Dozens of demonstrators occupied and vandalized a privately owned U.S. Border Patrol museum near El Paso, Texas, over the weekend, according to the site’s top official. Museum director David Ham told the Washington Examiner his staff and guests worried for their safety Saturday when a group of about 50 rowdy protesters entered the facility, defaced […]
Border Patrol Shoots Driver Who Refused to Stop at Arizona Border Crossing…
A federal officer stationed at an Arizona border crossing shot a driver who refused to stop and allegedly tried to run down the officer on the way into Mexico, according to local reports. Around 7 p.m. local time Thursday, an unnamed U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer working at the DeConcini Crossing in Nogales, Ariz., […]
Feds Can’t Force You to Unlock Your iPhone with Finger or Face, Judge Rules…
A California judge has ruled that American cops can’t force people to unlock a mobile phone with their face or finger. The ruling goes further to protect people’s private lives from government searches than any before and is being hailed as a potentially landmark decision. Previously, U.S. judges had ruled that police were allowed to […]
The FBI Is Trying Amazon’s Facial-Recognition Software…
The FBI is piloting Amazon’s facial matching software—Amazon Rekognition—as a means to sift through mountains of video surveillance footage the agency routinely collects during investigations. The pilot kicked off in early 2018 following a string of high-profile counterterrorism investigations that tested the limits of the FBI’s technological capabilities, according to FBI officials…
No One Is Protecting the Kids of Broward County…
At every level of government, Broward County has continued to fail its children. U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom has thrown out a case brought by 15 students against the Broward County Sheriff’s Office and the school district, ruling that neither law enforcement nor the public school system was culpable for failing to prevent the Parkland […]
20,667 Drunken-Driving Convictions Tainted by Bad Breathalyzer Test in New Jersey…
More than 20,000 drunken-driving convictions in New Jersey could be in jeopardy after the state’s highest court ruled on Tuesday that breathalyzer tests used to win those judgments were inadmissible. The unanimous ruling by the Supreme Court stems from criminal charges brought more than two years ago against a State Police sergeant who was accused […]
Junket Justice: How Special Interests Pay to Schmooze DOJ and FBI Officials…
Of all the agencies in the federal government that should be immune to special-interest schmoozing, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and its premier law enforcement agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives top the list. Their independence from influence, and their […]
Rift Between Police, Feds Allowed New Mexico Terror Compound to Fester…
Questions keep coming about how the U.S. justice system responded to a New Mexico compound that housed five alleged would-be jihadists and 11 reportedly malnourished children along with the remains of a twelfth child who died on the compound. A federal grand jury recently indicted the five alleged jihadists on weapons and conspiracy charges, alleging […]
Another Prison Phone Service Caught Recording Privileged Conversations and Passing Them Onto Law Enforcement…
A few years back, prison communications provider Securus was caught — via hacker-obtained data — recording privileged calls between inmates and their legal reps. Yes, ALL CALLS ARE RECORDED, as the sign says, but certain calls shouldn’t be. Securus did it en masse, hoovering up 14,000 privileged calls over an unspecified time period. The total […]
Lawmakers Demand Mueller Unmask Team Members to Root Out ‘Politically Biased Investigators’…
A group of Republican lawmakers have requested Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein hand over the names of every individual working on special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe. The seven GOP lawmakers told Rosenstein they are “disturbed” by the perceived anti-Trump bias demonstrated by FBI agent Peter Strzok and attorneys Lisa Page and Kevin Clinesmith — […]
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