US News A St. Louis police officer has been charged with second-degree assault for shooting a woman instead of tasing her. [Link] Some Utah jails are charging over $11 for a 15-minute phone call. The high rate makes it difficult for prisoners to stay in contact with...
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News Roundup 3/21/19
US News A sexual abuse victim advocates group release a list of hundreds of Illinois clergy and lay people who sexually abused people. [Link] Columbus police disband their moral crimes division because the chief is accused of raping two women and committing several...
8-Year-Old Girl Walks Dog Around Block, Police and Child Services Investigate Mom
Corey Widen let her 8-year-old do the most normal, cheerful thing in the world—walk the dog around the block. After the girl returned home, the doorbell rang. It was the police. The cops had received a call about an unsupervised child, and had to question the mom....
News Roundup 5/25/18
Justin Raimondo explains that Judge Napolitano was right Russiagate. [Link] The FBI entrapped a 17-year-old Texan and accused him of plotting a terror attack. [Link] Illinois police can remove a 13-year-old child from the home who has been left home alone. [Link]...
News Roundup 12/1/17
Illinois detective tells kids they were being detained because they are white. [Link] The White House starts a rumor that Rex Tillerson may soon be fired. [Link] Moon of Alabama looks at the hypocritical US policy against Russian media. [Link] RT loses press...
Illinois Overwhelmingly Approves Bill to Protect the Innocent from Civil Forfeiture
Today, the Illinois House of Representatives passed a bill that bolsters transparency for civil forfeiture and strengthens due process protections for innocent property owners. Under civil forfeiture, law enforcement agencies can seize and then take title to cash,...
California, Illinois, and New York Keep Losing People to Other States
It seems that many residents of the West Coast and the Northeast are leaving those regions behind. In March, for example, the Sacramento Bee reported that California "exports its poor to Texas...while wealthier people move in." Former Californians report that a...
Court strikes down ban on campaign contributions from medical marijuana licensees
A federal court has struck down an Illinois law that banned licensed medical marijuana businesses from making contributions to candidates PACs and other political committees. In a decision issued March 24, U.S. District Court Judge John Z. Lee ruled that the ban...
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