Month: October 2024

Federal prosecutors file new indictment against ex-Louisville police officers – ABC News

Federal prosecutors filed a new indictment against two former Louisville officers accused of falsifying a warrant that led police to Breonna Taylor’s door before they fatally shot her
— Read on abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/federal-prosecutors-file-new-indictment-louisville-police-officers-114410503

A Secretive ICE Program Trains Civilians on Firearms and Surveillance, Documents Show 

This “secretive program” is similar to Citizen Police Academies that 1,000’s of police departments across the nation host every year. There is nothing nefarious with this program.

ICE recruits civilians to role play as agents for a secretive public relations initiative that trains them to shoot firearms, conduct surveillance, and use lethal force.
— Read on documentedny.com/2024/10/01/ice-immigration-train-citizens-academy/

The Skanner News – Police Stop More Black Drivers, While Speed Cameras Issue Unbiased Tickets − New Study From Chicago

Traffic stops by Chicago police have more than doubled over the past nine years in what the American Civil Liberties Union, a civil rights group, is calling the “new stop-and-frisk.”

Stop and frisk is when officers stop and search people based on “reasonable suspicion” that they are involved in criminal activity. The practice has been documented to disproportionately target Black and Latino people – not only in Chicago but also in New York and across the United States. In Chicago, it has declined sharply since a 2015 reform agreement between the ACLU and the Chicago Police Department.
— Read on www.theskanner.com/news/usa/36350-police-stop-more-black-drivers-while-speed-cameras-issue-unbiased-tickets-new-study-from-chicago