#police-overreach

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London politics
fromsfist.com
6 days ago

Two Men Charged In Altercation With Mayor's Bodyguards In Tenderloin

Two Tenderloin men face charges after a street altercation with Mayor Lurie's bodyguards, with one defendant violating a stay-away order for the incident location.
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Who's screenshotting our messages?': how a WhatsApp saga spiralled into two parents' wrongful arrest

A school parent WhatsApp chat escalated into arrests, prompting debates about policing, free speech, and deep social rifts among local parents.
fromJezebel
3 months ago

Larry Bushart: The Man Who Spent 37 Days in Jail for a Single Trump Meme

But no: What you find instead in the case of Larry Bushart is one of the most plain and egregious examples of police overreach and punishment of free speech you'll hopefully ever encounter. The injustice of it is both frightening and deeply relevant to our current sociopolitical landscape ... as is the curious indifference of national news, who seemed to largely miss the story entirely.
US politics
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