Category Archives: Civil rights

Forensic Pathology: “Excited delerium“ excuse used in MN police restraint death of #GeorgeFloyd

Posted on May 29, 2020 by csidds

Thurs. May 29, 2020. 6.30 pm PDT. Today certain “qualified” talking heads in the media have copied the unfounded and rather illogical theory that is used in every police custody restraint death case as a defense. There is a medically … Continue reading →

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Forensics: Dangers of Facial Recognition platforms. A study

Posted on May 13, 2020 by csidds

These programs are not “objective evidence” for police suspicion that you are a crook. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589871X20300024

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Forensics: Trump, the USDoJ and prosecutors have put a clamp on forensic science reform.

Posted on April 13, 2020 by csidds

This article reveals how the reemergence of status quo government control of scientific review has overwhelmed state and US efforts to eradicate junk and outdated forensic practices. Dan Delgar at the NY Innocence Project explains how the effect of forensic … Continue reading →

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Forensics: Despite failed field tests, UK police praise facial IDs from street cams.

Posted on January 27, 2020 by csidds

Here’s a quick look at police “cart before the horse” attitudes on forensics. https://telecoms.com/502056/london-police-push-forward-with-controversial-facial-recognition-tech/

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#FORENSICS: When the crime scene evidence never gets to the crime lab. Sadly, both are managed by the same people. Says alot about the future of cop DNA testing.

Posted on November 29, 2019 by csidds

From the great state of Orange County, California. https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article237862684.html

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Autopsy Offers New Details On the Death of A Guatemalan Migrant Child

Posted on July 28, 2019 by csidds

Autopsy Offers New Details On the Death of A Guatemalan Migrant Child — Read on http://www.texasmonthly.com/news/autopsy-details-death-guatemalan-migrant-child/amp/ Pathologists reviewing this and other migrant children deaths include @drjudymelinek. Physical and medical neglect of these innocent children is abhorent and are classic human … Continue reading →

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LEOs not reporting police shooting/custody deaths still using their DOJ grant money and MRAPS

Posted on September 15, 2016 by csidds

The disonant (or maybe permissive) Department of Justice federal oversight of local law enforcement agencies seems to rival a tragicomedy versions of “who’s on first?” Or more impolitely, the boondoggle. The decades-long sharing of military equipment with police ( 1033 program … Continue reading →

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Expanding government DNA archives form major debate on involving innocent people

Posted on February 18, 2016 by csidds

The shadow of “big brother” watching you comes out in print within this piece about massive forensic DNA collection in numerous states. California has the biggest database. “The question is: Do we want the government to have all these genetic … Continue reading →

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Forensics in Thailand shows an ugly lack of fairness in Aussie double murder case.

Posted on January 9, 2016 by csidds

Here’s another case where human rights and so-called use of  “forensic science”  have little in common. A notable Thai forensic expert denounces the forensic “proof” left unavailable to defendants’ lawyers in this murder of two Australian tourists. Politics ran away … Continue reading →

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Indiscriminate police use of private DNA databases makes a mess for innocent people.

Posted on October 20, 2015 by csidds

I can’t wait to hear how law enforcement tries to clean up this seemingly uncontrolled use of personal genetic material over 1 million customers have sent to familial DNA companies like Ancestry.com. “Anyone who knows the science understands that there’s … Continue reading →

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