Sierra Leone’s New Cybercrime Bill Could Turn a Phone into a Crime Scene
By Alhaji Koroma Digitization has been a huge boost to Sierra Leoneans in recent years, making new spaces available online to freely express and share…
Crime
Don’t Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste
Op-Ed by Dustin Broadbery Marking a sad chapter in the recent history of this country’s bristle with authoritarian rule, the retreating threat of COVID is…
No Venue Change Granted, 1 Juror Selected, 1 More To Go In Derek Chauvin Murder Trial
By Maryam Henein The court kicked off strong Friday morning with one more juror selected, leaving one more alternate needed. Meanwhile, the murder trial of…
3 More Jurors Added For A Total of 12 In Derek Chauvin Murder Trial
By Maryam Henein Thursday’s jury selection session produced three more jurors for a total of 12 in the Derek Chauvin “murder trial.” Three more are…
Jury Pool Loses Two People Due To Settlement Publicity, Adds Two
By Maryam Henein The total number of jurors momentarily shrank back to seven after Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill removed two after questioning them…
State Senate Passes Bill to Make it a Crime to Say “Offensive Words” to Cops
By Matt Agorist As TFTP reported earlier this month, Senate Bill 211 is another bill, in a long line of bills over the past several…
George Floyd’s “Similar” 2019 Arrest Consideration As Jury Selection Sludges Forward
By Maryam Henein “Use the hand sanitizers as much as you want,” Judge Peter Cahill told potential jurors Tuesday morning. Today marked day two of…
No Jail for “Monster” Cop Found Guilty for His Role Child Sex Ring Run by Fellow Officers
By Matt Agorist As TFTP has reported, since 2017, information over a years-long child abuse saga involving Louisville Metropolitan Police Department (LMPD) officers has slowly…
Rideshare Lawsuits Expose the Risk to Riders
By Steven Maxwell After years of promoting rideshare services as the safe alternative to drunk driving or walking home at night, Uber and Lyft are…
Man Held Without Bond for Not Wearing a Mask As Violent Rapist Granted Bail
By Matt Agorist For those who have been paying attention, the “experts” on the coronavirus have been the complete opposite of consistent when it comes…
Robocop? Las Vegas Apartment Complex Deploys Human-Sized Robot To Fight Crime
By Tyler Durden It was inevitable that security robots would one-day patrol low-income neighborhoods around the clock to ensure everyone was abiding by the rules….
Victory: Federal Court Agrees — Prosecutors Can’t Keep Forensic Evidence Secret from Defendants
By Kit Walsh When the government tries to convict you of a crime, you have a right to challenge its evidence. This is a fundamental…
California Bill Backed by PTSD War Veterans Groups Would Legalize Psychedelics Statewide
By Elias Marat California could soon decriminalize psychedelics statewide if one legislator’s new bill is passed, marking another step by the Golden State to do…
IARPA Developing AI To Help Predict The Future
IARPA, funded by taxpayer money like its cousin DARPA, intends to continuously collect all data about everyone in real time in order to let AI…