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Less than a week, three police officers acquitted for the extrajudicial summary execution of black men. Plus we talk about Melba Mao and his questionable choices in personnel, the TSA’s new policy of reading your papers, criminal justice news from all over the country, and a #Law140 segment on the common law and whether “no doesn’t mean no” in North Carolina.
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Show Notes:
* The Moscow Muppet admits to attempted witness tampering (Washington Post)
* Naranjillo Nixon pledges to enact a law that already exists (The Hill)
* The Apricot Authoritarian praises the Panama Canal (The Independent)
* A fake law “grad” takes over housing policy (Above the Law)
* A racist anti-Semite takes over at the Department of Energy (Washington Post)
* Sex offenders have First Amendment rights (SupremeCourt.gov)
* There’s a new TSA policy that can’t possibly go wrong (ACLU)
* Ken White of Popehat confirms nothing could possibly go wrong, really (Twitter)
* Police conduct fewer searches in states with legal weed (NBC News)
* Excellent long-form piece on police as domestic abusers (HuffPost)
* Clint Smith III’s thread on implicit bias studies (Twitter)
* ARIZONA: New video shows Mexican teen was on the ground when he was executed by Border Patrol (AZCentral)
* CALIFORNIA: A Los Angeles deputy tries to kill a dog, instead kills a kid (Time)
* DC: US Park Police arrest 3 black teens for selling bottled water (US News)
* FLORIDA: 71-year-old man killed by Miami police chase (Miami Herald)
* MICHIGAN: Five officials charged with manslaughter for Flint water crisis (Detroit Free Press)
* MINNESOTA:
Join the conversation by following @fsckemall on Twitter, and tweet us your comments and questions using the hashtag #fsck!
Show Notes:
* The Moscow Muppet admits to attempted witness tampering (Washington Post)
* Naranjillo Nixon pledges to enact a law that already exists (The Hill)
* The Apricot Authoritarian praises the Panama Canal (The Independent)
* A fake law “grad” takes over housing policy (Above the Law)
* A racist anti-Semite takes over at the Department of Energy (Washington Post)
* Sex offenders have First Amendment rights (SupremeCourt.gov)
* There’s a new TSA policy that can’t possibly go wrong (ACLU)
* Ken White of Popehat confirms nothing could possibly go wrong, really (Twitter)
* Police conduct fewer searches in states with legal weed (NBC News)
* Excellent long-form piece on police as domestic abusers (HuffPost)
* Clint Smith III’s thread on implicit bias studies (Twitter)
* ARIZONA: New video shows Mexican teen was on the ground when he was executed by Border Patrol (AZCentral)
* CALIFORNIA: A Los Angeles deputy tries to kill a dog, instead kills a kid (Time)
* DC: US Park Police arrest 3 black teens for selling bottled water (US News)
* FLORIDA: 71-year-old man killed by Miami police chase (Miami Herald)
* MICHIGAN: Five officials charged with manslaughter for Flint water crisis (Detroit Free Press)
* MINNESOTA:

