Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2316380/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2316380/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> California police misconduct records now available in public database • The Mendocino Voice <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>america</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CALmatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CALmatters</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GavinNewsom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GavinNewsom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ImmigrationProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImmigrationProtests</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LAImmigrationProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LAImmigrationProtests</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LAProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LAProtests</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGuard</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PoliceReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceReform</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/StanfordUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StanfordUniversity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UCBerkeley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UCBerkeley</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USANews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USANews</span></a></p>
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The Christian Science Monitor<p>A police officer involved in the raid that killed Breonna Taylor in 2020 was sentenced today. The Department of Justice’s approach to the case points to a retreat from police reform efforts. <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/policereform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policeReform</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2025/0722/breonna-taylor-hankison-trump-police-reform?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2025</span><span class="invisible">/0722/breonna-taylor-hankison-trump-police-reform?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub </span></a></p><p>Posted into Now What? <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@csmonitor/now-what-nnlgc3bfz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>now-what-csmonitor</span></a></span></p>
TheAuroraSentinel<p>ICYMI - Activist sues Aurora over public comment ban after police shooting case</p><p>'The ban on public comment is nothing more than the snowflakes on Aurora City Council shutting down important political discourse because they don’t like being criticized'</p><p><a href="https://sentinelcolorado.com/metro/activist-sues-aurora-over-public-comment-ban-after-police-shooting-case/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sentinelcolorado.com/metro/act</span><span class="invisible">ivist-sues-aurora-over-public-comment-ban-after-police-shooting-case/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/COpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AuroraCO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AuroraCO</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/PoliceReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceReform</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>5 years after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GeorgeFloyd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeFloyd</span></a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/murder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>murder</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliceAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceAbuse</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliceReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceReform</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SystemicRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SystemicRacism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExcessiveForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExcessiveForce</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliceViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceViolence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QualifiedImmunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QualifiedImmunity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICC</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/briefing/five-years-after-floyd.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=E5801D2D-5163-436A-AA1B-7D9DE956DF60" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/23/briefin</span><span class="invisible">g/five-years-after-floyd.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=E5801D2D-5163-436A-AA1B-7D9DE956DF60</span></a></p>
Charlie McHenry<p>NY Times - <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> - This is ominous‼️ Trump Administration Pulls Back From Local Police Oversight Across U.S….The Justice Department said that it would abandon efforts to force police reforms in more than a half dozen cities with a history of civil rights violations. <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policing</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/LawEnforcement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LawEnforcement</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Reform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reform</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/PoliceReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceReform</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/PoliceBrutality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceBrutality</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Last month, Dhillon demoted senior attorneys who handled <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abuse</span></a> investigations to other low-level assignments, such as handling public records requests or adjudicating internal discrimination complaints.<br>Those moves are part of a broader effort by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin to upend the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> Division's traditions of pursuing cases to protect the civil rights of some of the country's most vulnerable & historically disenfranchised populations.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BLM</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliceReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceReform</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>But during <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>’s / <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MerrickGarland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MerrickGarland</span></a>’s 4 yrs the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> failed to enter into any court-binding consent decrees, an issue that legal experts warned could put the dept's <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accountability</span></a> work at risk of being undone.</p><p>Under Dhillon's *leadership*, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> Division has lost >100 of its attorneys through firings, deferred resignation agreements, demotions & resignations.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BLM</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliceReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceReform</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> authorized the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> to conduct civil investigations into constitutional <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abuses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abuses</span></a> by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a>, such as excessive use of force or racially-motivated policing, in 1994, as a response to the horrific beating of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RodneyKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RodneyKing</span></a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> man, by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/white" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>white</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LAPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LAPD</span></a> officers.</p><p>During <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>'s presidency, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> Division launched 12 such "pattern or practice" investigations into police depts including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Phoenix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Phoenix</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trenton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trenton</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Memphis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Memphis</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Lexington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lexington</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BLM</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliceReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceReform</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Louisville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Louisville</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Minneapolis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minneapolis</span></a> were the 2 most high-profile cities to be investigated during former Democratic President Joe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>'s admin for systemic <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abuse</span></a>, & were the only 2 cities that agreed in principle to enter into a court-approved settlement with the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> known as a consent decree.</p><p>Minneapolis also separately entered a similar type of settlement with the state of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> to reform its police practices.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BLM</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliceReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceReform</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>She also announced that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> will be closing out investigations & retracting prior findings of wrongdoing against the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> departments in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Phoenix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Phoenix</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Memphis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Memphis</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tennessee</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trenton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trenton</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewJersey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewJersey</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MountVernon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MountVernon</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OklahomaCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OklahomaCity</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oklahoma</span></a> & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiana</span></a> State Police.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BLM</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliceReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceReform</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Harmeet Dhillon, the asst AG for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a>'s *<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a>* Division, said her office will seek to dismiss the pending litigation against the 2 cities & retract the dept's prior findings of constitutional violations.<br>"Overbroad <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> consent decrees divest local control of policing from communities *where it belongs*, turning that power over to unelected & unaccountable bureaucrats, often with an anti-police agenda," Dhillon said in a [BS] stmnt.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BLM</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliceReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceReform</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Minneapolis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minneapolis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Louisville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Louisville</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> abandons <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliceReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceReform</span></a> accords sought over deaths of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GeorgeFloyd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeFloyd</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BreonnaTaylor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BreonnaTaylor</span></a></p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> is abandoning efforts to secure court-approved settlements w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Minneapolis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minneapolis</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Louisville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Louisville</span></a>, despite its prior finding that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> in both cities routinely violated the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> people, a snr ofcl said on Wed.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BLM</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-abandons-police-reform-accords-sought-over-deaths-george-floyd-breonna-taylor-2025-05-21/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/us-abando</span><span class="invisible">ns-police-reform-accords-sought-over-deaths-george-floyd-breonna-taylor-2025-05-21/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>It is one of several unusual decisions made at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> Dept since <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> took office, including the reassignment of senior officials in multiple divisions; a directive that prosecutors consider <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> charges against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LocalOfficials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LocalOfficials</span></a> who don’t cooperate w/federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> enforcement efforts; a freeze on new or uncharged <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> cases; & a review of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliceReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceReform</span></a> agreements negotiated w/localities in recent months.<br>
<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a></p>
Church of Jeff<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/acab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>acab</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/policereform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policereform</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/policeaccountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policeaccountability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/policebrutality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policebrutality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/policemurder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policemurder</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/bluepussies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bluepussies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/defundthepolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>defundthepolice</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>I've told 6 different <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canadian</span></a> cop detachments that the reason almost all citizens hate them is due to their ongoing <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SystematicRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SystematicRacism</span></a>, zero protection for whistle-blowers, giving raises to worst of the worst police brass, not challenging their corrupt union leaders & "just following orders" like fucking Hitler SS.</p><p>Don't defend fucking institutionalized cowards - with badges/guns - over defending innocent citizens killed/maimed by those same fucking cops/corporate mercenaries you tried to defend.</p><p>For those who care about 'good cops' - why the fuck are you not fighting, tooth n nail, for genuine public accountability & protections for the very few brave enough to be <a href="https://beige.party/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WhistleBlowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhistleBlowers</span></a>?!?!?</p><p>Why aren't more BC/Canadian citizens angry as heck over the fact our governments gave BILLIONS to RCMP/RCMP CIRG to break the law & assault activists & protect industry over humanity? Because of fucking corporate lobbyists powers. MONEY & POWER - <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Colonizers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colonizers</span></a> bent on capitalism - never really change their selfish & inhumane priorities/policies unless forced to.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/ENDQualifiedImmunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ENDQualifiedImmunity</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AccountabilityNOW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AccountabilityNOW</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PoliceReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceReform</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AbololishPoliceUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbololishPoliceUnions</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Decolonize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Decolonize</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CDNpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDNpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCpoli</span></a></p>
ProPublica<p>Emails Reveal How Walz Struggled to Deal With Unrest, Reach Consensus With Critics After Police Killings<br>—</p><p>Spring 2021 saw escalating tensions in Minnesota: Police had killed Daunte Wright less than a year after George Floyd. Caught between the demands of Black organizers and Republican lawmakers, Tim Walz struggled to chart a course for police reform.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/walz-police-reform-emails-after-george-floyd-daunte-wright-killings" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/walz-po</span><span class="invisible">lice-reform-emails-after-george-floyd-daunte-wright-killings</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Walz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Walz</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Police</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GeorgeFloyd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeFloyd</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DaunteWright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DaunteWright</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/PoliceReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceReform</span></a></p>
Kelly Wheaton :warriors:🦫💧🐸 🌻🌹<p>Governor Tim Walz my choice for VP.</p><p>Because of my friends here on :mastodon: I decided to check into <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/GovTimWalz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovTimWalz</span></a> who I initially thought was too old, but he's 60. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/kamala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kamala</span></a> is vetting him for <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/VP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VP</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/vicepresident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vicepresident</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Walz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Walz</span></a></p><p>For young voters lots to like. He legalized <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/cannabis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cannabis</span></a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/prowomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prowomen</span></a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/proeducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proeducation</span></a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/redflaglaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>redflaglaws</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/policereform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policereform</span></a> etc. His views range from liberal to moderate. </p><p>For the more conservative he Served in Afghanistan in the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Natlguard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Natlguard</span></a> </p><p>You can read his Wiki here: <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Walz" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Wa</span><span class="invisible">lz</span></a></p><p>What I like about him is his views have evolved over time. A sign of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wisdom</span></a> is tge right to change your mind. Great speaker, breadth of knowledge. Relatable. Quick on his feet. He is relaxed in his own skin, natural on the stump. Here's a sample. <br> <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/11th-hour/watch/-it-is-clear-we-are-going-to-win-gov-tim-walz-talks-potential-vp-slot-215635013938" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msnbc.com/11th-hour/watch/-it-</span><span class="invisible">is-clear-we-are-going-to-win-gov-tim-walz-talks-potential-vp-slot-215635013938</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/walzamania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>walzamania</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/kamalawalz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kamalawalz</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/kamala2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kamala2024</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://historians.social/@philip_cardella" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>philip_cardella</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://esq.social/@CarlG" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>CarlG</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliceReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceReform</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DefundThePolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefundThePolice</span></a></p><p>(3/3)</p><p>...crime, less police 🚔, less power, less controls, less unnecessary searches, less costs for law enforcement and the judiciary, more money for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UBS</span></a>,...a virtuous circle.</p><p>Just to be dure: tons of studies on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UBI</span></a> in different countries over decades have all shown that it works. It just would need to be implemented...and refinanced (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WealthTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WealthTax</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WindfallProfitsTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindfallProfitsTax</span></a>!)</p><p>//</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://historians.social/@philip_cardella" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>philip_cardella</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://esq.social/@CarlG" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>CarlG</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliceReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceReform</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DefundThePolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefundThePolice</span></a></p><p>(2/n)</p><p>...And it would generate a huge pool of disgruntled policemen, possibly a new source of societal instability.</p><p>However, crime could be greatly reduced by simply removing the need for a huge part of the population: introducing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UBI</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UBS</span></a>. People who have "everything" they (basically) need are very much less prone to commit crimes, as losing their freedom becomes a much greater fall in personal quality of life. Less...</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://historians.social/@philip_cardella" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>philip_cardella</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliceReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceReform</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DefundThePolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefundThePolice</span></a></p><p>(1/n)</p><p>The thing is, and I think the dystopian novel, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LordOfTheFlies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LordOfTheFlies</span></a> by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NobelLaureat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NobelLaureat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WilliamGolding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WilliamGolding</span></a> exemplifies this better than anything, is that the veil of civilized society is so razor-thin, it wouldn't survive more than a vouple of days w/o a "policing" force, protecting the weaker citizens from bullies and looting, etc.</p><p>What I'm saying is, it would need to be a virtually instantaneous swap....</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://esq.social/@CarlG" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>CarlG</span></a></span></p>
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