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28 May 2012, 9:06 pm
” [Patterico, Scott Greenfield] Latest blogger “swatting” (bogus police call) hits RedState’s Erick Erickson [same] Incivility is a hazard for bloggers, but fear for families’ physical safety shouldn’t be [Jonathan Adler, Amy Alkon] Dear authorities in Montgomery County, Md. and elsewhere: you should know it’s not every day Radley Balko calls for tougher law enforcement. [read post]
7 Jul 2014, 9:05 pm
“Brave” Minnesota 9-year-old hailed for turning in parents on pot rap [Minneapolis Star-Tribune, background on Soviet youth hero] “Police SWAT teams in Massachusetts form private corporations, then claim immunity from disclosure laws” [Radley Balko via @gabrielroth, more from ACLU report on police militarization] Tweet Tags: Massachusetts, perjury, Pittsburgh, police, prosecution, surveillancePolice and prosecution roundup is a post from Overlawyered… [read post]
16 Dec 2009, 6:22 am
School officials call report inaccurate [Boston Globe, Michael Graham] "US games company sues British blogger" [Evony, in Australia, Guardian; our earlier coverage here and here] Blawg Review #242, on a Chanukah theme, is by Ron Coleman at Likelihood of Confusion; Repetitive head injury: "Assumption of risk and football" [Magliocca, ConcurOp] If you like CPSIA you may love proposed new chemical regulation law, TSCA [Deputy Headmistress] If we had to adopt the Precautionary… [read post]
21 Sep 2015, 9:05 pm
[Nathan Burney at Radley Balko] The U.S. [read post]
29 Feb 2012, 6:17 am
[Suzi Ring, Legal Week] More on controls on cold medicines as anti-meth measure [Radley Balko, Megan McArdle, Xeni Jardin, earlier here, here, here] Recognizable at a distance: “In Germany, a Limp Domestic Economy Stifled by Regulation” [NY Times] Fewer lawyers in Congress these days [WSJ Law Blog] Tags: Germany, illegal drugs, New Jersey, New York Times, pharmaceuticals, regulation and its reform, securities litigation, Senate, spac, U.S. [read post]
14 Aug 2009, 7:52 am
Via Radley Balko. [read post]
28 Nov 2016, 3:10 am
” [Billings Gazette on Standing Rock standoff; Radley Balko on a prosecutor who might be blurring sympathetic coverage of protests with legal responsibility for them; Shawn McCoy/Inside Sources pushes back against popular narratives on Dakota Access Pipeline] Think our law-based eminent domain system has problems? [read post]
2 Apr 2009, 9:00 pm
Jon Katz ADDENDUM: Thanks to Radley Balko for posting on this story, and to Scott Greenfield for alerting me to it on his blog. [read post]
13 Apr 2007, 3:10 am
By the way, Jason Whitlock, a bright sports columnist for the Kansas City Star who happens to be a black man, has some interesting thoughts on the Imus affair, as does Radley Balko. [read post]
21 Apr 2007, 11:32 pm
To update that precarious state of affairs, Radley Balko passes along this long email from a fellow who was arrested during one of the raids, even though he was simply chopping veggies for the gamblers to eat. [read post]
30 Nov 2015, 9:05 pm
Ciaramella, BuzzFeed] Tulsa DA warns that asset forfeiture reform will bring headless bodies swinging from bridges [Radley Balko] Through court orders and settlements, Justice Department has seized control of the practices of police departments around the country. [read post]
28 Feb 2016, 9:05 pm
” [Radley Balko] Tags: Bernie Sanders, forensics, mens rea, online speech, prosecutorial abuse, Rick Perry Crime and punishment roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
8 Aug 2008, 7:02 pm
UPDATE: Radley Balko has much more. [read post]
25 Nov 2018, 8:58 am
While we’re at it: Rules barring the interviewing of police soon after an officer-involved shooting (“cooling-off period”) impair, not advance, accurate investigation [Tom Jackman, Washington Post via Radley Balko] And via Justin Fenton of the Baltimore Sun, although the general rule in Maryland is that police officers on probationary status can be fired without internal due process, that rule applies except in instances of brutality allegations. [read post]
8 Mar 2015, 9:05 pm
[Scott Beyer, Governing] “Governors Highlight Criminal Justice Reform in State of State Addresses” [ALEC “American Legislator”] Minnesota bill would bar police agencies from investigating own officer-involved shootings [KMSP via Radley Balko] Tags: Detroit, Minnesota, New York state, policePolice and community roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
23 Nov 2015, 9:05 pm
“Bill shielding identities of police who use force passes Pennsylvania House” [Watchdog] Speaking of privacy: “Three Minneapolis officers sue after their names are revealed in prostitution sting” [Star Tribune] Also, how Law Enforcement Officer Bill of Rights (LEOBR) laws fit in: “How bloated pensions contribute to police brutality” [Radley Balko] “Reducing the Power of Paramilitary Unions is a Civil Rights Issue” [John… [read post]
28 Apr 2014, 9:05 pm
[Radley Balko, with reader comments on challenges of supplies and maintenance] Good: “Obama to consider more clemency requests from nonviolent drug offenders” [CBS, Tim Lynch, my take in December] Arkansas: “Mom Arrested for Breastfeeding After Drinking Alcohol in a Restaurant” [Free-Range Kids] Tweet Tags: Arkansas, child protection, Fourth Amendment, police, Supreme Court, transitPolice and prosecution roundup is a post from… [read post]
2 Nov 2017, 9:05 pm
More on questionable crime labs: Radley Balko on a new Massachusetts scandal (not the big previous one); John Oliver. [read post]
2 Aug 2011, 6:45 am
[Tri-Cities Herald] Another horrific report of poppy seed positive drug test followed by child-grabbing [Radley Balko] Tags: Australia, Chicago, Child Protective Services, Facebook, illegal drugs, medical malpractice, workers' compensation Related posts November 23 roundup (0) Microblog 2008-12-09 (0) Microblog 2008-11-25 (0) March 2 roundup (0) June 23 roundup (5) [read post]
26 Nov 2011, 6:42 am
In case you missed them, here are a couple from the past day or so really worth the read: First, Radley Balko’s piece “Driven by Drug War Incentives, Cops Target Pot Smokers, Brush Off Victims of Violent Crime. [read post]
