Enforcers category archive
“Smile! You’re on Covert Camera” 0
The EFF reports a disturbing trend (emphasis added):
Our findings suggest that the absence of a warrant requirement has fostered a culture of unrestricted access to sensitive location data, allowing agencies to leverage that data beyond the scope of specific criminal investigations.
Much more at the link.
Presumed Guilty 0
Rick Stron discusses cases of black persons reported to police for being.
America’s original sin of chattel slavery and the myth of racial superiority fabricated to justify it continue to poison our polity.
American Stasi 0
Rick Strom reports on an ICE agent’s violence against an 62-old man who was filming him as a form of a protest and said agent’s attempts to claim self-defense. (You can read the report in the Chicago Sun-Times.)
American Stasi 0
Rick Strom discusses investigative news reports of–er–less than legal behavior by ICE agents.
Visit the Youtube page for links to the reports that Rick discusses.
Immunity Impunity
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My old Philly DL friend Noz has some thoughts on what must be done if the American Stasi is to redirected from their current path of trampling on rights and violating Constitutional protections.
American Stasi 0
Thom tells the stories of legal immigrants illegally detained by ICE.
American Stasi 0
The EFF warns us that ICE is ramping up its surveillance–and not just of immigrants. From their report:
- ICE had scanned the driver’s license photos of 1 in 3 adults.
- ICE had access to the driver’s license data of 3 in 4 adults.
- ICE was tracking the movements of drivers in cities home to 3 in 4 adults.
- ICE could locate 3 in 4 adults through their utility records.
- ICE built its surveillance dragnet by tapping data from private companies and state and local bureaucracies.
- ICE spent approximately $2.8 billion between 2008 and 2021 on new surveillance, data collection and data-sharing programs.
Follow the link for the full report.
And, in more news of the American Stasi . . . .
Smile! You’re on Candid Camera 0
The EFF takes a deep dive into how police are using Flock traffic cameras to surveil demonstrators exercising their right to protest. A snippet:
Facebook Frolics 0
Retired police officer gets thrown in jail for posting a meme on the Zuckerborg.
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A reliable witness? That bridge in Brooklyn is still on the market.
“We’re Just Following Orders” 0
The post title is quote from an ICE agent caught in the video.
Where have we heard that excuse before?
Why do I find no comfort in that realization?
A Notion of Immigrants 0
After 48 years in the United States, a decorated Army veteran Sae Joon Park deported himself to South Korea under threats from ICE.
The delight in being mean for the sake of mean leaves one speechless.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Michael in Norfolk hears a rhyme–one that I am also hearing–and it’s given him a straw at which to grasp.
I hope he’s right about said straw.
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*Mark Twain.
A Notion of Immigrants, Catch-22 Dept. 0
He went for a walk, got lost, got arrested by ICE, was incarcerated for over a week, and nearly got deported exiled.
ICE claimed that he did not have “proper immigration documents.”
Not being an immigrant, of course he didn’t.
Catch-22.
It’s the best catch there is.
You can read the full news report here.
(Broken link fixed.)
Distracted Destructive Driving
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Honest to Betsy, you can’t make this stuff up.
Immunity Impunity
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If it’s not in a database, then it must have never happened.