“Sheriff Buffett isn’t just any sheriff. He’s the son of Omaha billionaire investor Warren Buffett, and he’s used his family wealth both to finance law enforcement spending in the county and to basically buy his way into the sheriff’s office.”
Read more: https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2018/may/09/illinois_cops_warning_if_you
“The U.S. attorney in Maine has now indicted two men on federal firearms charges for allegedly lying about their marijuana use on the gun purchase form.”
Read more: https://www.alternet.org/drugs/feds-can-indict-marijuana-users-buying-guns
“All of that [exculpatory] evidence was withheld by the same prosecutor who is now being hired to handle death penalty cases all over Louisiana.”
“They didn’t find a crime, but they did find a picture of Charles with marijuana from over a year prior. Based on that picture, his visa was revoked.”
“He never thought the 911 call could have been fake, he said.”
Read more: http://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article211644279.html
“We all went to law school because we don’t know science, we don’t know math. And if somebody comes in in a white lab coat…that’s good enough for government work.”
Read more: https://reason.com/reasontv/2018/05/22/stossel-junk-science-locks-up-innocent-p
“Not only do they attach strings to project funding such as this camera requirement in Richmond, they also finance many state and local surveillance programs outright.”
Read more: https://mises.org/wire/how-feds-use-transportation-funds-spy-you
“Last fall Amazon added capabilities that allow it to identify people in videos and follow their movements almost instantly.”
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/aclu-amazon-sell-face-recognition-tech-police-55351083
“A private conversation was recorded by Amazon’s Alexa — the voice-controlled smart speaker — and the recorded audio was sent to the phone of a random person in Seattle, who was in the family’s contact list.”
“The problem for attorneys and clients is not just that prosecutors may try to admit elements of calls into evidence. It is also all the things prosecutors might learn and use to their benefit.”