police Felons, Nazis: Michigan is occupied by an army of 3,000 armed, unregulated "police reservists" Cory Doctorow

milkshakes The three New York cops who drank "poisoned" milkshakes didn't get sick Mark Frauenfelder

police In Portlandia, police confiscated chickpeas and White Claw Thom Dunn

News Meet Rahul Dubey, 'absolute legend' who sheltered ~70 protestors inside his home for 8 hours overnight Xeni Jardin

I have a very valid registration Police impersonator arrested Rob Beschizza

police A bunch of rookie cops have recently been fired for doing bad things. Let's think about that for a moment. Thom Dunn

crime Five hitmen jailed after trying to subcontract job to one another Rob Beschizza

mistakes Man pretending to be cop arrested by actual cop Rob Beschizza

horror Finding Pennywise the Clown in your backyard is serious business Seamus Bellamy

security William Barr's terrible, stupid idea to ban working crypto is slightly less terrible and stupid than earlier ideas Cory Doctorow

alt-right terroristic threats Two police officers fired for Facebook post encouraging the murder of Ocasio-Cortez Mark Frauenfelder

security EFF publishes an indispensable, plain-language guide to "cell-site simulators": the surveillance devices that track you via your phone Cory Doctorow

corruption Mysterious New Orleans "anti-crime" camera emblazoned with NOPD logos outside surveillance contractor's house is disavowed by NOPD Cory Doctorow

corruption The internet has become a "low-trust society" Cory Doctorow

law EFF to Facebook: enforce your rules banning cops from creating sockpuppet accounts and be transparent when you catch cops doing it Cory Doctorow

privacy Bounty hunters and stalkers are able to track you in realtime by lying to your phone company and pretending to be cops Cory Doctorow

News List of thousands of criminal cops accidentally released under public records laws, now CA AG threatens 2 reporters with legal action for having a copy Xeni Jardin

police Facebook reminds America's cops that they're not allowed to use fake accounts Cory Doctorow

criminals with badges Baltimore police officers carry toy guns to plant on people they shoot Mark Frauenfelder

censorship The EU's copyright plans will let anyone mass-censor the internet Cory Doctorow