At least two dozen NYPD cops were given flock logins, Made 1700 searches, often giving the reason as “sdfsdf” or “234234” Didn’t seek or get approval to use the system or do any search. NYPD - they broke no rules! (Wort asking why you don’t have a rule against this) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/n...

N.Y.P.D. Officers Used Flock Safety to Track License Plates

Public records show police officers used Flock Safety’s technology to make more than 1,700 searches. The department did not have a contract with the company.

nytimes.com

NEW: A federal judge has ruled that Maricopa County sheriff’s deputies continue to search and arrest Latino drivers at a higher rate, echoing the racial disparities that prompted court oversight of the department nearly two decades ago. with @azluminaria.org

Judge Denies Efforts to End Oversight of Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office as Racial Profiling of Latinos Persists

Deputies continue to search and arrest Latino drivers at a higher rate than white drivers, echoing the racial disparities that prompted court oversight of the department nearly two decades ago.

propublica.org

Last week, @latinojustice.bsky.social and @stopspyingny.bsky.social revealed that the NYPD conducted 1,700 Flock searches even though they "don't have a contract." The @nypdnews.bsky.social doesn't deny it, but will not explain what's going on. amsterdamnews.com/news/2026/09...

Did the NYPD fail to disclose Flock camera database access?

Questions arise about whether the NYPD properly disclosed Flock camera database access to New Yorkers.

amsterdamnews.com

Anyone who has ever deposed a cop can relate.

Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social · 2w ago

JUST IN: A federal judge has tossed the defamation lawsuit by Cassidy Hutchinson's former lawyer, Stefan Passantino, against MSNBC commentator Andrew Wesissman. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

Glad to speak with @hellgatenyc.com about Commissioner Tisch continuing the tradition of promoting the most violent and lawless police officers to lead specialized stop-and-frisk teams, with predictable results: "This is a middle finger to everyone who expects the NYPD to be accountable to the law"

Why Does Jessica Tisch Keep Stocking the NYPD's Most Problematic Unit With Its Problem Cops?

An analysis of public records shows Tisch has assigned and promoted dozens of officers with troubling records to Community Response Teams.

hellgatenyc.com

Why can't the NYPD keep its notorious Community Response Teams from violating New Yorkers' constitutional rights? Perhaps because under Commissioner Jessica Tisch, the department keeps assigning cops with troubling records to the units. hellgatenyc.com/jessica-tisc...

Happy Heavenly Birthday, Amadou 🕊️ you should be celebrating with your friends and family today. You are missed dearly! 🕊️ #RestInPower #AmadouDiallo was killed by NYPD in 1999, when he was only 23 years old.

Many people say because of unions, laws etc it's impossible to discipline bad cops. But many tools to discipline and punish cops exist, they are just deployed exclusively against whistleblowers and honest cops so corrupt cops can drum them off the force

Dhruv Mehrotra@dmehro.bsky.social · 2mo ago

NEW: I spent months trying to understand why a cop who spoke out against Flock faced five internal affairs investigations and was pushed out of his job—only to find himself at the center of an unlikely political fight uniting parts of the American right and left. www.wired.com/story/the-co...

Cabbage salad in Split. More delicious than absolute power. #ifyouknowyouknow.

If you're in NYC, come join me and my writing hero -- the incomparable @davidgrann.bsky.social -- at the @92ndstreety.bsky.social this Thursday, July 22. www.92ny.org/event/pamela...

stop. if you think the existence of a warrant is part of the conversation in any way, you cannot, by definition, argue that it makes any difference whether the guy they killed had a warrant or not. because right guy or wrong guy, an arrest warrant isn't a death sentence.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3mo ago

BREAKING: BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) - Homeland Security secretary said man killed by ICE in Maine was not the target of warrant, Maine Sen. Angus King says.

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

SUPREME COURT: Chatrie v. U.S., Kagan, J. 6-3. Police officers conducted a Fourth Amendment search when they acquired Chatrie’s location data from Google because an individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy in his cell-phone location information. P www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

You go to that fancy Italian restaurant — and who’s in the kitchen? Latinos. You go to that fancy French restaurant — who’s in the kitchen? Latinos. Latinos grow it, pick it, clean it, cook it, serve it, and do the dishes. We are the backbone. Don’t fuck with us, we’re busy.

The last (so far only) Latino governor of California, Ramualdo Pacheco, was born in Santa Barbara when it was part of Mexico, was detained by US forces during the Mexican-American War, and eventually served as governor, congressman (3 terms), and ambassador: governors.library.ca.gov/12-pacheco.h...

Kamala Harris@kamalaharris.com · 4mo ago

Congratulations to Xavier Becerra. I am excited to offer him all the support I can as he sets out to become our state’s next governor, and I look forward to standing with him as California makes history by electing our first Latino governor in 150 years.

Congratulations to Xavier Becerra. I am excited to offer him all the support I can as he sets out to become our state’s next governor, and I look forward to standing with him as California makes history by electing our first Latino governor in 150 years.

You do not hate the DOGE people enough. Boys with toys breaking things they were too arrogant and lazy to understand.

Just as Darnella Frazier filmed police murdering George Floyd in 2020, disturbing videos are engines of accountability. Bystander videos can debunk gov't lies & expose corrupt authoritarian practices, making everyday civilians a critical stopgap in fighting tyrannical regimes & muzzling of dissent.

For those of you who didn’t live through it and think Giuliani “cleaned up the city,” this is always who he was:

The Forgotten City Hall Riot

In 1992, thousands of drunken cops raged against the mayor of New York — leaving an indelible mark on the city’s likely next mayor.

nymag.com

Rudy Giuliani did more harm to New Yorkers and New York City than any government officer since Peter Stuyvesant. The crisis of policing that New Yorkers suffered and still suffer from can be laid plainly at his feet.

Stephen Nuñez@socio-steve.bsky.social · 5mo ago

One of the authors of our current dystopia is apparently on the way out. Ok.

Justice Alito's framing here will be familiar to anyone who has represented plaintiffs or criminal defendants. When the govt targets innocent people for intrusions that don't cause physical harm, the law makes it hard for them to sue. Then they're accused of not complaining.

Orin Kerr@orinkerr.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Alito: Other side says hundreds of millions of people are searched. But this isn't a physical place search, is it? Its asking the company to scan through data. They're not complaining. Feigin: Company doing the filtering makes a big difference here. Govt learned little.

Exactly one year ago today:

News Eye@newseye.bsky.social · 6mo ago

NEW: Growing fears of food shortages on USS Tripoli & other US ships in the Middle East. This photo is the kind of meals now being served. It was sent by a sailor to her family. Families are now trying to send food parcels to the ships. Full story 👉 www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

/5 And that's just the first page. If I analyzed this for a client I'd tell them that this lawyer doesn't know defamation law and is in a panic. I'm not anybody's lawyer here but this letter's bluster and lack of professionalism scream "the dude did it" to me.

Before I became an American, I was Lebanese. Parts of my family live in Lebanon. Anyway, you don't need those bona fides to feel this way, but what is happening in Lebanon right now is a complete outrage. The people there, who mostly are just trying to carve out a living, don't deserve this.

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Oliver@oliver48.bsky.social · 2y ago

A poem for Israeli soldiers and politicians to contemplate while hopefully awaiting trial for genocide and war crimes via Ian Noake

Three weeks ago, in an individual habeas case, Judge Gary Brown ordered ICE to report by today on what it would do to comply with the law going forward. Today, we at @latinojustice.bsky.social submitted a brief saying what relief he can order if they don’t:

There’s a reason people read the classics.

Paul Fairie@paulisci.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Not specifying which civilization has big Monkey's Paw energy

If only a dozen Republicans in Congress found the will, they could impeach and remove him today.

“The Constitution isn’t a suicide pact,” like “you can’t yell fire in a crowded theater,” is a vapid content-free bromide that translates to “my policy preferences override the constitution.” It doesn‘t mean a Goddamned thing and never has.

Ari Cohn@aricohn.com · 6mo ago

Before you are tempted to use "the Constitution isn't a suicide pact" ever again to justify whatever restrictions or government power you are after, think about what that argument enables.