...

Wed, Jan 13th 2021 1:37pm — Tim Cushing Cops have a "tell." Its so obvious and yet they still pretend it isnt. Whenever something questionable goes down, all anyone has to do is ask for the recordings. If the recording exonerates cops (or at least makes it a close call in their favor), law enforcement agencies will release the footage, often without anyone asking for it. If there might be rights violations or a questionable killing, cops will delay or deny the release of footage. In some case...

We write a lot about defamation suits here at Techdirt. Most of what we cover are baseless lawsuits -- lawsuits featuring powerful...

Mon, Nov 16th 2020 10:50am — Tim Cushing The never-ending amount of election related litigation keeps on coming. The Trump campaign is still heavily invested in lawsuits -- a practice it started before the election and it hasnt scaled back now that its boy has been handed an L. Georgia remains a hotly contested state, thanks in part to pressure applied by the outbound President and his many minions. It will recount all five million votes, which Trump appears to believe will reverse Bidens 14...

Wed, Jan 13th 2021 9:29am — Tim Cushing Invading federal buildings is a serious federal offense. Thats why Trump sent federal officers to Portland -- officers that spent a lot of time shooting and pepper spraying journalists and legal observers. There was a lot of irony contained in the Capitol invasion by Trump supporters -- ones who feel the government can do no wrong when their boy is in charge but cannot be trusted the moment the guy up top is replaced. But the most painful irony still li...