THE POLICE PROBLEM

Bryan Hooper, another wrongfully convicted Black man in Minnesota, is hoping to be freed from his life sentence after the state’s key trial witness recently admitted to the murder Hooper was convicted for. In late July, the perpetrator of the vicious 1998 murder of 77-year-old Ann Prazniak confessed to the crime while in a Georgia state prison.

Citing her newfound sobriety, a supportive prison system, a spiritual awakening and the crushing weight of carrying the secret of killing Ann Prazniak, Chalaka Young (then Chalaka Lewis) came forward to confess that she lied about Hooper and that she killed Prazniak.

“I publicly lied on you and will do all it takes to fix it so that you too may know the truth. I hurt you so bad and you can’t get back that time I stole from you but I can now tell the truth so that all will know that you truly was innocent,” said Young in a written statement on July 28, 2025.

“Francisco! Roll down the window!” one agent said, addressing the father, who was in the driver’s seat.

Another officer smashed the window, shattering it, and Francisco sped away, as three bangs that sounded like gunshots rang out.

cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/48170358

cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/48165140

• Law enforcement officers responded to protests against immigration raids in and around Los Angeles between June 6 and 14 with excessive force and deliberate brutality.
• Local, state, and federal law enforcement’s aggressive response to these protests violently oppressed the public’s right to express outrage and the media’s right to report safely.
• All law enforcement agencies involved should respect the right to protest and ensure that those responsible for abuse are held to account.

Janine Jackson interviewed the ACLU’s Scout Katovich about forced institutionalization of poor and disabled people for the August 1, 2025, episode of CounterSpin.

The records open a window into nearly 12,000 cases involving allegations of sexual assault to brutality complaints and incidents involving deadly force

Source: https://youtu.be/EPzUhRMrf0g

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/25092390

State law bars police from sharing data from automated license plate readers with federal agencies. They're doing it anyway.

A spinoff of the company "Protector" — an Uber-style rentier app that lets users temporarily hire an armed bodyguard — Patrol offers property owners the chance to rent out "off-duty police officers to help protect their homes."

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/33227437

What would you do if ICE agents approached the kids on your youth sports team at practice?

Youman Wilder, the founder of Harlem Baseball Hitting Academy, said that he found himself in that exact position. And he didn’t hesitate.

“I heard them saying, ‘Where are you from? Where are your parents from?’” Wilder told MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace. “And I just stepped in and said this is very inappropriate to ask these kids anything ... I’m just going to have them implement their Fifth Amendment right, and not say anything to you.’”

A group of current or former Louisiana police chiefs and the operator of a Subway sandwich shop are accused of colluding in a decade-long scheme to falsify police reports to help foreign nationals get visas meant for crime victims or witnesses.

A federal grand jury returned a 62-count indictment charging two police chiefs, a former police chief, a marshal and the restaurant operator on charges including bribery, mail fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and immigration fraud, a federal prosecutor said Wednesday.

As Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents embark on countless deportation raids in an effort to meet the White House’s daily arrest quota of 3,000, many officers are becoming completely demoralized, several agents told Nick Miroff with The Atlantic.

Police stand idly by as a man forces his way into a Chantilly, VA, USA family's home without identifying himself or serving a warrant. The husband of 20 years is kidnapped, driven around for hours, before finally being deported to Honduras.