Strawbosses and SNAGS [Snitch Ass Negroes Aiding Governments] are Tools Used to Disguise Racism: Steven Thrasher Discusses Black Cops and The Overseer Class

According to FUNKTIONARY:

Straw-Boss – a Sambo who is appointed a certain oversight role for the white power structure Overseer. It is the job of the Straw- Boss to establish a formal organization to effectively and systematically carry out the wishes of the racist white supremacist power matrix while serving his own personal needs and ends through patronage power. 2) a ranking Snigger. 3) Toby. 4) “Safe-House Negro.” 5) responsible (to the white racist supremacist ideology) Negro. 6) the gatekeeper for Black professional positions gained through (acquiesced to) various sexual positions. 7) Pork Chop Boy. (See: McNegro)

GOINTELBRO – Government Operative Incognegro Notifying The Enforcers Liberating Blackamerica’s Racist Oppressors. A Gointel-bro is a sorry-ass sophisticated hanky-head, coin-operated, Sam-Bohican, Snigger on the payrolls of the F.B.I. (or any other alphabet threat agency) as an undercover informant to foment divisiveness in Blackamerica’s ongoing centuries-long struggle for socioeconomic advancement as a people. Sniggers are equal in intent, and bound by the same flaw—covertly soul-selling out the potential self-determination of his people for the sake of his Massa’s overtly racist, statist or fascist law. (See: Snigger, COINTELPRO, Sambo, Black Flask Brigade, BOHICAN & Coin-Operated)

With a few notable exceptions, hiring supervisory Black government authorities and administrators, appointing them to run government agencies and electing thousands of Black politicians in the areas where Black people live has had no effect on the system of racism white supremacy, delivering little of tangible value to Black people and their second class status and communities over the past 4 decades. Blacks remain in a state of checkmate. These SNAGS and strawbosses maintain the status quo of a white over Black system of control despite all rhetoric and appearances to the contrary. Black cops in particular have been a disaster. In regard to policing, Black police officers are yet another useless police brutality reform.

Black police officers help to disguise and maintain the system of racism white supremacy. As with black judges, prosecutors and defense attorneys, the presence of black cops is intended only to create the appearance of justice in a system of injustice. Black cops exist primarily to arrest, surveil and control black people and provide a veneer of civility, inclusion, protection and service in a free range prison. They are mentacidal rolebots, snags (snitch ass negroes aiding government) and human resources who are traitors to black people who are plugged into uncle brother’s operating system. Any benefit or service provided to black people is incidental, random and accidental in a system of injustice.

Although do-gooders often claim diverse police forces are a cure for reform and police brutality, black cops brutalize and harm black people at a rate nearly equal to white cops. Yale legal historian James Foreman explains that black people have been calling for the hiring of black police officers since the 1860’s. Scholar Alex Vitale states, “reformers often call for recruiting more officers of color in the hopes that they will treat communities with greater dignity, respect, and fairness. Unfortunately, there is little evidence to back up this hope. Even the most diverse forces have major problems with racial profiling and bias, and individual black and latino officers appear to perform very much like their white counterparts.” he states, “there is now a large body of evidence measuring whether the race of the individual officers affects their use of force. Most studies show no effect. More distressingly, a few indicate that black officers are more likely to use force or make arrests, especially of black civilians.” [MORE]

Above the cops who murdered tyre nichols by barbarically beating and torturing him to death in memphis - a city run by liberals. 'THE ARTILLERY on the right side IS FROM RASHID JOHNSON, "A PIG IS A PIG." HIS MURDER WAS RECORDED BY VARIOUS PUBLIC CAMERAS, INCLUDING BODY CAM - ANOTHER FAILED POLICE REFORM.

In a way such a critique is unfair because nothing can ever change with regard to police brutality or the police murders of Black people so long as police possess the “authority” to use force offensively on “citizens.” Petitioning puppeticians to defund or lower police department budgets or even “reforming the law on police use of deadly force” to make an officer’s claim of justifiable force the same as a civilian-defendant's claim of self-defense, would still have minimal effect on the extraordinary police power to use force offensively on citizens. BW’s point here though is not to make statist complaints for our masters to solve, but that Black cops and other reforms are necessary illusions to conceal the source of the real problem; so called “authority” (the implied right to rule over people) and the system of racism white supremacy.

Voyeuristic Cops are Using Their Uncontrollable Authority to Track Law Abiding People's Movements: Inside the Growing Misuse of Flock’s License-Plate Reader Cameras

Last December, Milwaukee Police Department internal affairs detectives began investigating an officer accused of misusing Flock, the department’s automated license-plate reader system.

The detectives investigating officer Josue Ayala found he secretly used Flock to learn the location of his romantic partner 124 times and that partner’s ex 55 times, according to a February criminal complaint.

Ayala agreed to resign from the department and plead guilty to attempted misconduct in public office as part of a deal, according to court records.

Then earlier this month, one of the detectives who had investigated Ayala was himself arrested for misusing the Flock system. The detective, Tehrangi Chapman, admitted to using Flock to track two people and to secretly installing a GPS device on one person’s vehicle, according to a criminal complaint.

The incidents are among at least two dozen cases in which officers resigned or were arrested for allegedly abusing Flock’s automated license-plate reader system to stalk romantic interests, according to a tally from the Institute for Justice, a nonprofit public interest law firm.

Just in the past month, five Albany police officers in Georgia were arrested and fired for allegedly misusing Flock, and police in Greer, South Carolina, fired two officers for misusing the product.

The cases underscore the growing use – and misuse – of automated license-plate reader systems, known as ALPRs, that police departments across the country have adopted in recent years. [MORE]

More War from TrumpStein Coming: Puppetician Rubio’s Paranoid Cuba Report Designed to “Justify a Military Attack on Cuba”

A report published this week by the State Department is the latest weapon employed by the Trump administration in its campaign for aggressive intervention in Cuba, according to members of Congress and experts on the beleaguered Caribbean island nation.

Despite Cuba being severely hobbled by in the throes of a humanitarian crisis engineered by U.S. sanctions and fuel blockades, the new report paints the country as a major threat.

The report appears to be the brainchild of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a first-generation Cuban American who has made the overthrow of the Cuban government a top priority under the second Trump administration.

Published Monday without a listed author, the report says Cuba is the “capital of 21st century communism,” ideologically immovable, and a permanent enemy committed to the destruction not just of the U.S. but also of “Western civilization” through the spread of “Third Worldism.”

If that sounds like a throwback to the long-settled Cold War, that’s because it is — something critics of the report in Congress seized upon. [MORE]

Araghchi says Ukraine Attacked an Iranian Commercial Vessel at the Behest of Israel in Order to Drag Europe into Iran War

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Ukraine’s military attack on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea was carried out at the Israeli regime's behest in a bid to drag Europe into its war in the West Asia region.

In a strongly worded post on X on Sunday, Araghchi said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy orchestrated the attack on the Iranian commercial vessel that left one sailor dead.

He added that the attack constituted a “blatant” violation of the United Nations Charter.

The top Iranian diplomat noted that he raised the issue in separate phone calls with European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

He said he made clear during the conversations that the attack "cannot go unanswered."

"I made clear that what the freeloader in Kyiv did CANNOT GO UNANSWERED," he wrote. 

Araghchi’s remarks came after the Ukrainian president announced in a post on X that Kiev had hit vessels that he claimed were used in military cargo shipments involving Iran, as well as a warship.

After the atrocity, the Iranian and Russian foreign ministers held a phone call on Sunday and discussed the latest developments in the region and across the world.

In the phone call with Kallas on Saturday, Araghchi called for a decisive response from the UN Security Council, the European Union, and the international community regarding Ukraine’s strike.

He urged international bodies to hold “the perpetrators and supporters of this criminal act” accountable.

In a statement on Saturday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said, “By attacking an Iranian commercial vessel, the Ukrainian regime not only committed an internationally wrongful act, but also, in a dangerous manner, sought to spread insecurity.” [MORE]

Iran Foreign Minister Araghchi: US Approach 'illogical, expansionist and authoritarian'

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran has no issue with mediation efforts involving the United States, arguing that the main obstacle lies in Washington's "expansionist and authoritarian" approach.

In an interview with Iranian television, Araghchi said an agreement on security cooperation between Iran and Iraq has so far been implemented to an acceptable degree, adding that Tehran is seriously following up on its implementation.

Addressing mediation efforts between Iran and the United States, Araghchi said Tehran has no difficulty with the process, noting that there are enough countries willing to play a mediating role.

He said the central problem was instead Washington's approach, which he stated is "illogical, expansionist and authoritarian". Araghchi added that Iran has responded to this approach with "strong" positions.

The Iranian foreign minister stressed that Tehran would not take any steps unless the United States recognizes that "there is no way but to respect the Iranian people and their interests". [MORE]

Iran Destroyed 11 US Aircraft, Helicopters at Regional Bases in 2 Weeks: IRGC

The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) says its forces destroyed at least 11 US military aircraft and helicopters on the ground at American bases across the region during two weeks of exchanging fire with the United States.

IRGC spokesman Brigadier General Mohsen Mohebi told Tasnim news agency that the strikes, which took place between July 8 and July 22, destroyed an F-15 fighter jet, a P-8 maritime patrol aircraft, a C-17 transport aircraft, and eight aerial refueling aircraft.

He added that at least 17 reconnaissance and combat drones were also taken out, eight of which were brand new and still in their original packaging.

Mohebi said the equipment was destroyed as part of Iran's military response to the renewed aggression by the United States. 

Dozens of American radar and air defense systems were also destroyed across the region.

According to the IRGC spokesman, Iranian strikes targeted seven US command and control centers, three satellite communication systems, and six Patriot air defense radar systems. [MORE]

US Air Defense Fails As Iran Destroys US Military Bases in the Middle East [video]

Iran Targets and Destroys Amazon Data Center in Bahrain, Claims US Fatalities in Hundreds

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) announced on Friday that its forces have destroyed the remaining building of an Amazon company data center and a large ammunition depot at a US base, as part of ongoing operations against American military assets in the region.

In a statement, the IRGC said its fighters, in the 27th wave of Operation Nasr 2, targeted the remaining structure of an Amazon data center, which plays a primary role in completing intelligence for the US military.

"The fighters of Islam, in the 27th wave of Operation Nasr 2, in completion of their previous operation against the data intelligence center of the American company Amazon, which plays the main role in completing the intelligence of the US child-killing army, targeted and destroyed the remaining building of this center," the IRGC said in a statement.

The IRGC added that "punitive operations" by its fighters are continuing.

Heavy drones strike Ali al-Salem Base

In a separate statement, the IRGC reported that its forces targeted a US base in the region. The statement said that one hour earlier, also as part of the 27th wave of Operation Nasr 2, fighters launched ultra-heavy and advanced destructive drones to target a very large ammunition depot at the US base of Ali Al-Salem.

"A very large ammunition depot in the Ali Al-Salem US base was targeted and completely destroyed with successive explosions," the IRGC said. [MORE]

Ecuadorian Prosecutor who was Investigating U.S. Boat Strikes and Claims of Torture in Ecuador was Murdered by Hitman on Motorcycle

From [DROP SITE] Alexandra Bravo, the prosecutor assigned to investigate U.S. strikes on three Ecuadorian boats and the 36 survivors’ subsequent accounts of torture and kidnapping, was shot dead in the coastal city of Manta last month. According to police, on June 14 a hitman aboard a black motorcycle opened fire on Bravo as she and her sister were leaving a café at about 11 a.m. Bravo’s sister, who jumped to protect her, was also killed in the attack.

Upon arriving at the crime scene, officers say they found five 9mm shell casings and Bravo’s injured driver, but no sign of the police detail that had been assigned to protect her. The Police Directorate, which operates entirely under the executive branch, has launched a probe to determine if there’d been an internal security breach.

Bravo is the 26th member of Ecuador’s justice system to be assassinated since 2020 and the second individual investigating state crimes murdered that week. Besides her usual caseload of homicide and organized crime, Bravo had been working the Fiorella, Negra Francisca, and Don Maca cases—a series of drone attacks on civilian fishing ships exposed by Drop Site in April. Two of the boat’s crews returned home and reported being abducted, blindfolded, and starved for eight days by American gunmen in U.S. military uniforms aboard a U.S.-flagged patrol ship, before being abandoned in El Salvador. The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances endorsed the calls for an investigation, demanding that the U.S. provide information on the whereabouts of the eight still-missing men and any involvement in the matter by April 27. To date, the United States has not responded. [MORE]

New York Court sets June 2027 Rigged Mock Trial Date for Kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores appeared in a Manhattan federal court Wednesday, where Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein set a June 1, 2027 trial date at the request of lawyers for both the prosecution and the defense.

Under the now approved schedule, the defense will file requests in early September to challenge the indictment. The couple will appear again in court on November 17 for oral arguments in this motion. During the 15-minute hearing, the defense reiterated their objection to the US military operation of January in which the Venezuelan president and his wife were abducted from their Caracas residence, and which killed more than 100 people according to the Venezuelan government. Maduro appeared noticeably thinner than in his prior appearances. Neither Maduro nor Flores spoke during the hearing.

The couple first appeared in court this past January, where the two pleaded not guilty to all charges laid against them. The indictment was originally filed in March 2020 in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. It charges Maduro with narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, and weapons offenses related to an alleged state-sponsored drug trafficking conspiracy at the highest levels of the Venezuelan government. Flores is only charged with cocaine importation and the weapons charges, not narco-terrorism, the charge which carries the longest sentence.

In his first appearance, Maduro reaffirmed his innocence, stating: “I am president of the Republic of Venezuela… I was captured at my home inn Caracas, Venezuela. I am a kidnapped president, prisoner of war. I am innocent. I am not guilty. I am a decent man.”[MORE]

[“GOAT = Goes On Another Team”] No One Cares Where Lebron James Goes Except for LeMedia and Bronsexuals. The Promotion of Black Mediocrity is Priceless to White Supremacists

Bronsexual.

What or who is a Bronsexual? Bronsexual is a slang term from sports-fan culture—especially NBA circles—used to describe someone who is an extremely devoted, sometimes uncritically loyal fan of LeBron James.

What it means A Bronsexual is typically someone who:

• Defends LeBron James in nearly every debate

• Attributes team success primarily (or solely) to him

• Downplays or excuses his losses, shortcomings, or controversial moments

• Often follows LeBron more than any single NBA team

Tone & usage

The term is informal and usually teasing or critical, not a literal reference to sexuality. It’s often used by rival fans in arguments about: “Greatest of All Time” (GOAT) debates Comparisons with Michael Jordan MVPs, Finals records, or team changes Example in context “Anyone who thinks that Finals loss wasn’t on LeBron is a Bronsexual.” Related slang LeBron stan – similar meaning, internet-culture phrasing

The PropaGenda of ‘Black Mediocrity as Excellence’ is a Political Necessity for the System of White Supremacy:

Massa Media Imply Corey Ruiz is Unworthy of Justice b/c He “Had a Knife” and is “Ex-Con:” A White Cop Fatally Shot Black Man in a Fetal Position Surrounded by Cops, Posed No Immediate, Deadly Threat

ONLY “PERFECT VICTIMS” ARE ELIGIBLE FOR JUSTICE & MOURNING TO RACISTS. According to the racist suspects at NY Post: The police officer who shot ex-con Corey Ruiz in Madison, Wisconsin after being knifed should be criminally charged, the attorney for the dead man’s family declared Friday.

Ben Crump, who has represented the family of George Floyd and Michael Brown, gave a fiery press conference, two days after the caught-on-camera police shooting.

“The way he shot him repeatedly? Yes,” Crump said at the press conference when asked if the officers should be charged.

Crump promised that “there will be no peace and business as usual in Madison, Wisconsin,” until the police are held accountable.

He spoke alongside the mother of Ruiz’s daughter, siblings and mother — who broke down in sobs at the podium as supporters chanted “Justice for Corey!” [MORE]

Shelters "Sold Out," Homelessness in LA Increasing Under McNegro Mayor's Watch. Black People are 33% of All Homeless, Despite Being Only 8% of Liberal City

Mayor Karen Bass and her challenger in the Nov. 3 election, Councilmember Nithya Raman, traded jabs Friday as they criticized one another over the increase in homelessness in Los Angeles.

Homelessness increased by 3.4% in the city to an estimated 45,194 people, and unsheltered homelessness also rose by nearly 8%, according to figures from the 2026 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. The data showed the first increase in the unhoused population following two consecutive years of decreases.

Raman, who represents the Fourth Council District, held a news conference in Studio City to discuss the results of the count released Friday afternoon. [MORE]

"I Will Never Betray [Big Pharma's] Science:" Black Probot CDC Nominee Survives ‘Kabuki Theatre’ Hearing by Pledging Obedience to Medical Establishment on Vaccines and Autism, Despite Dangers, Death

On July 15, Dr. Erica Schwartz appeared before the U.S. Senate HELP Committee to make her case for leading the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

But before the nominee had answered a single question, the terms of her confirmation had already been laid down. HELP Committee chairman Bill Cassidy wasted no time.

“A lot of this conversation for me is going to revolve around vaccines,” he announced. “Vaccines should be settled.”

He blamed “a flurry of misinformation” around immunization, saying some people cast doubt on mRNA vaccines “for no other reason than people don’t understand them.”

Mothers and fathers, he said, had become “confused as to whether vaccines are safe to give their children.”

The result was thousands of measles infections, with children hospitalised or dying from vaccine-preventable diseases.

Then came the ultimatum.

“Vaccines are overwhelmingly safe and effective,” Cassidy declared. “Study after study shows they do not cause autism.”

“Any equivocation on these facts,” he warned Schwartz, “and I shall not be able to support your nomination.”

Only then did the questioning begin. Confirmation hearings are meant to test a nominee’s judgment, independence and fitness to lead. Instead, Cassidy announced the conclusions he expected Schwartz to affirm before she had given a single substantive answer. From the outset, it was clear there was no room for dissent.

Cassidy’s concern was whether Schwartz would publicly defend what he regarded as settled science on vaccines. He pointed to her predecessor, Susan Monarez, Ph.D., saying she had been dismissed after refusing to carry out instructions she believed would harm public health.

Would Schwartz show the same resolve and stand up to political pressure? Schwartz responded as most nominees do. She spoke of integrity, the Hippocratic oath and her commitment to public health.

“I will never compromise on that,” she said.

Cassidy pressed her again on whether she would have the authority to reassign or remove CDC staff who were pursuing an agenda he believed was harmful to public health. Schwartz tried to explain that the health secretary had nominated her to lead the CDC and that she expected to carry out that role. Cassidy cut her off several times.

An oath to orthodoxy

“We need a CDC director that will actually stand up to crazy, stupid things being said that undermine faith in immunization,” Cassidy said. “Are you the person?” Schwartz answered cautiously.

“You have my assurances that I will continue to lead by my integrity. I will never compromise on the science.” Cassidy noted that she had already been through a “murder board.”

That is Washington shorthand for the gruelling mock confirmation hearings in which nominees rehearse difficult questions with advisers before appearing before senators.

He pressed once more, asking whether she would say no to “junk science” and stand up for what was “right and true.”

Schwartz replied, “I have always stood up for what is right and what is true,” adding, “I will never betray the science.”

Cassidy left little doubt that his support was contingent on Schwartz affirming conclusions he regarded as settled.

Did a Black Dumbocrat District Attorney in Mississippi Try to Use His Authority to Help Black People or Engage in Bribery, Wire Fraud, Laundering and Making False Statements?

A “Black” district attorney in Mississippi will resign Wednesday after pleading guilty to conspiracy in federal court.

Hinds County, Mississippi, District Attorney Jody Owens was indicted on several charges—including conspiracy, federal program bribery, wire fraud, money laundering and making false statements—in October 2024, according to a story from the Magnolia State Live. Prosecutors alleged that Owens accepted at least $115,000 in exchange for helping advance a convention center hotel project in Jackson, Mississippi.

Among prosecutors’ other allegations, Owens discussed how to bribe public officials and launder money through businesses and campaign donations in recordings that were captured during an undercover FBI operation in 2022, according to the Magnolia State Live.

Owens now faces up to five years in prison, three years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine.

Former Jackson, Mississippi, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and former Jackson, Mississippi, City Council President Aaron Banks have also been charged in the case, the Magnolia State Live reports. Their trial begins July 13.

What to Know: Prosecutorial Misconduct and the Death Penalty Disproportionately Harms Black People

DPI’s ​“What to Know” series exam­ines cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment from mul­ti­ple angles, one top­ic at a time. Each install­ment pro­vides essen­tial facts and data on spe­cif­ic aspects of the death penalty.

Why it mat­ters: More than 600 cap­i­tal con­vic­tions or death sen­tences have been over­turned or led to exon­er­a­tions because of pros­e­cu­to­r­i­al mis­con­duct, and researchers say the true scope of the prob­lem is like­ly far greater.

• DPI has iden­ti­fied more than 600 instances in which a cap­i­tal con­vic­tion or death sen­tence has been over­turned or a death-sen­tenced pris­on­er was wrong­ful­ly con­vict­ed as a result of prosecutorial misconduct.

• More than 6.3% of all death sen­tences imposed since 1972 were reversed because of pros­e­cu­to­r­i­al mis­con­duct or result­ed in an exoneration.

• Of the 202 total death row exon­er­a­tions, at least 144, or rough­ly 70%, involved pros­e­cu­to­r­i­al mis­con­duct specif­i­cal­ly (a sub­set of the broad­er ​“offi­cial mis­con­duct” cat­e­go­ry, which also includes police and oth­er government misconduct).

• The most com­mon types of mis­con­duct were with­hold­ing favor­able evi­dence, impli­cat­ed in 35% of reversed con­vic­tions or sen­tences, and improp­er argu­ment, present in 33% of reversed sentences.

• A report by Harvard Law School’s Fair Punishment Project found that just five pros­e­cu­tors with high rates of mis­con­duct are respon­si­ble for more than 440 death sentences.

Key Facts

• Prosecutorial mis­con­duct is rarely pun­ished. Many instances of mis­con­duct go unad­dressed, and most pros­e­cu­tors who com­mit mis­con­duct are not held accountable.

• Courts fre­quent­ly deny relief even when mis­con­duct is proven, dis­miss­ing it as ​“harm­less error.” DPI’s doc­u­ment­ed mis­con­duct dataset reflects only cas­es where courts con­clud­ed that vio­la­tions were seri­ous enough to warrant reversal.

• Evidence sup­pres­sion is the most com­mon form of mis­con­duct. Under the 1963 U.S. Supreme Court rul­ing in Brady v. Maryland, pros­e­cu­tors have a con­sti­tu­tion­al duty to turn over all evi­dence favor­able to the defense. DPI’s Prosecutorial Accountability project lists more than 200 cap­i­tal con­vic­tions or death sen­tences that have been reversed based on pros­e­cu­tors’ fail­ure to dis­close excul­pa­to­ry evi­dence. A study in the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology found that courts found Brady vio­la­tions in 10% of cas­es reviewed, and pros­e­cu­tors ​“were almost nev­er referred to the Bar for discipline.”

• Racial dis­par­i­ties com­pound the prob­lem. Prosecutorial mis­con­duct can include the ille­gal exclu­sion of peo­ple of col­or from juries, in vio­la­tion of Batson v. Kentucky. All-white and near­ly all-white juries have been found to be more con­vic­tion-prone and more like­ly to impose death sen­tences. A 2020 report by the National Registry of Exonerations found that police or pros­e­cu­to­r­i­al mis­con­duct occurs more fre­quent­ly when the defen­dant is a Black person.

• Misconduct pro­longs wrong­ful impris­on­ment. Exonerations take longer in cas­es involv­ing offi­cial mis­con­duct because of ongo­ing efforts by gov­ern­ment offi­cials to hide mis­con­duct and false tes­ti­mo­ny or accu­sa­tions. Prosecutorial offices also tend to more aggres­sive­ly defend cas­es and legal claims in which offi­cial mis­con­duct is charged. Official mis­con­duct was present in all eight of the cas­es in which an exon­er­a­tion occurred 31or more years after conviction.

• The prob­lem isn’t lim­it­ed to cap­i­tal cas­es. Official mis­con­duct was the lead­ing cause of wrong­ful con­vic­tions in 2024, present in at least 104 exon­er­a­tions, or rough­ly 71% of all exon­er­a­tions dur­ing the year. Misconduct con­tributed to wrong­ful con­vic­tions in about 79% of homicide exonerations. [MORE]

Latest crime trends report projects historic low for US homicide cases - on track for lowest annual homicide rate in over a century

The Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ) on Wednesday  released a mid-year crime trends report which illustrated that homicides in large US cities fell by 18 percent in the first half of 2026 compared to the same period last year, effectively putting the country on track for its lowest annual homicide rate in over a century.

The CCJ analyzed 13 crime categories across 336 cities that have consistently reported monthly crime data for the past nine years. Nine of these offenses declined in the first half of 2026, with carjackings showing the largest decrease at 47 percent. Homicides have dropped 51 percent since their peak in early 2022, and carjackings have decreased 73 percent since their 2023 peak. The report also noted a 13 percent year-over-year reduction in residential burglaries and a 56 percent decline compared to their 2018 peak.

However, not all categories improved. Drug offenses increased by 12 percent compared to the first half of 2025, and domestic violence incidents rose by 8 percent. Shoplifting remains the only offense still elevated above pre-pandemic 2019 levels, up by 5 percent.

Roughly a third of the 36 sample cities recorded an increase in homicides compared to the first half of 2025, including Norfolk, Virginia, which saw a 64 percent rise, and San Francisco, which saw a 55 percent increase. [MORE]

'The whole of Gaza is Under Israeli Occupation,' UN official says

The United Nations has condemned the continued killing of civilians as intensified Israeli attacks across Gaza left dozens of Palestinians killed or injured in recent days, while a sharp rise in settler violence in the occupied West Bank has added to mounting humanitarian concerns.

“We condemn all killings of civilians,” the UN spokesperson said on Tuesday, stressing that international humanitarian law requires the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure.

According to the latest update from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), ongoing Israeli aggression, fresh displacement, and worsening access conditions have further restricted humanitarian aid efforts and heightened protection concerns throughout Gaza.

UN calls for respect for Palestinian rights

Speaking at a press briefing in Geneva on Tuesday, Thameen Al-Kheetan of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said recent Israeli military attacks had killed and injured dozens of Palestinians across Gaza.

Among the incidents highlighted was an Israeli drone strike that killed seven people and others outside a grocery store west of the Nuseirat refugee camp. In another case, a teacher was injured after reportedly being targeted by a bullet fired by Israeli forces while working inside a temporary learning center west of Khan Younis.

Al-Kheetan said that nine months after the announcement of a ceasefire, no place in Gaza could be considered safe. [MORE]