Tag: Police Brutality

Appeals court temporarily halts protections for journalists, legal observers in Portland

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Appeals court temporarily halts protections for journalists, legal observers in Portland

“Given the order’s breadth and lack of clarity, particularly in its non-exclusive indicia of who qualifies as “Journalists” and “Legal Observers,” appellants have also demonstrated that, in the absence of a stay, the order will cause irreparable harm to law enforcement efforts and personnel,” two of the three judges wrote. “This means that journalists could be subjected to the same physical force as that of the individuals participating.”

Updated: Protests Break Out in Wisconsin After Police Shoot Black Man in the Back Multiple Times at Point-Blank Range

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Protests Break Out in Wisconsin After Police Shoot Black Man in the Back Multiple Times at Point-Blank Range

Protests broke out in Kenosha, Wisconsin and the state’s Justice Department launched an investigation Sunday evening after police officers shot 29-year-old Jacob Blake in the back multiple times at point-blank range as he tried to enter his vehicle.

Witnesses told local reporters that Blake was attempting to break up a fight prior to being shot by the officers, who closely followed Blake to his car and fired seven shots after he opened the driver-side door. According to civil rights attorney Ben Crump, Blake’s children were in the car when the officers shot their father.

Related:

Kenosha police opened fire less than 5 minutes after being called: scanner audio

According to the audio obtained by Madison365, someone called police to report that Blake was at her home and wasn’t supposed to be, and that he had taken her keys and was refusing to give them back.

The police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black Wisconsin father, explained

‘He’s trying to pull through:’ Jacob Blake’s cousin asks that people ‘try to keep the city quiet’

Federal Judge Makes Radical Move to End Qualified Immunity for Bad Cops, Nationally

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Federal Judge Makes Radical Move to End Qualified Immunity for Bad Cops, Nationally

Truthout explains that since qualified immunity is a court-made rule, the courts could abolish it. Although the Supreme Court declined to review the doctrine in the last term, the abolition of qualified immunity in Colorado state courts, together with Reeves’s comprehensive condemnation of it, may well lead the high court to reconsider the endurance of qualified immunity in its next term.

I Ran the DHS Intelligence Unit. Its Reports on Journalists are Concerning.

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

I Ran the DHS Intelligence Unit. Its Reports on Journalists are Concerning.

Of even greater concern, it came to light last week that I&A personnel had written and disseminated intelligence reports about journalists who reported on I&A actions. Even under the guise of cybersecurity or identifying leaks, this appears to be a clear misuse of intelligence authorities and a violation of I&A’s own guidelines, especially for journalists who enjoy substantial First Amendment protections.