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FEBRUARY 5, 2023

WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES

Raging Bulls in Blue: The Deadly Toll of Warrior Policing on Steroids 

Evil Walks Among Us: Child Trafficking Has Become Big Business in America 

360 Degree Surveillance: How Police Use Public-Private Partnerships to Spy on Americans 

RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES

Rutherford Institute Calls on Supreme Court to Stop Police From Using Excessive Force Against Individuals Who Have Surrendered or Complied 

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case That Could Give the Government a Green Light to Chill Political Speech on Social Media 

TRI Warns Jail Officials: The First Amendment Requires the Government to Treat All Religious Beliefs Equally 
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IN THE COURTS

Nevada Supreme Court Upholds The Right To Sue The Government, Blocks Qualified Immunity 

Appeals Court: Missouri Police Can Declare an Unlawful Assembly Multiple Times Even if Protesters Did Not Commit a Crime of Unlawful Assembly 

People Under Domestic Violence Orders Can Own Guns -U.S. Appeals Court Rules 

Ban on Marijuana Users Owning Guns Is Unconstitutional, U.S. Judge Rules

PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE

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America’s Death Squads: When Police Become Judge, Jury and Executioner 

Don’t Trust the Government with Your Privacy, Property or Your Freedoms 

360 Degree Surveillance: How Police Use Public-Private Partnerships to Spy on Americans 

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VODCAST: ON TARGET

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JUSTICE SYSTEM

How the Supreme Court Protects Police Officers 

High Court Offers Bonuses, Debt Relief to Lure Police Hires

AMERICAN POLICE STATE

Texas Police Chief on Leave After SWAT Raids Wrong House 

State Troopers, Misled by False Court Order, Detained School Principal for Mental Health Check 

New York Pays $121 Million for Police Misconduct, the Most in 5 Years 

Family of Minneapolis Man Slain in No-Knock Raid Sues City

OVERCRIMINALIZATION 

Traffic Cameras Can Now Ticket You for Having a Loud Car 

AMERICA AT WAR

US Finalizing Plans to Send Approximately 30 Abrams Tanks to Ukraine 

Weaponised SUV Set to Terrify America’s Streets 

U.S. Military Shoots Down Suspected Chinese Surveillance Balloon 

AI-Powered Surveillance Sought for Us Central Command 

BEHIND BARS

NYC Jails Want to Ban Physical Mail, then Privatize Scanning of Digital Version 

A Gruesome Bill Asks Prisoners to Give Up Organs to Get Out a Few Months Early 

Jail Strip-Search Policy Adjusted to Curtail Abuse 

11th Circuit Revives Inmate’s Request for Execution by Firing Squad 

Calls Grow for Louisiana to Stop Sending Kids to Adult Prison
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NATIONAL SECURITY

NSA Wooing Thousands of Laid-Off Big Tech Workers for Spy Agency’s Hiring Spree 

Planned New FBI HQ Is Twice the Size of the Pentagon

GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION

$5.4 Billion in Covid Aid May Have Gone to Firms Using Suspect Social Security Numbers 

Alabama Court Fees Used to Pay for Entertainment, Alcohol and Swag

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

Maryland Bill Would Limit Law Enforcement Use of Facial Recognition 

Concern Over NYC Police Filming of People Leaving Drake Show  

Google Is Using Geofence Warrants to Give Police Access to Your Mobile Data 

11,000 Police Surveillance Cars With 360-Degree Cameras and "Perimeter Alerts" To Patrol NYC 

Six Parts of Your Car That Gather Data on You

TECHNOLOGY

Many Fear Spot, a Robo-Dog Cop, as Industry Embraces the Canine Droid 

VRBO’s Super Bowl ‘Risk Scores’ Are Basically Pre-Crime for House Parties 

ChatGPT Is Coming For The World

EDUCATION

Florida Athletes May Have to Submit Menstrual History to School 

Hide Your Books to Avoid Felony Charges, Fla. Schools Tell Teachers

HEALTH & MEDICINE

GW Students Add ‘Morning-After’ Pill Vending Machine to Campus 

POLITICS

California Politicians Are Disguising Homeless Sweeps as “Care” 

Minnesota Enshrines Abortion Rights Into Law

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