Author: Joe from MassPrivateI

ABC 30 News – by Gene Haagenson

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — The Federal government discovered Stuffed Pipe Smoke Shops in Fresno, Visalia, and Bakersfield were involved in the sales and distribution of synthetic cannabinoids, but these drugs, in a variety of packaging, were deadly.

“There have been deaths reported, serious bodily injury, and there are extreme psychological effects from taking the drug,” said Karen Escobar, Asst. US Attorney.   Continue reading “Bust of a Fresno smoke shop will help the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office buy new helicopter”

The Daily Sheeple – by Dawn Luger

If you thought politics in America could not get more ridiculous, have no fear: because of the “thin blue line,” we keep hearing so much about, some police demand to be the “only ones” with guns. It’s like history never happened and democide doesn’t exist. But what’s also startling is that “top cops” are proving that they are subject to the whims of the political elite.   Continue reading “Anti-Gun Cops Think They Are The “Only Ones” Who Have The Right To Guns”

IB Times – by David Sirota, Andrew Perez

Days after a gas line linked to an Anadarko Petroleum well ignited a deadly home blast in Colorado, the company’s chief executive said the “terrible tragedy has left all of us with heavy hearts.” But even as investigators were picking through the wreckage, the company moved to fight a new bill that would have forced it to tell Colorado homeowners how close they live to oil and gas operations.

State records show while CEO Al Walker said the “families and their loved ones are in our thoughts and prayers,” Anadarko was deploying its lobbyists to press Colorado lawmakers to block a transparency measure as it pursued plans for hundreds of new wells in the northeastern part of the state.   Continue reading “Is There A Gas Line Near Your House? How Anadarko Petroleum Killed A Bill Forcing Fossil Fuel Companies To Tell Homeowners”

San Diego Tribune – by Jeff McDonald

District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis has been ordered to return more than $100,000 seized from a medical marijuana businessman and his family, 15 months after drug agents raided the company and didn’t charge anyone with a crime.

Superior Court Judge Tamila E. Ipema issued the order late Friday, almost six weeks after lawyers representing San Diego businessman James Slatic argued that the money must be returned.   Continue reading “DA ordered to return money to medical marijuana distributor and family”

Department of Justice

The Justice Department, along with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS), today announced the nationwide rollout of the National Blue Alert Network, including newly developed deliverables and federal interagency cooperation to enhance the safety and support of America’s law enforcement officers. Under implementation by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office), the National Blue Alert Network promotes rapid dissemination of information to law enforcement, the media and the public about violent offenders who have killed, seriously injured or pose an imminent threat to law enforcement, or when an officer is missing in connection with official duties.   Continue reading “Justice Department Announces the National Blue Alert Network”

Tampa Bay Times – by Waveney Ann Moore

ST. PETERSBURG — More than a decade ago, Scott Willis got permits to extend and repair his dock and add a boat lift at his property.

But several years ago, he and his neighbors were stunned to learn that their docks actually sit on city-owned waterfront parkland. That’s because the docks — across a body of water from Crisp Park — were built on submerged land that, like the park, belongs to St. Petersburg.   Continue reading “Homeowners upset that city of St. Petersburg owns land under their docks, requires them to sign lease”

Tech Dirt – by Tim Cushing

Because good ideas are rare but bad ideas eternal, the New York State Senate has just given its blessing to a stupid bill aimed at protecting people armed with guns, power, the weight of the law, and numerous immunity options. The “justification” for New York’s addition of cops and first responders to the state’s hate crime law is this:   Continue reading “NY Senate Passes Bill That Would Add Cops And Firemen To List Of Protected Classes Under State’s Hate Crime Law”

The Verge – by Andrew J Hawkins

In an effort to speed up bag drops for priority customers, Delta Air Lines will be testing facial recognition technology at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport starting this summer. Customers will be required to scan their passports at specially equipped kiosks, where a camera will scan their face to confirm their identity.

Four new self-service bag drop kiosks are being installed in Minneapolis, but only one will include the facial recognition software. Delta will be collecting customer feedback during the process to gauge how it will expand the service to other airports in the future, a spokesperson said. Delta is spending $600,000 on the new machines.  Continue reading “Delta Air Lines plans to use facial recognition to speed up bag drops”

The Hill – by Mallory Shelbourne

Sheriff David Clarke of Milwaukee County, Wis., said Wednesday he has accepted a job in the Department of Homeland Security.

Clarke told conservative radio host Vicki McKenna during an interview on 1130 WISN that he will leave his post as sheriff to serve as a deputy secretary of Homeland Security.   Continue reading “Sheriff David Clarke says he’s accepted DHS job”

MassPrivateI

Continue reading “TSA and CBP employees use their own judgment to decide who’s a criminal or terrorist”

First Coast News – by Brendan Keefe and Michael King , WXIA

Drunk driving arrests are down sharply after decades of aggressive enforcement, while drugged driving arrests are climbing.

Georgia now has more than 250 officers with special ‘drug recognition expert’ training.

But 11Alive News Chief Investigator Brendan Keefe discovered some drivers are getting arrested for driving stoned — even when their drug tests came back clean.   Continue reading “‘The Drug Whisperer’ | Drivers arrested while stone cold sober”

WFTV 9 News – by Ken Tyndall

PALM BAY, Fla. – An 8-year-old Jupiter Elementary School student was facing felony charges Monday after car burglaries in Palm Bay, police said.

The girl was walking from the park with two other, older children on May 5 when they allegedly decided to break into several vehicles, a Palm Bay arrest report said.  Continue reading “Police: Girl, 8, faces felony charges after vehicle break-ins in Palm Bay”

Reuters

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to revive a civil rights lawsuit against a New Mexico police officer for arresting a 13-year-old boy who burped repeatedly and disrupted his class, a case that raised questions about police conduct in school settings.

The justices refused to hear an appeal by the boy’s mother of a lower court’s ruling in favor of Albuquerque officer Arthur Acosta that granted him qualified immunity, a legal defense that protects certain public officials from suits as long as they did not violate a clearly established law or constitutional right.   Continue reading “U.S. Supreme Court rejects case involving burping teen”

Cincinnati.com – by Dan Horn

Details about tea party bias claims against the IRS could remain secret because current and former agency officials say their lives are in danger if they publicly testify about the case.

Lois Lerner and Holly Paz both have argued in recent court filings that the threat to their lives outweighs the public’s right to hear their testimony about how IRS employees in Cincinnati and Washington D.C. handled applications for tax-exempt status from tea party groups.   Continue reading “IRS execs: Our lives at risk in tea party case”

The Roanoke Times – by Dan Casey

Continue reading “Casey: Salem couple sues over car that was impounded then sold”

Reason – by Jacob Sullum

In a victory for Second and Fourth amendment rights, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled this week that public possession of a handgun is not enough, by itself, to justify stopping and questioning someone. That conclusion is consistent with what the U.S. Supreme Court has said about the “reasonable suspicion” that police need to detain people.   Continue reading “Carrying a Gun Does Not Justify Detention, Indiana Supreme Court Says”

Las Vegas Review-Journal – by Jenny Wilson

Federal prosecutors throughout the West have struggled recently to win conspiracy convictions against groups of loosely organized individual rights activists who identify with an anti-government movement best known for staging armed protests on federally managed land.

The first blow for the federal government came in the fall, when Ammon and Ryan Bundy, sons of notorious anti-federalist rancher Cliven Bundy, were acquitted along with several others of charges that they conspired to intimidate employees out of doing their jobs at an Oregon national wildlife refuge.
Continue reading “Prosecutors struggle to prove conspiracy in Bundy cases”

Liberty Blitzkrieg – by Michael Krieger

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way – in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

– Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities   Continue reading “A Tale of Two Justice Systems – Wall Street vs. Main Street”