#blacklivesmatter Quantifying the additional killings commited by cops when they get military weapons Cory Doctorow

police National Guard helicopter, seven cop vehicles sent to warrantlessly seize a single marijuana plant from an 81-year-old Massachusetts grandmother Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Leaked catalog from UK surveillance arms-dealer full of gadgets sold to US cops Cory Doctorow

corruption Woman sues cops because they destroyed her empty house, thinking a suspect was hiding in it Cory Doctorow

corruption Up to half of the Americans killed by police have a disability Cory Doctorow

Civlib Sheriff's SWAT team poses with warrant, "Come Back With a Warrant" doormat Cory Doctorow

Games A Canadian teenager used America's militarized cops to terrorize women gamers for years Cory Doctorow

police Police militarization is objectively bad for police and for society, according to science Thom Dunn

politics George Floyd Justice In Policing Act, Democrats' police reform bill, passes in House & heads to Senate Xeni Jardin

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

politics Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis denounces Trump as a threat to America, compares him to Nazis Rob Beschizza

COVID-19 Politico asked 34 big thinkers to predict how the coronapocalypse will permanently change our world Gareth Branwyn

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

yes they're concentration camps On the history of concentration camps, and what Trump's doing on the border Xeni Jardin

late stage capitalism The weird grift of "sovereign citizens": where UFOlogy meets antisemitism by way of Cliven Bundy and cat-breeding Cory Doctorow

Business Citing bad publicity and internal dissent, Google announces it won't renew contract to supply AI for US military drones Cory Doctorow

usausausa Trump only managed one (really terrible) legislative goal in 2017, but his administration profoundly remade America for the worse Cory Doctorow