May 25, 2021
fromReclaimTheNet: New levels of censorship control, as government merges with powerful corporate media.
fromTheMarshallProject: Police are allowed to use “pain compliance.” But experts say dog bites are too unpredictable and severe. “Just because force doesn’t look good doesn’t mean it’s wrong,” says Yakima Police Chief Matthew Murray. “At the end of the day this worked.”
fromNationalInterest: It is customary self-indulgence after a change in power in Washington to predict that the other party is not only defeated, but likely to go extinct. This past election was no exception.
A Euclid cop killed a man who had been sleeping in his car. The cop can't be sued. Nor can the city.
fromReason: The Supreme Court has a chance to fix this. The stakes are high.
fromPolitico: Conservative interest in the mayor’s race is primarily about the future of policing, and how it might set the standard for the rest of the country.
fromRevolver: How do you remove a panic that has become a cult?