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LAPD Layoffs Being Considered in Los Angeles’ Budget Proposal
The ongoing pandemic has affected all aspects of American life, with the virus taking a financial toll on people, businesses, and even whole-ass cities. Los Angeles, which is currently in the midst of a financial crisis as a result of the pandemic, is considering laying off police officers to help solve its financial woes. “Layoff…
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New Technology Could Provide Police Access to Real-Time Footage From Home Security Cameras
I don’t know why anyone thought this was a good idea, but apparently Jackson, Miss. is experimenting with a pilot program that would give police the ability to access real-time video surveillance from your home security camera. So did none of these people play Watch Dogs? Watch Psycho-Pass? Consume literally any media about the dangers…
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Massachusetts Legislators Vote to Ban Police From Using Facial Recognition Technology
Lawmakers in Massachusetts have taken the rare step back from our inevitable, Minority Report-lite future by voting to ban police departments from using facial recognition technology. According to TechCrunch, the ban was part of an overall police reform bill that also bans police from using chokeholds, rubber bullets, limits the use of chemical agents such…
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Baltimore County Public Schools Closed After Ransomware Attack on Computer Systems
According to my friends with kids and my friend who teaches, distance learning is a less than ideal experience. It’s super impersonal, occasionally chaotic and unsurprisingly, super vulnerable to hackers. Baltimore County Public Schools has learned that last part the hard way, as its schools are all currently shut down due to a ransomware attack.…
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Boogaloo Boys Charged With Attempting to Sell Weapons to Overseas Terrorist Organization
Further proving that white people simply won’t let America be great, a group of Boogaloo Boys have been charged with attempting to sell weapons to an overseas terrorist organization. Forbes reports Michael Robert Solomon, 30, and Benjamin Ryan Teeter, 22, have both been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with “conspiring and attempting to…
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New Jersey Releases More Than 2,200 Incarcerated People Under New Public Health Law
Considering all we know about COVID-19, it’s incredibly obvious that the conditions in American prisons aren’t exactly the best for mitigating the spread of the virus. To address this clear problem, New Jersey has released over 2,200 incarcerated people under a recently passed law. According to CNN, the law is the first of its kind…
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Mississippi Finally Votes for a Less Racist State Flag
Mississippi had long been one of the few remaining states to have Confederate iconography as part of its state flag, but that will finally change after voters selected a new design during Tuesday’s election. According to NBC News, the new flag, dubbed “The New Magnolia,” received 68 percent of the vote. The public referendum was…
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Kentucky Police Commissioner Resigns After Use of Hitler Quotes in Police Training Program Revealed
The commissioner for the Kentucky State police has resigned after it was revealed that a training program used by the force included quotes from Adolf Hitler and Gen. Robert E. Lee. Honestly, I feel like that should just be the story. Like, it’s fucking Hitler, y’all. Hitler. CBS News reports that Commissioner Rodney Brewer’s resignation…
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Court Orders Kenosha Shooter Kyle Rittenhouse Be Placed on $2 Million Bond
Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old charged with killing two people during a protest in Kenosha, Wisc., has been placed on a $2 million bond after being deemed a flight risk. NBC News reports that Rittenhouse appeared before a Wisconsin court via video conference on Monday after being extradited from his home state of Illinois last Friday.…
