Source: ReclaimTheNet.org
In a recent federal court ruling, it was re-confirmed that First Amendment protections are not exclusive to officially recognized journalists but extend to anyone engaged in journalistic activities.
Wawa Shuttering Another Philadelphia Location, Marking Three Center City Closures In A Year – ZeroHedge 6/23/23
Source: ZeroHedge.com
Yet another Philadelphia Wawa is packing it up and calling it quits from the city.
The most recent location is at Headhouse Square, located in the middle of Society Hill, an otherwise affluent neighborhood on extending north from the tourist-area of South Street.
Baltimore Summer Youth Curfew Takes Effect Memorial Day Weekend – WBALTV 5/26/23
Source: WBALTV.com
A citywide youth curfew starts Friday night in Baltimore and lasts through Labor Day weekend.
Officials said the goals are to keep kids safe and to cut down on crime.
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After 20 Years as a Prosecutor in Illinois, I Quit – Jason F. Poje 5/10/23
Source: RealClearWire.com
(Editor’s note: The following is an email written by Cook County prosecutor Jason Poje, circulated to colleagues last week.)
To my colleagues:
After 20 years, I always kind of figured an email like this would start with “It is with a heavy heart that I leave…” The truth is, I can’t get out of here fast enough.
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Downtown San Francisco Whole Foods Closing a Year After Opening – The San Francisco Standard 4/10/23
Source: SFStandard.com
One of the largest supermarkets in Downtown San Francisco—the Whole Foods Market at Eighth and Market streets—intends to shut down at the close of business Monday just a little more than a year after the store opened, company officials told The Standard.
House Republicans Set Hearing on Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s ‘Pro-Crime’ Policies – The Epoch Times 4/10/23
Source: TheEpochTimes.com
The House Judiciary Committee announced on April 10 it will hold a field hearing in New York City on April 17 to discuss Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, just weeks after the unprecedented indictment and arraignment of former President Donald Trump in Bragg’s district.
Clearview AI Scraped Billions Of Facebook Photos For Facial Recognition Database – ZeroHedge 4/8/23
Source: ZeroHedge.com
Facial recognition firm Clearview has built a massive AI-powered database of billions of pictures collected from social media platforms without obtaining users’ consent.
In late March, Clearview AI CEO Hoan Ton-That told BBC in an interview that the company had obtained 30 billion photos without users’ knowledge over the years, scraped mainly from social media platforms like Facebook. He said US law enforcement agencies use the database to identify criminals.
Germany Uses AI to Target Online Content for Removal, Send Data to Police – Reclaim The Net 3/29/23
Source: ReclaimTheNet.org
Germany has a “porn police” – regulators, that is, who are using an “AI” tool called KIVI to find adult content across the internet – on sites and apps like Twitter, YouTube, Telegram, and TikTok.
And when they do, those creating and/or posting this content could wind up in prison or pay fines, and they are notified of their transgression by the actual police.
Senate Passes Resolution to Overturn Controversial DC Crime Bill – The Epoch Times 3/8/23
Source: TheEpochTimes.com
The U.S. Senate on March 8 overwhelmingly approved a House-passed bill that would overturn a controversial D.C. crime law that critics have blasted as soft on crime. The measure will next go to the desk of President Joe Biden, who’s said he wouldn’t veto the bill.
The chamber passed the measure in an 81–14 vote.
Mass Exodus: Vast Hordes Of Americans Are Fleeing Blue States With High Crime Rates – MichaelSnyder 2/1/23
Source: TheMostImportantNews.com
As our society continues to deteriorate all around us, rising crime has become one of the primary reasons why so many Americans are choosing to relocate to a different part of the country. According to the National Association of Realtors, there was a tremendous amount of domestic migration in 2022. Some people are choosing to relocate for better employment opportunities, some are choosing to relocate to states with lower tax rates, and some are choosing to relocate for health reasons. But to me, one of the most striking trends is the fact that red states with low crime rates are seeing tremendous population growth, while blue states with high crime rates are losing residents at a staggering pace.
Black Cops Beat Black Perp to Death. Do We Riot Or Not? – American Renaissance 1/29/23
Source: AmRen.com
On January 7, as the whole world now knows, Memphis police pulled over a 29-year-old black man, Tyre Nichols, and gave him a beating. He looked pretty banged up in this photo taken by his family in the hospital, where he died on January 10.
There was rising black anger — reported nationally and even internationally — with calls for officers to be fired and charged with murder. Everyone assumed the cops were white. On January 17, the Nichols family reported that professional racism-chaser Benjamin Crump would represent them. On January 18, the US Department of Justice announced it was joining the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) on the case, and would sniff out civil rights violations. This was shaping up to be the next great “white supremacy” scandal, but on January 20, the Memphis PD dropped a bomb: All the officers — who had just been fired — were black….
New Europol Rules Expand Police Powers, Reduce Rights Protections, and Allow Vast Data Collection – ReclaimTheNet 11/11/22
Source: ReclaimTheNet.org
New Europol rules expanded the powers of the EU law enforcement agency while reducing human rights protections and oversight over its data processing operations, according to a report by Statewatch.
Enforcement of the rules started in June.
The Floyd Effect – Taki’sMagazine – 11/2/22
Source: TakiMag.com
With elections a few days away, crime statistics are finally being widely discussed in the press. So…I’m not going to pass up one last chance to deluge you with new graphs based on the CDC’s WONDER database of causes of death.
Democratic politicians have been flailing about looking for a way to get off the hook for the historic increase in murder and car crash mayhem ever since our respectable class’ leaders declared “the racial reckoning” was at hand following the unfortunate expiration of George Floyd on May 25, 2020.
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Tech Tool Offers Police ‘Mass Surveillance on a Budget’ – APNews 9/2/22
Source: APNews.com
Local law enforcement agencies from suburban Southern California to rural North Carolina have been using an obscure cellphone tracking tool, at times without search warrants, that gives them the power to follow people’s movements months back in time, according to public records and internal emails obtained by The Associated Press.
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