Structural change needs to happen, because in community policing, community should precede policing. The paramilitary trend should not be seen as a burgeoning conflict between…
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The past two days of Senate committee hearings about the Capitol riot have revealed that the GOP is openly excusing racists. From the unctuous Sen. Ted…
“Senate Joint Hearing on Jan. 6 Attack: Part II” starts at 10am ET. Prepared testimony today for Maj. Gen. William Walker, commander of the D.C.…
DHS is drafting its annual threat assessment report, and Politico got hold of the draft: DHS draft document: White supremacists are greatest terror threat White…
The suddenly very dreamy Miles Taylor — the former Trump DHS chief of staff who’s called his former boss, in a word, fuckingnuts — is…
Other than Sean Spicer, who’s spent his post-White House years defending Donald Trump when not dancing like an elderly canary being sucked into a vacuum…
Aside from being charged hourly for the fence around the Portland federal building because it blocks the street ($192,000 at last count), federal forces will be…
Philadelphia is where the Founding Fathers met to write the Declaration of Independence from the tyranny of George III. The Philadelphia district attorney is continuing…
The use of federal protection squads in Portland and DC is expected to expand, even as there is no need for them except as actors…
Chad Wolf confesses to committing a crime on national television. One person’s ‘proactive arresting’ is another’s extralegal detention and subsequent rendition. If you get scooped up,…
All power does derive from the bottom. The various “snatch” teams likely were training for such specialized operation in larger cities. All you have to…
Over the past 24 hours, Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf has faced a firestorm of criticism for his over-the-top rhetoric and grandstanding…
Several stories are up about what’s going on in Portland OR right now. I’m writing this to highlight what Gov. Kate Brown is saying about…
Today, President Donald J. Trump and Attorney General William P. Barr announced significant cases related to Joint Task Force Vulcan (JTFV), an initiative launched in…
You’re doing a heckuva job, Clownie. If you thought the breadth and depth of Donald Trump’s fucknuttery was limited to what’s currently in front of your…
Not sure why I’m dredging up this story from April, but here goes. Way back in spring, several news outlets reported that the Department of Homeland…