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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/
Posted in Crime, junk forensic science, pardons
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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/
Posted in Crime, junk forensic science, police crime labs
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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
Posted in Crime, criminal justice, human rights violations, prosecutorial misconduct
Tagged criminal contempt
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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
Forensics: Horrific 1970’s US policy. New Mexico Could Be First State to Address Forced Sterilization of Native American Women | Health
Jean Whitehorse’s (Diné) Native name means ‘Many Children,’ but she only has one child. This spring, she spoke at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York to explain why. In the 1970s, during an emergency visit … Continue reading
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Tagged forced sterilization of US indigenous woman
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Forensics: Ignoring science in the US. CDC Website Now Boosts Debunked Link Between Vaccines and Autism
“This represents a new and devastating turn by the CDC.” — Read on gizmodo.com/cdc-website-now-boosts-debunked-link-between-vaccines-and-autism-2000688898
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