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San Francisco DA Blames ‘System’ for Parolee’s Hit-and-Run Killing 2 Pedestrians

January 2, 2021 10:58 amJanuary 2, 2021 5:07 pm

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, who was Hugo Chavez’s trusted propagandist, translator and advisor, just stepped in a hot steaming pile of controversy. A drunk driver accused by police of killing two pedestrians in downtown San Francisco on New...

Assemblyman Bonta Seeking to Bar California DAs From Reviewing Police Use of Force Cases

October 29, 2020 8:57 amOctober 30, 2020 7:36 am

Late last week, California Assemblyman Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) announced plans to introduce legislation to require the state’s elected District Attorneys to recuse themselves from an investigation, and prosecution of law enforcement misconduct, if they have received campaign contributions from law...

Federal Judge Proposes Letting ACLU Determine Who is a Journalist

August 12, 2020 6:05 pmAugust 14, 2020 5:24 am

U.S. District Judge Michael Simon is proposing to allow the American Civil Liberties Union to vet and provide journalists’ credentials in the form of an ACLU-blue vest to reporters, in order to avoid assault or arrest by federal agents. This...

California Plans to Socialize Wholesale Internet Pricing via Net Neutrality

August 11, 2020 8:00 amAugust 11, 2020 7:18 am

Net neutrality is a political cartel of internet renters that want to grab a big piece of the market from the landlord cable networks without having to pay for it, and sublet it to others for their economic and political gain....

Los Angeles Sued By ACLU Over Digital Tracking Electric Scooters

June 10, 2020 2:15 pm

On Monday, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued Los Angeles over the use of tracking technology in rentable electric scooters and the subsequent collection and use of tracking data where riders travel. Tracking scooters in Los Angeles In Justin...

Controversial Facial Recognition Regulation Bill Stalled in Appropriations Committee

June 3, 2020 6:23 pm

‘At a time like this, we need to invest in public health, not waste money on dangerous and unnecessary tech.’ During an Assembly Appropriations Committee hearing on Tuesday, a vote over a controversial facial recognition regulation bill was briefly...

Some State Prison Inmates May Be Released Early Due to Coronavirus Threat

March 24, 2020 2:01 pm

State prisons in California may give early release to some of the state’s 123,000 convicts. The beginning of a possible system-wide spread A state pandemic task force working under U.S. District Judge Kimberly Mueller of Sacramento is currently looking into...