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FBI Seeking Other Possible Victims of Chicago Border Patrol Officer Charged For Serial Rape. Chicago News
The FBI’s Chicago field office on Wednesday said it is seeking to identify other potential victims of 44-year-old Luis Uribe, who stands accused of robbing and/or sexually assaulting at least four women in Schaumburg and Naperville throughout 2022. — Read … Continue reading
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Forensics: Visual exam may be negative. Study Proves MRIs Can Show Strangulation Evidence 12 Days Later
Study Proves MRIs Can Show Strangulation Evidence 12 Days Later — Read on http://www.forensicmag.com/3594-All-News/623208-Study-Proves-MRIs-Can-Show-Strangulation-Evidence-12-Days-Later/
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Forensics: Law. Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force. — Read on http://www.ms.now/news/minneapolis-police-chief-unlawful-force-ice-jobs
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Forensics: White House wants us to submit reports on biased media content.
I’d start with Fox News. https://www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/
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Forensics: Good example of cross examination of an expert. Mostly irrelevant but lawyers will be lawyers. Tommy Zeigler: Experts give conflicting testimony in hearing
Tommy Zeigler was in court for a scheduled week-long evidentiary hearing to determine if his murder convictions from half a century ago are tossed out. — Read on http://www.wesh.com/article/conflicting-forensic-testimony-tommy-zeigler-hearing/69624527
Forensics: Junk Science to blame. After FBI Issued Flawed Forensic Report, Police ID Original Suspect in 1974 Murder
After FBI Issued Flawed Forensic Report, Police ID Original Suspect in 1974 Murder — Read on http://www.forensicmag.com/3594-All-News/623038-After-FBI-Issued-Flawed-Forensic-Report-Police-ID-Original-Suspect-in-1974-Murder/
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Forensics: Law. Racial Profiling. Tribal IDs Are Federally Recognized. ICE Agents Are Ignoring Them.
Opinion. During last year’s Idaho election, a Republican state senator lost his composure when a candidate forum turned to the topic of racism. Trish Carter-Goodheart, a Democratic candidate and citizen of the Nez Perce Tribe, spoke plainly: Racism a… — … Continue reading
Forensics: Law. Contempt of court. Criminal. Kristi Noem made decision to continue deportation flights to El Salvador despite judge’s order, DOJ acknowledges.
The Justice Department said in a new court filing Tuesday that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made the decision to continue with flights carrying migrants being deported to a mega-prison in El Salvador, despite a federal judge’s order to turn … Continue reading
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Forensics: Law. Profiteering. Senators Demand Probe of Noem-Linked Firm’s Secret Work on DHS Ad Campaign
The demands for an investigation come after a ProPublica story revealed that the Noem-connected Strategy Group was secretly a subcontractor on the ad campaign. — Read on http://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-strategy-group-senate-probe
Forensics: Ignoring Congress And Law. American Indian College Fund Raises Alarm Over Plan to Shift Native Programs Away From the Dept. of Education | Education
In wake of Tuesday’s announcement that the Trump administration is dismantling the U.S. Department of Education, the American Indian College Fund is warning that the Trump administration’s plan to transfer more than a dozen federal education programs… — Read on … Continue reading