Oakland's ALPR cameras identify so many stolen vehicles and stolen license plates that they just keep the alerts off so as to not overwhelm the understaffed police department. oaklandca.gov/files/assets... Story: oaklandside.org/2026/06/05/f...
Ilana Friedman
@ifriedman01.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Law @ukcollegeoflaw; criminal law, police misconduct, legal decision-making. Former @BadgerWHockey. Ironman triathlete & marathoner #HookEm ilanafriedman.work
Louisiana officials have agreed to a tentative $4.8 million settlement with the family of Ronald Greene, a Black motorist who died during a violent roadside arrest carried out by five white officers. n.pr/4uCrMEy
$4.8M settlement reached over Louisiana traffic stop death, AP sources say
Louisiana officials have agreed to a tentative $4.8 million settlement with the family of Ronald Greene, a Black motorist who died during a violent roadside arrest carried out by five white officers.
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My sweet 1L babies! Where has time gone?! My first full class at UK Rosenberg College of Law being hooded this afternoon. What a lasting impact they’ve made on my life. What a privilege it is to be their professor. Congratulations to the class of 2026 🎓
Forthcoming in American Criminal Law Review! @georgetownlaw.bsky.social
Ilana Friedman@ifriedman01.bsky.social · 5mo agoNew article: an on-the-ground study of how police use of force investigations actually work in the US and why criminal accountability remains elusive. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
I made a brief appearance in this NPR story, for those interested. www.npr.org/2026/03/18/n...
ICE officers are taking DNA samples from protesters they've arrested
People arrested while protesting ICE say federal agents took samples of their DNA. It's legal, but experts say the practice raises questions about what the government is doing with that genetic data.
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Legal writers: I've posted to SSRN a short user's guide about how to use the Zotero citation manager and its Word plugin to automatically generate Bluebook citations that are 95%* compliant. The paper explains which fields to use for which type of source, and examples of generated citations.
Automating Bluebook Citations in Legal Scholarship: A User's Guide for Bluebook in Zotero
This paper documents an implementation of the Bluebook Law Review citation format using the Zotero citation manager software. It introduces revisions to an exis
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New article: an on-the-ground study of how police use of force investigations actually work in the US and why criminal accountability remains elusive. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
My Article, “The Paradox of Federal Oversight in Police Misconduct Investigations,” is in print @denverlawreview.bsky.social Read it here: www.denverlawrev.org/_files/ugd/9...
Video of Knight's answer, posted by several folks on the other site ...
Meg Linehan@meglinehan.com · 5mo agoHilary Knight got the question re: that phone call and the laughter at the Torrent presser. Her answer:
If Hilary Knight isn’t the flag bearer for closing ceremonies we ride at dawn 🦅🇺🇸
Why is the USA women’s ice hockey head coach wearing a tie that are Sweden’s colors?
Enlightening insight from experienced federal prosecutors open.spotify.com/episode/3ehb...
Breaking Down the Renee Good Shooting (with Vanita Gupta)
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Me: I’m gonna get so much work done today My sick kid:
a man in a blue shirt stands in front of a career vac logo
ALT: a man in a blue shirt stands in front of a career vac logo
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Ilana also presented her article in development, called "Institutionalized Challenges for Investigating Police Criminality," at the SEALS conference. And she started new research on federal judicial consent decrees in the police reform and police accountability process. #UKLawProfResearch
UK Law faculty were busy with research this summer! @ifriedman01.bsky.social worked on edits to her article, "The Paradox of Federal Oversight in Police Misconduct Investigations," forthcoming in the Denver Law Review. #UKLawProfResearch
There’s a pun waiting to happen with this case vis a vis prosecutors’ [typical] ability to indict a ham sandwich. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent
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When an on-duty cop kills a civilian, how are they investigated for their use of force, especially when that force is alleged to be a crime? My new article answers this question! We’re in the cycle and up on SSRN - would love to hear your feedback & comments papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
INSTITUTIONALIZED CHALLENGES FOR INVESTIGATING POLICE CRIMINALITY
<p><span>Most of what we know about criminal prosecutions of police misconduct is from anecdote. This Article utilize more rigorous qualitative techniques to te
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Petitioner's merits brief filed in Case v. Montana, the Supreme Court's first real Fourth Amendment case in several years, on the standard for warrantless entry to a home for purposes of rendering emergency aid. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
Presenting bright & early tomorrow AM but we can meet later on the beach with a daiquiri 😎
UK Law Prof @ifriedman01.bsky.social was quoted in the Cincinnati Enquirer about two reporters who were arrested while covering a protest. Her quote brings needed expert views to the issue. Way to go, Ilana! #UKLawProfResearch www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
Experts: Felony rioting charges for journalists covering protests are rare, troubling
CityBeat reporter Madeline Fening and photography intern Lucas Griffith are scheduled to appear July 23 for a preliminary hearing in Kenton County.
cincinnati.com
The UK College of Law announced the death of Professor Mark Kightlinger, who taught at the university for more than two decades.
‘A brilliant scholar’: Longtime UK College of Law professor dies
The UK College of Law announced the death of Professor Mark Kightlinger, who taught at the university for more than two decades.
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Quoted here regarding this emerging situation in Cincinnati www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
Experts: Felony rioting charges for journalists covering protests are rare, troubling
CityBeat reporter Madeline Fening and photography intern Lucas Griffith are scheduled to appear July 23 for a preliminary hearing in Kenton County.
cincinnati.com
Whoa. Spicy footnote from Justice Jackson, dissenting in the ADA case. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
![The majority’s contention that I reject “ ‘pure textualism’ [a]s insuf
ficiently pliable to secure the result [I] seek,” ante, at 10, stems from an
unfortunate misunderstanding of the judicial role. Our interpretative
task is not to seek our own desired results (whatever they may be). And,
indeed, it is precisely because of this solemn duty that, in my view, it is
imperative that we interpret statutes consistent with all relevant indicia
of what Congress wanted, as best we can ascertain its intent. A method
ology that includes consideration of Congress’s aims does exactly that—
and no more. By contrast, pure textualism’s refusal to try to understand
the text of a statute in the larger context of what Congress sought to
achieve turns the interpretive task into a potent weapon for advancing
judicial policy preferences. By “finding” answers in ambiguous text, and
not bothering to consider whether those answers align with other sources
of statutory meaning, pure textualists can easily disguise their own pref
erences as “textual” inevitabilities. So, really, far from being “insuffi
ciently pliable,” I think pure textualism is incessantly malleable—that’s
its primary problem—and, indeed, it is certainly somehow always flexi
ble enough to secure the majority’s desired outcome.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:f4d76fjna5nxqsy2fu6cgmp3/bafkreicg7mx5lddzyvnoguvadwnojtm7xcu2sf34hhizuapfesk46w7kli)
How can you not be romantic about sports? 🥹
JM =^D@jm539581.bsky.social · last yr.The replays, oh, the replays of that putt.
An investigation in Phoenix marked the first time the DOJ had found the rights of homeless people were routinely violated. Now the department is closing its investigation and retracting findings of constitutional violations. By @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social
DOJ Abandons Effort to Address Phoenix’s Treatment of Homeless People
The Justice Department retracted findings of constitutional violations in Phoenix and five other jurisdictions. Advocates say the move could further embolden cities and police departments to…
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