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SFPD Agrees to Stop Warrantless Cellphone Searches
The San Francisco Police Department has agreed to stop warrantless searches of cellphones of people who are arrested. This is the result of a settlement announced today in the ACLU-NC's lawsuit against SFPD over this practice.
Supremes Update Fourth Amendment for Digital Era
The United States Supreme Court unanimously acknowledged what common sense tells us and everyone who owns a cell phone (yes, that would be just about everyone) already knows: Our cell phones have a whole lot of private information about us. The Court therefore held that cops need a warrant to search a cell phone.
3 Black Men Executed in 3 States in 24 hours. And it’s Juneteenth.
Today is Juneteenth and the United States just executed three black men from three southern states in 24 hours. This is outrageous.
California Counties Say "No" to ICE
While we await much-needed federal immigration reform, dozens of counties are refusing ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) requests to detain immigrants in local jails.
Orange Is the New Black is Filmed at a Real Jail Flooded with Sewage
If you think "Orange Is the New Black" shows it all, you're about to find out a disgusting truth. While the women in OITNB face miserable conditions and abuse, it's nothing compared to what real people experience in the jail where they film as well as other jails in Suffolk County, New York.
Oakland Unified School District Takes Steps to End School-to-Prison-Pipeline
The Oakland Unified School District last week took the latest in a series of steps aimed at reducing interaction between district students and school district police officers that too often leads to overly-harsh discipline that pushes kids out of school and into the criminal justice system.
California Supreme Court Rules for Police Transparency
You’ve seen police uniforms on TV. Some have medals, some have stripes, some are blue and some are tan, but they always have a badge, and a little nameplate on the chest bearing the officers name. In California, officers are required by state law to wear that nameplate identifying them. Why? Accountability.
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