Jim Bovard is back to discuss the tragic killing of Duncan Lemp, a Maryland man who was shot by police during a no-knock SWAT raid last year. Bovard has been covering the details of Lemp's story ever since, including the ways that the police department's story keeps...
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New Report Obscures Killing of Duncan Lemp
One of the most positive developments from last year's political strife was a stronger focus on police abuses and no-knock raids. Some states and cities have imposed new restrictions, others are working toward greater transparency when it comes to police...
1/15/21 Andrew Quilty on the CIA’s Afghan Death Squads
Scott interviews journalist Andrew Quilty about his recent piece for the Intercept, which details the horrific violence being carried out in Afghanistan by U.S.-backed militia groups. In several recent attacks, these "death squads" have raided religious boarding...
If They’ll Confiscate Guns From One Of Their Own, They Won’t Take Yours?
A retired NYPD Detective Sergeant has his home raided to take his guns. How safe do you feel?
New Report Continues to Obfuscate Killing of Duncan Lemp
Why did a Montgomery County, Maryland SWAT team kill 21-year-old Duncan Lemp, in a no-knock predawn raid on March 12? The county released an official report yesterday stating that a violent no-knock raid was justified “due to Lemp being ‘anti-government,’...
Breonna Taylor Grand Jurors: Police Actions Were ‘Negligent’ And ‘Criminal’
Two grand jurors in the Breonna Taylor case said the actions of Louisville, Kentucky, police officers the day of the botched raid at her apartment were "negligent" and "criminal." "They couldn't even provide a risk assessment," one of the anonymous grand jurors,...
The Cop That Killed Breonna Taylor Claims He Doesn’t Remember It At All
16 rounds I fired, you say? Er uh well could be I guess. Sullum at Reason: Myles Cosgrove, a Louisville, Kentucky, detective who participated in the fruitless and legally dubious drug raid that killed Breonna Taylor last March, told investigators the incident unfolded...
USA, 2020: Helpless, Bound, Suffocating Black Woman to Cop: ‘I Beg You Master,’ ‘Don’t Let Me Die’
Okay, well it was 2019. I sure don't mean to shame the victim for that. It's easy to say you would rather die than submit to some pig in such an undignified manner, but she very well could have died, and surely has other people that she's responsible for. 100% of the...
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