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Detroit City Council approves funding for counter-lawsuit against police violence protesters
As reported earlier by the
World Socialist Web Site, attorneys representing the City of Detroit, Mayor Mike Duggan, Detroit Police Chief James Craig and several police officers filed a countersuit against DWB protesters for “civil conspiracy,” inciting riots, destroying public property and other “illegal acts” on September 25.
Protesters march in a rally in Detroit, Wednesday, June 3, 2020 (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
The countersuit was part of the city’s response to a lawsuit filed by DWB in August that resulted in the imposition of a temporary restraining order against the use by Detroit Police Department (DPD) officers of excessive force against demonstrators.
Washington University of Michigan law professor Sam Bagenstos is joining the new Biden administration as general counsel of the White House Office of Management and Budget.
UM Law School Dean Mark D. West sent an email notifying faculty and staff of Bagenstos appointment on Wednesday, hours after the President Joe Biden s inauguration.
In his new role, Bagenstos will give legal advice to the director and staff across the largest executive department in the Office of the President whose mission is aiding the administration with policy, budget, management and regulatory priorities.
The position, which does not require Senate confirmation, includes reviewing proposed agency regulations and agency comments on legislation, helping with the drafting of the president s bill signing statements and overseeing the proposed annual budget for the executive branch.
US lawmakers aims to curtail face recognition
Microsoft and Amazon halted facial recognition sales to police this month following nationwide protests
Reuters
January 19, 2021
Visitors check their phones behind the screen advertising facial recognition software during Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) at the National Convention in Beijing, China April 27, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA:
Facial recognition vendor Rank One Computing said on Wednesday it would “add legal means” and research other ways to thwart misuse after its software was involved in the first known wrongful arrest based on the technology in the United States.
Robert Williams, who is Black, spent over a day in Detroit police custody in January after Rank One’s face recognition software connected his driver’s license photo to a surveillance video of someone shoplifting, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU) said.
As of Wednesday, 4,055 people incarcerated in the state have COVID-19.
Credit: 13 ON YOUR SIDE Author: Emma Nicolas Updated: 8:29 PM EST January 13, 2021
A coalition of eight groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, are urging the governor s office and the state health department director to prioritize the vaccination of people who are incarcerated.
COVID-19 has spread in every Michigan prison facility, infecting over half of the population since March and killing 123 people.
As of Wednesday, Michigan s Department of Corrections (MDOC) reported 4,055 people currently have the virus. The state has one of the highest infection rates in the country, according to The Marshall Project.