Four Cops in [liberal] Minnesota who were accused of excessive force Now train other police officers, according to court documents

Four Minneapolis police trainers were accused of using excessive force in civil lawsuits the city settled before they received their current assignments, according to a review of federal court documents. 

One police trainer allegedly struck a disabled man in the head. Another allegedly beat and falsely arrested a Black man who repeated a question. A fifth officer, who now reviews use-of-force incidents, allegedly took part in the assault of a man who claimed he nearly died. That lawsuit was settled for nearly $1 million.

The lawsuits were settled without a finding of fault. And many of the allegations date back a decade or more. But as the Minnesota Department of Human Rights tasks the Minneapolis Police Department with overhauling its culture and accountability processes — including uses of excessive force that disproportionately impacted people of color — advocates for police reform say these officers’ leadership positions raise concerns over the department’s commitment to change. [MORE]

Never Touch Cops, Talk to Them as Your Equal or Blow Your Horn at Them b/c They May Destroy Your “Freedom:” NY Cop Violently Arrests Black Man for Tapping His Horn at Cop on Green Light

A white upstate New York cop violently arrested a Black man last year for tapping his horn at him after the cop failed to proceed when the traffic light turned green.

Troy police officer Taylor Gamache charged the man with unlawful use of a horn, obstruction of governmental administration, and resisting arrest – retaliatory charges that were all dismissed.

Earlier this month, Matthew N. Edwards filed a lawsuit against the condescending cop, accusing him of assault, battery, false arrest, malicious prosecution, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and violating several of his constitutional rights.

Body camera video of the arrest, posted below, shows Gamache also towed Edwards’ car for parking more than 12 inches from the curb in front of his home.

But Edwards had parked that way because a pair of garbage cans were blocking his parking space when he pulled up, so he stepped out of the car to move the garbage cans to the side of his house in order to park properly.

But Gamache never gave him a chance, insisting on arresting him for daring to toot the horn at him as he sat at the light distracted, perhaps texting, which is against the law in New York. [MORE]

Investigation Reveals Widespread Medical Neglect in Mississippi Prisons

In its ongoing investigation, “Behind Bars, Beyond Care,” nonprofit newspaper Mississippi Today reports that sick people in the state’s prisons are suffering from medical neglect and mismanagement even as taxpayers pay more than $100 million to VitalCore Health Strategies, a private health care corporation.

The latest article in the series profiles Stephanie Nowlin, who spent two and a half years in prison for aggravated DUI before becoming Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Burl Cain’s government affairs coordinator.

In that role, she focused on reducing a lengthy backlog in reclassification that too often means that people get left in restrictive housing who don’t need to be there and individuals who need medical care are stuck in facilities that don’t provide it.

In interviews with Mississippi Today, Ms. Nowlin said she was working with case managers at Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Rankin County to tackle that backlog in August 2023 when she was called over by three incarcerated men who were carrying a man whose legs appeared to be rotting, his flesh blackened and cracking.

After seeing the sick man suffering in “quickbed,” a unit where newly arrived people sleep on bunk beds in a dorm while waiting to be classified, the three men had decided to find help.

Ms. Nowlin took photos of the man’s legs and called the prison superintendent, John Hunt, who came in a golf cart to take the man to the prison infirmary. There, Ms. Nowlin said, nurses labeled the man “noncompliant” for allegedly not taking diabetes medication, put some ointment on his leg, and sent him back to the dorm.[MORE]

5th Circuit Court says Texas Prison Staff May Be Liable for Inmate Extreme Heat Death after Multiple Days of 100 Degree Temperatures

Following multiple days of 100-plus degree heat inside Colorado City, Tex. prison, nurse sees inmate naked and nonverbal on the floor of his cell with four trays of untouched food beside him. She encourages him "to get up and get on with his day." He dies. Fifth Circuit (unpublished): It is clearly established that baking inmates to death violates the Constitution. And given that hundreds of such deaths have occurred in Texas in recent years, claims against some supervisors, in addition to the nurse, might have been dismissed too hastily. [MORE]

After Filling the Jails with Black People who Merely Possess Guns to Protect Themselves from Crime, NJ Puppeticians Move to Exempt Themselves from Gun Control Laws

From [HERE] In a jaw-dropping display of hypocrisy, New Jersey lawmakers have introduced a bill that would give themselves and their top staffers sweeping firearm privileges—privileges they continue to deny the average law-abiding citizen.

Assembly Bill A5958, introduced on July 24, 2025, by Assemblymen Robert Auth (R-39) and Gregory Myhre (R-9), with co-sponsorship from Assemblyman Sean Kean, seeks to exempt elected officials and their chiefs of staff from nearly all of the state’s draconian gun laws. Under the proposal, they would be allowed to carry handguns without a permit, possess rifles and shotguns without a Firearms Purchaser ID, and transport firearms throughout the state—all as long as they complete a state-approved training course.

This comes even as the rest of New Jersey residents continue to be bound by some of the most burdensome gun laws in the nation.

As it stands, ordinary New Jerseyans must navigate a bureaucratic maze just to exercise basic Second Amendment rights—enduring long waits, multiple and endless background checks, permitting processes, and potential criminal penalties for violations.

Yet A5958 creates a privileged class of gun carriers: politicians and their chosen aides.

The bill plainly states that “a person who is an elected official… shall be exempt from the provisions of N.J.S.2C:39-5,” which currently criminalizes most forms of firearm possession without government-issued credentials or carved out exceptions. This immunity would last the full duration of the politician’s term. Their appointed chief of staff would also gain the same immunity, but only while “in the actual performance of [their] official duties.”

California Hospital Concealed Evidence Linking ‘Catastrophic Surge’ in Stillbirths to COVID Injections, Lawsuit Alleges

A California hospital concealed data linking a “catastrophic surge” in stillbirths among women who received COVID-19 vaccines, according to a lawsuit filed last week in the Superior Court of California, Fresno County.

Michelle Spencer, a nurse at Community Medical Centers’ (CMC) Community Regional Medical Center, said the hospital “deliberately and selectively” concealed from staff, patients and regulators a spike in unborn baby deaths that began in spring 2021, and retaliated against her when she publicized the information.

The lawsuit also says the hospital concealed medical data related to the fetal deaths that showed a link to COVID-19 vaccination of pregnant mothers.

The data include hospital-wide medical records documenting the number of stillbirths and the vaccination histories of those babies’ mothers. One managing nurse at the hospital told a staff member that nearly all of the stillbirths occurred among vaccinated mothers.

According to the complaint, Spencer “witnessed firsthand the exponential increase in unborn baby deaths directly correlating with pregnant women who received a Covid vaccine and then would deliver a dead baby a close number of days or weeks following their injection.” [MORE]

Coin-Operated Members of Congress Skip Epstein Files Vote For Trip to Israel Paid for by AIPAC

Dozens of Members of the US House are on their way to Israel on an AIPAC-paid trip after Speaker Johnson – also in Israel – called August recess early to avoid a vote on Rep. Thomas Massie’s resolution to release the Epstein files. [MORE]

Israeli Strike on Tent in Gaza with US Weapons Murders Five Al Jazeera Journalists - Dependent Media Conceals Story

An Israeli airstrike on Sunday night targeted a tent outside the gates of the al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City and killed five Al Jazeera journalists, including 28-year-old Anas al-Sharif, a well-known reporter who had a large following on X.

Al Jazeera said that the other four journalists killed in the bombing were correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh and three cameramen: Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal, and Moamen Aliwa. Two other people were also killed in the bombing.

Just minutes before he was killed, al-Sharif said in a post on X that Israel was escalating its bombing of Gaza City. “Relentless bombardment,” he wrote. “For two hours, the Israeli aggression has intensified on Gaza City.”

The Israeli military acknowledged that it deliberately targeted al-Sharif, claiming without evidence that he was a “Hamas terrorist” who “posed as an Al Jazeera journalist.” Last month, the Committee to Protect Journalists issued a warning about the Israeli military’s smears against Sharif, saying it was likely a precursor to his assassination. [MORE]

Candace Owens Says Benjamin Netanyahu Is the Real President Of The United States

Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls Genocide in Gaza a Genocide - Only 10 Other Members of Congress Have Done So

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) joined with Democrats on Tuesday to become the first member of the Republican Party to call the crisis in Gaza a “genocide.” 

Writing to X on Monday, Greene first acknowledged the terrorist acts of Hamas on October 7, 2023 before criticizing Israel’s response which has created a humanitarian crisis in Gaza. 

“It’s the most truthful and easiest thing to say that Oct. 7 in Israel was horrific and all hostages must be returned, but so is the genocide and starvation happening in Gaza,” Greene said.

Greene, who earlier this month led a failed attempt to strip $500 million of American military funding to Israel, escalated her criticism of the Israeli government in recent weeks after Israel bombed the only Catholic Church in Gaza. The outspoken Georgia congresswoman joins nine Democrats, including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian-American member of the Congress, to call the crisis a genocide. [MORE]

MSNBC, CNN Lose 40% of Viewers Compared to Last Year

MSNBC and CNN are hemorrhaging viewers. Tee hee. Compared to this same week last year, MSNBC lost 40 percent of its primetime viewers, while CNN lost 44 percent.

Fox News, meanwhile, crushed them both, losing only 16 percent of primetime eyeballs.

The public has wised up. Resistance TV no longer sells like it’s 2017. Just ask Stephen Colbert and Howard Stern.

That Fox News number is the one that counts, for it gives us context. Sure, last year was a presidential election year, which is the Super Bowl for cable news. Unless there’s a war, no one expects cable news to attract the same audience this year. But when Fox News loses only 16 percent of its year-over-year audience and MSNBC and CNN lose 40 and 44 percent respectively, there’s more going on.

Here are the raw numbers from the week of July 21, with the percentage loss from this same week last year.

Average Primetime / Demo Viewers Viewers 

FOX: 2.41 million (-16 percent)  / 232,000 (-41 percent)

MSNBC: 906,000 (-40 percent)  / 78,000 (-58 percent)

CNNLOL: 480,000 (-44 percent) / 89,000 (-54 percent) [MORE]

Court Case Settlement Prohibits ICE Cops from Falsely Identifying Themselves as Local or State Police Officers

Pursuant to a court settlement approved today in Kidd v. Noem, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers are prohibited from identifying as state or local law enforcement and cannot engage in ruses that misrepresent their governmental identity or purpose.  

U.S. District Court Judge Otis D. Wright II reviewed the settlement as part of a class action lawsuit challenging the agency’s home arrest practices in Los Angeles and the surrounding region. The lawsuit was filed in 2020, on behalf of an individual, Osny Sorto-Vazquez Kidd, and two community organizations that represent the class, the Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice (ICIJ) and the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA). 

“Our vibrant communities are built on trust. This settlement makes clear immigration officers are not above the Constitution and will be held accountable for their deceptive practices,” said Diana Sanchez, staff attorney at the ACLU Foundation of Southern California. “We’ll be monitoring to ensure ICE does not violate the rights of our community members.”  

The settlement prohibits ICE officers from using deceptive ruses to enter a home or when asking a resident to exit their home. This includes identifying themselves as state or local law enforcement (e.g., LAPD), probation, parole, detectives, or any other non-federal governmental agency. It also will prohibit ICE officers from falsely stating they are conducting a criminal investigation or looking for someone else, conducting a probation or parole check, claiming there is a safety or legal problem with a person’s vehicle, or misrepresenting that their purpose involves danger to a resident or public safety.  

Latinos Make Up More than 50% of Border Patrol Agents and 24% of ICE Cops

According to the most recent publicly available data Latinos make up more than 50% of Border Patrol agents and 24% of ICE agents. [MORE]

White Liberal Beto O’Rourke Claims Docile, Acquiescent Illegal Aliens will be “Greater Citizens” b/c They are Willing to Do Backbreaking Work for a Slave Wage

Democrats are increasingly explicit about their goals to turn illegal aliens into future voters — making Republican talk of amnesty or compromise more worrisome. Those efforts would be nothing less than hammering the final nails into the coffin of both the Republican Party and America.

At a Fort Worth “The People vs. The Power Grab” rally, Beto O’Rourke laid it out plainly.

“We absolutely failed to live up to the expectations that we set, so next time we win power, we’re going to drive that car like we stole it,” O’Rourke said. “We’re going to legalize every DREAMer, every DREAMer’s parents, every hardworking American doing backbreaking work that makes this country so g-dd-mn great in the first place, even greater as US citizens.”

O’Rourke isn’t the only Democrat to suggest turning illegal aliens into citizens. Florida Democratic Rep. Maxwell Frost said in June that he wants to “document every single [illegal alien] with a speedy path to citizenship.”

Given the chance, Democrats will choose voter registration over deportation. They are simply waiting for their next chance at power to pull the trigger. [MORE]

Black Mayors from Cleveland, Chicago, Baltimore, and Newark Claim Success at Reducing Violent Crime

In a virtual convening hosted in collaboration with the Vera Action Institute, Democratic mayors from Cleveland, Chicago, Baltimore, and Newark offered a vigorous defense of their cities’ efforts to reduce violent crime—arguing that Democratic-led urban centers are leading the country in crime reduction through data-driven, community-focused, and comprehensive public safety strategies.

The roundtable was introduced by Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, president of the Democratic Mayors Association, who opened the conversation by drawing a sharp contrast between local results and federal rhetoric. 

“We wanted to have this conversation [about] the work that Democratic mayors all across this country are doing to reduce violent crime despite the chaos and cruelty and confusion coming out of D.C.,” Bibb said. “Since I took office nearly three years ago, we’ve seen a nearly 46% reduction in homicides while investing in law enforcement, but also investing in nonviolence interventions… deploying an all-of-government approach to solve violent crime.”

The conversation was co-hosted by Insha Rahman, director of the Vera Action Institute, who underscored the national context of this progress. [MORE]

[soft on crime? Who are They bullshitting?] ACLU Files FOIA Request on the DC Government’s Use of Web-Based Surveillance Software that Can Track People's Speech and Movements

The ACLU of the District of Columbia today filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for information to find out how the Washington DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (HSEMA) has used surveillance software that can track and monitor people’s connections with others and that can monitor what people say, who they know, where they go, and what they do.

The civil rights and liberties organization requested records related to the District’s purchase and use of software offered by Cobwebs Technologies, a cyber intelligence firm founded in 2015 and in 2023 merged into the software company PenLink, Ltd. Cobwebs has offered three types of software (Tangles, Webloc, and Lynx) that can be used to track and monitor people based on cell phone, web, and social media activity , including identifying a person’s location.

Between 2020 and 2024, the HSEMA spent nearly $350,000.00 to license the Tangles software. Little is known about how Tangles and potentially other technologies offered by Cobwebs have been used in D.C. A leaked 2020 Tangles training manual shows local examples of types of targets that could be monitored, including a Twitter username of a Black-led activist group, an anonymous independent journalist who was shot in the leg by DC police in 2020, and #DefundDCPolice.

The ACLU-D.C. filed today’s FOIA request “to understand and analyze how the District is using any Cobwebs products to determine its impact on the privacy interests and civil and constitutional rights of D.C. residents.” The ACLU-D.C. requested “any and all documents” related to Cobwebs products, including HSEMA’s purchase or licensing of Cobwebs products; instructions and training provided to HSEMA staff using those products; the use or capabilities of artificial intelligence in connection with any Cobwebs product; and more. [more]

Jury Finds the Government Liable for the Wrongful Death of Deon Kay. DC Cop Shot 18 Yr Old Black Teen in the Back as He Fled. White Liberal Attorney General Now Seeks to Overturn the Verdict

 A verdict has been reached in a civil suit related to the 2020 police shooting of 18-year-old Deon Kay. Natasha Kay filed the lawsuit against DC Police following his death. 

"The jury came back in favor of Ms. Kay on all counts. There was a negligence count, a battery count, and a count for wrongful death. The verdict amount exceeded $650,000," according to Attorney Yaida Ford. 

The civil lawsuit verdict follows a report by the government in 2021 that found the shooting was justified, but said the officers involved "acted recklessly and without a plan."

The report said police were responding to an Instagram LIVE stream showing men flashing guns inside a car. Additionally, the report said the officers sought out the car near 225 Orange Street, and when they got out of their cruiser, saw another man running, not Deon Kay.

Officer Alexander Alvarez's body camera footage shows him taking off after this person, gun out. Then, it shows Deon Kay getting out of the back of the car and running away.

The video shows a gun in Deon Kay's right hand about a second before Officer Alvarez shoots him in the back. Police said the gun was found about 98 feet away from Deon Kay. There are still discrepancies in opinion on whether or not Deon Kay threw the gun before he was shot, or if the impact of the bullet caused it to fly out of his hand.

Following the verdict, Ford said that while Alvarez was cleared by MPD's Internal Affairs, a jury of impartial people looked at the same evidence, and MPD reviewed and saw it differently. 

According to Ford, Natasha Kay has been awarded $655,000 for the death of her son. She anticipates that the District will appeal the decision. 

"So tomorrow, the District has made a request to ask the judge to overturn this verdict," Ford explained. "We will come back to this courtroom at noon, the fight is not over."

Once this request is formally filed, the District has 30 days to appeal the judge's decision.  [MORE]

Trump Race Soldier Harasses Law Abiding Black Man Sitting on His Stoop, Talking about 'Can I see Your ID?' Claims 'He's Here to Stop "Violent Crime," Like Drinking in Public and Smoking Erb Outside’

TRUMP’S FREEDUMB IS FOR RACISTS ONLY. If you can’t sit outside your house and drink a beer or be left alone then you are probably living in a prison or in D.C., which is a free range prison that just got more restrictive. Here is yet another example of racists using authority to dominate Black people - as this is all theater for Neuropeons, who vicariously are pleased with the fuckery of Black people, although they get nothing tangible out of it. A Gang of Trump’s Race Soldiers pop up at a Black man’s house in D.C. pointing flashlights talking about ‘you got your ID on you?’ The fake white cop said ‘we’re here for Donald Trump to stop the violent crime . . so quality of life offenses like drinking in public and smoking in public can’t happen.’ Is he really fucking serious? Drinking or Smoking in public and other quality of life crimes are minor misdemeanors, citation offenses - not violent crimes and thus cannot be the lawful basis of an “emergency order” to suspend the authority of an elected local government.

President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday placing Washington DC’s police force under federal control, invoking emergency powers that face potential constitutional challenges over scope, duration and procedural safeguards.

The order cites Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, which grants the president authority over local police during “special conditions of an emergency nature.” Its status as a federal district rather than a state gives the federal government unique oversight authority over DC.

Section 740 of the D.C. Home Rule Act, allows the President roughly 30-day control over the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). D.C. leaders said two liaisons will directly respond to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, and meetings continue over the extent of the federal activities.

Notably, the statute requires genuine emergency conditions that threaten federal operations, not general public safety concerns. If challenged, the Trump Administration would likely have to convince a court that DC’s crime statistics truly constitute the type of crisis the law envisions.

By way of statistical justification, Trump’s executive order stated “the District of Columbia now has a higher violent crime, murder, and robbery rate than all 50 States.” Asked to consider whether these findings justify the White House’s invocation of Section 740, a court might question the Administration’s decisions to compare DC, a dense urban area of 700,000 residents, to entire states that include rural and suburban areas with typically lower crime rates.

The order also excluded key context regarding crime trends. According to data released by the DC’s Metropolitan Police Department, violent crime has been trending downward since 2023. By August 11, 2023, DC had seen 163 homicides, 110 cases of sex abuse, 888 assaults with a dangerous weapon, and 2,105 robberies. Motor vehicle thefts — categorized by DC police as a property crime, not a violent crime — numbered 4,443. In 2025, those figures are: 99 homicides, 54 cases of sex abuse, 533 assaults with a dangerous weapon, and 898 robberies. Car theft is also down, at 2,904. In 2024, violent and property crimes were down across the board. In January, shortly before Trump took office, the US Attorney’s Office for DC announced that violent crime in the district had hit a 30-year low.

In addition to questions over whether an emergency declaration is warranted, the order appears to contain constitutional vulnerabilities insofar as it lacks procedural safeguards, hearing requirements, or clear standards for when the emergency declaration will end, potentially violating due process rights. The indefinite suspension of local democratic governance could also raise separation of powers concerns. [MORE]

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