By The Rutherford Institute COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — (TRI) The Rutherford Institute has issued a precautionary “opt out” letter as a means by which families…
By Neenah Payne On Thursday, September 24 at 7 pm (ET), the Jacob Burns Film Center will host a live virtual conversation with Melissa Haizlip…
By Nathan Sheard This Wednesday, the Portland City Council will hear from residents, businesses, and civil society as they consider banning government use of face…
By Matthew Guariglia In June 2020, Santa Cruz, California became the first city in the United States to ban municipal use of predictive policing, a…
By Jack Burns It took 33 years but Robocop is now here. Well, not exactly, but the rise of the police state fueled by advancements…
By Rebecca Ellis The order had allowed journalists and observers to stay behind as federal law enforcement dispersed protesters at nightly protests against police brutality….
By Matt Agorist Elizabethtown, KY — In the land of the free, taking ten minutes in a store to buy muffins is akin to robbing…
By John Vibes A new study published this week by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) suggests that police killings have not slowed down during…
By John W. Whitehead “When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public…
By Dara Lind Federal authorities are using a new tactic in their battle against protesters in Portland, Oregon: arrest them on offenses as minor as…
By ProPublica Until last month, New York state prohibited the release of police officers’ disciplinary records. Civilians’ complaints of abuse by officers were a secret….
By Matthew Guariglia and Rainey Reitman EFF joined dozens of other groups in a letter condemning the behavior of federal law enforcement agencies in Portland,…
By Elias Marat In a bid to suppress protests against police brutality and racial injustice in Portland, Oregon, federal authorities have turned the city into…
By Matthew Guariglia Cities and states across the country have banned government use of face surveillance technology, and many more are weighing proposals to do…