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MAY 31, 2022

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

Mass Shootings: The Vicious Cycle Fueled By America’s Toxic Cult of Violence 

Get Ready to Be Muzzled: The Coming War on So-Called Hate Speech 

You’ve Been Flagged as a Threat: Predictive AI Technology Puts a Target on Your Back 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Texas School District Restricts First Amendment Activity, Bans Teachers and Employees From Publicly Criticizing School Policies 

Boston Violated First Amendment by Prohibiting Christian Flag, Rules Unanimous Supreme Court 

Supreme Court Allows Police to Use Warrantless Real-Time Cell Phone Data to Sweep Americans Into Digital Data Dragnet 

TRI IN THE NEWS

WATCH: Judging Freedom: John Whitehead on America’s Toxic Cult of Violence
HELP US MAKE THE GOVERNMENT PLAY BY THE RULES OF THE CONSTITUTION: $250,000 MATCHING GIFT CAMPAIGN ENDS ON 6/30

IN THE COURTS

Divided Supreme Court Restricts Prisoners’ Ability To Pursue Claims That Their Lawyers Were Incompetent 

Third Circuit: Religious Accommodation for No Sunday Work Would Create Undue Hardship for Post Office 

Appeals Court Rejects Michigan Private School’s Case Against Mask Mandate 

Wisconsin Appeals Court Reverses Order To Give COVID Patient Ivermectin 

Ninth Circuit: No Right to Privacy for E-Scooter Rentals 

11th Circuit Blocks Major Provisions of Florida’s Social Media Law

PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE

Freedom Under Fire is a free weekly podcast available on SoundCloud and iTunes.

Mass Shootings: The Vicious Cycle Fueled By America’s Toxic Cult of Violence 

Get Ready to Be Muzzled: The Coming War on So-Called Hate Speech 

Flagged as a Threat: Predictive AI Technology Puts a Target on Your Back 

Podcast Archive

VODCAST: ON TARGET

America’s Dirty Little Secret: Sex Trafficking Is Big Business 

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AMERICAN POLICE STATE

Baltimore Police Chief Criticizes Release of ‘Bad Cop’ List 

Chicago Cops Team Up With FBI To Create Fake Social Media Profiles

Black Pastor Arrested for Refusing To Show ID While Watering a Neighbor’s Plants 

DOJ Orders Feds To Stop Police Brutality Incidents They Witness 

Texas Police Didn’t Want To Confront Mass Shooter Because “They Could Have Been Shot” 

Texas Police Wouldn’t Let a Tactical Squad of Federal Agents Go Into the School To Stop the Gunman 

Minneapolis Council Approves $645K Settlement to Man Who Was Beaten, Tased  

New Federal Lawsuits Filed Against Law Enforcement, City of Portland for Actions During 2020 Protests 

OVERCRIMINALIZATION 

Advocacy Group Sues Boulder Over Ordinances That Criminalize Homelessness

AMERICA AT WAR

Uvalde Attack Brought 90 Minutes of Terror, a Failed Response and Broken Trust 

From Buffalo to Uvalde, 16 Mass Shootings in Just 10 Days 

Why 18-Year-Olds in Texas Can Buy AR-15s but Not Handguns
HELP US CONTINUE TO SOUND THE ALARM: $250,000 MATCHING GIFT CAMPAIGN ENDS ON 6/30

NATIONAL SECURITY

Documents Shed Light on Secret U.S. Plans for Apocalyptic Scenarios 

Unbounded: Government Claims Right of Access and Surveillance on All Private Land

CORRUPTION

Sheriff Who Admitted to Driving Drunk and Crashing His Car Given Paid Leave of Absence 

Southern Baptist Leaders Covered Up Sex Abuse, Explosive Report Says

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

Surveillance Cameras Use Software That Considers Everyone A "Potential Threat" 

FBI Used Controversial FISA Warrants To Spy on Over 3 Million Americans 

New Google Street View Camera “Will Make Collections Easier for Partners”; 220+ Billion Images Captured So Far 

US Postal Service Wants To Provide Digital ID and Collect More Biometric Data 

FREE SPEECH

First Amendment Advocates Slam Use of Rap Lyrics as Evidence 

Netflix Doubles Down on 'Free Speech' as Trans Activists Vow to Fight On

TECHNOLOGY

Pay With Face: Mastercard Rolls Out Global Biometric Payment System 

Robotic Crab Tinier than a Flea Becomes the Smallest-Ever Remote-Controlled Robot 

Virtual Reality Brings Portable Taser Training to Police

EDUCATION

National School Board Association Wanted Military to Crack Down on Concerned Parents 

GOP Pitches Hardening Schools As Uvalde Security Failures Emerge 

The Pronoun Police Come for Middle Schoolers

POLITICS

Two Years After Floyd’s Murder, Biden Signs Executive Order on Police Reform 

Indiana Lawmakers Override Governor’s Veto of Transgender Sports Ban 

States Rush Toward New Gun Restrictions as Congress Remains Gridlocked

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