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Media, Politics May 5, 2023May 5, 2023

National Police Association and Other Groups Sue to Obtain Audrey Hale Manifesto

In March, Audrey Hale shocked the nation by opening fire at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee. The police soon…

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Free Speech, Torts March 26, 2023March 26, 2023

Police Officers Sue “Afroman” for the Use of Their Images from Raid on his Home

Joseph E. Foreman, a rapper also known as “Afroman,” is the subject of a filing in Ohio (below) by seven…

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Constitutional Law, Courts, Criminal law, Free Speech, Supreme Court March 6, 2023March 8, 2023

Pot Shop Owner Faces Possible Criminal Charge After Profane Diatribe Against Police Officer

A video has gone viral of the owner of a Washington state dispensary unleashing a profanity-laced verbal attack on state…

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Criminal law, Lawyering November 19, 2022November 19, 2022

“Lost…in the Emotion of the Night”: Attorney Who Firebombed Police Vehicle Given 15 Month Sentence

We previously discussed the case of two New York attorneys (Colinford Mattis and Urooj Rahman) who joined in violent protests in New…

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Animals, Criminal law, Torts October 6, 2022October 6, 2022

Roughing the Protester? Activist Tackled by Rams Players Files Police Report and Threatens Lawsuit

The 24-9 blowout of the Rams by the 49ers captured a number of missed tackles and plays by the Rams.…

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Academia, Bizarre, Criminal law, Society August 28, 2022August 28, 2022

Denver Public Schools Show Video Telling Kids to Avoid Police “as Perpetrators of Violence”

There is a controversy in the Denver Public School system as students were shown a video telling them not to…

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Bizarre, Criminal law June 18, 2022June 18, 2022

The Late Show with the Capitol Police: Crew of Comedian Stephen Colbert Arrested in Capitol

Last night, Fox News broke the story that the U.S. Capitol Police arrested a group of staffers with CBS’s “The…

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Criminal law, Lawyering June 5, 2022June 5, 2022

New York Attorneys Accused of Firebombing Police Car Given Generous Plea Deal

We previously discussed the cases of attorneys Colinford Mattis and Urooj Rahman, who were accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail…

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Academia, Free Speech May 29, 2022May 29, 2022

“I Mean, Because it’s Texas”: Penn Professor Alleges Police May Have Delayed Rescue in Uvalde Due to Racism

University of Pennsylvania professor Anthea Butler is at the center of another controversy after going on Twitter to suggest that the delay…

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Academia, Free Speech March 17, 2022March 17, 2022

Yale Law Students Disrupt Conservative Speaker . . . Then Object to the Presence of Police as Creating an Unsafe Environment

We have been discussing how academics and students now define blocking speech or shouting down speakers to be an exercise…

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Constitutional Law, Criminal law, Free Speech March 10, 2022March 10, 2022

Ninth Circuit Rules Against Las Vegas Officer in Anti-Police Protest Case

There is an interesting free speech case out of Nevada this week where Ninth Circuit Judge J. Clifford Wallace (joined…

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Criminal law January 8, 2022January 9, 2022

Midwest Mugshots: Police Records in Nebraska Yield Arresting Images of 19th Century Criminals

As many of you know, I have a certain fascination with early mugshots, particularly those from the Victorian period. These…

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Criminal law December 22, 2021December 22, 2021

Miami-Dade Police Officer Will Not Be Charged Over Slapping Woman at Airport

The Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office has decided that the police officer who slapped at woman at Miami International Airport last…

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Bizarre, Criminal law December 16, 2021December 16, 2021

When Experience Works Against You: DUI Defendant Allegedly Tells Police She “Does This All The Time”

The bane of the existence of defense lawyers are clients who use arrests to make incriminating statements but few get…

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Academia, Bizarre, Criminal law December 13, 2021December 13, 2021

“We Can Never Believe Police”: Cal State Professor Denounces Smollett Verdict as a “White Supremacist Charade”

After the conviction of Jussie Smollett, many in politics and the media admitted that the evidence against the actor was…

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