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25 Feb 2023, 4:53 am by jonathanturley
The lawsuit names as defendants Rittenhouse, the city of Kenosha, Kenosha County, five other neighboring counties, police officers, former Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth and former Kenosha Police Chief Daniel Miskinis. [read post]
22 Jun 2022, 2:17 pm by Eugene Volokh
From a Justice Department press release yesterday: An Indiana man was sentenced to federal prison today for repeatedly and intentionally jeopardizing the lives of police officers, destroying public property, and encouraging others to commit violence during protests that occurred in Portland in 2020. [read post]
31 Dec 2021, 3:57 am by Jennifer Lynch
And ATF used at least 12 geofence warrants to identify people in the protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin following the police shooting of Jacob Blake. [read post]
24 Dec 2021, 8:04 am by Mukund Rathi
A year after the police murder of George Floyd, Black-led protests against police violence continue, as does resistance to police departments across the country growing their surveillance toolbelts and unnecessarily amassing troves of personal data. [read post]
21 Dec 2021, 9:04 am by ACLU
On August 23, 2020, a white officer in the Kenosha Police Department shot Jacob Blake, a Black man, in the back, leaving him paralyzed. [read post]
He brought an assault rifle with the ostensible purpose of defending business property from looting and destruction related to ongoing protests stemming from the previous shooting of an unarmed black man by police in Kenosha. [read post]
He brought an assault rifle with the ostensible purpose of defending business property from looting and destruction related to ongoing protests stemming from the previous shooting of an unarmed black man by police in Kenosha. [read post]
22 Nov 2021, 3:52 am by SHG
The prosecution’s budget is less the issue than the fact that they have a police department at their disposal, and they mostly take cases brought to them on a silver platter. [read post]
21 Nov 2021, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
They cited a string of judicial rulings favoring the defense, Rittenhouse’s effective testimony on his own behalf, and a less than stellar prosecution performance.But it is still shocking that we live at a time when a juvenile can cross state lines and carry an assault rifle to help police the scene of a protest, that he can kill two people and escape with no punishment, and that he is now being lionized by members of one of this country’s major political parties.Rittenhouse,… [read post]
19 Nov 2021, 11:15 am by Leah Watson
The actions — and inaction — of the Kenosha Police Department and the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department in the preceding 72 hours played a critical part in the tragic events that took place. [read post]
15 Oct 2021, 12:50 pm by Ryan J. Farrick
An attorney for the city questioned why the victim is suing the Kenosha Police Department but not the shooter himself. [read post]
9 Oct 2021, 3:48 am
. 'After a careful and thorough review, a team of experienced federal prosecutors determined that insufficient evidence exists to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the KPD officer willfully violated the federal criminal civil rights statutes,' the department said in the statement.... [read post]
10 Sep 2021, 12:30 pm by John Ross
After a Little Rock, Ark. officer shoots and kills a motorist, the police chief fires him for violating department policy requiring officers not to place themselves in the path of an oncoming vehicle. [read post]
12 May 2021, 8:44 am by Charlotte Lawrence
The 1033 program gives police and sheriff’s departments unique and unprecedented access to military gear. [read post]
22 Apr 2021, 3:31 am by SHG
Was he a defender against rioters trying to burn down Kenosha? [read post]
The Kenosha Police Department stated, however, that Sheskey will remain on administrative leave, “pending the findings of a Kenosha Police use of deadly force review board. [read post]
6 Jan 2021, 11:38 am by Matt Gluck, Tia Sewell
     The top prosecutor in Kenosha, Wis., has declined to bring charges against the police officer who shot and partially paralyzed Jacob Blake, a Black man, in August, reports the New York Times. [read post]
Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley announced Tuesday that charges will not be laid against Rusten Sheskey, the Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer who shot and paralyzed Jacob Blake on August 23. [read post]
1 Nov 2020, 7:01 am by Bruce Hoffman, Jacob Ware
Recently, the Department of Homeland Security stated similarly that homegrown white supremacist and neo-Nazi terrorists present the clearest terrorist danger. [read post]