Appeals Court Denies Judicial Immunity to Judge Who Personally Searched Home(ij.org)

161 points by ww520 3 years ago | 143 comments

Lawsuit challenges Virginia City's use of cameras for warrantless surveillance(ij.org)

99 points by sbuttgereit 2 years ago | 36 comments

Police Have Used License Plate Readers at Least 14x to Stalk Romantic Interests(ij.org)

193 points by loteck 5 months ago | 62 comments

The Posse Comitatus Act Explained(brennancenter.org)

9 points by Bluestein 1 year ago | 2 comments

Meta hit with $25B penalty for deceiving users about privacy on Facebook(nmdoj.gov)

170 points by DeepLogin 4 days ago | 37 comments

New Mexico Department of Justice press release announcing a $25 billion civil penalty against Facebook in its Cambridge Analytica consumer protection case.

Documents add to evidence in climate deception case against ExxonMobil(insideclimatenews.org)

347 points by gumby 15 days ago | 181 comments

Inside Climate News article on Massachusetts attorney general court filings revealing previously undisclosed ExxonMobil documents in a climate deception case.

Police cannot seize property indefinitely after an arrest, federal court rules(reason.com)

773 points by throwup238 2 years ago | 385 comments

Reason article reporting that the D.C. Circuit ruled police cannot hold seized property indefinitely after an arrest, calling it unconstitutional.

Court Records Should Be Free(eff.org)

430 points by hn_acker 4 months ago | 99 comments

EFF Deeplinks article by Joe Mullin arguing that federal court records should be freely accessible to the public.

Cops still take more stuff from people than burglars do(thewhyaxis.substack.com)

332 points by wahnfrieden 3 years ago | 135 comments

Substack post by Christopher Ingraham arguing that US police civil asset forfeiture seizures exceed the value of property stolen by burglars.

New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567m over harms to children’s mental health(theguardian.com)

764 points by boplicity 2 months ago | 407 comments

News report that a New Mexico court ordered Meta to pay $567m over harms to children's mental health from its social media platforms.

California law enforcement misused state databases more than 7k times in 2023(eff.org)

520 points by hn_acker 1 year ago | 261 comments

EFF Deeplinks article reporting that California law enforcement agencies misused state databases more than 7,000 times in 2023.

Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet $2.5M for Records About One Cop(theintercept.com)

464 points by tdeck 1 day ago | 126 comments

Intercept opinion piece on Eugene, Oregon police quoting a local news outlet a $2.5M fee for public records about an officer accused of misconduct.