[Link] LAPD Emails Reveal Fallout of Citizen’s Botched Manhunt

Read: 27/1/2022 www.vice.com

After Citizen's CEO Andrew Frame offered a $30,000 bounty on the wrong person, LAPD officers said they would no longer work with Citizen.

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[Link] Gun Owners in San Jose Outraged They’ll Have to Buy Insurance, Like Drivers

Read: 27/1/2022 www.vice.com

Owning a gun in the city of San Jose will soon have a lot in common with owning a car. In two landslide votes Tuesday night, the San Jose City Council approved a first-of-its-kind law that mandates gun owners buy and maintain liability insurance and pay an annual feee.

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[Link] The Great Cop Vax Mandate Apocalypse That Never Happened

Read: 2/11/2021 www.vice.com

When New York City announced that city workers—including cops–would have to be vaccinated against COVID-19, there was howling, threats, and promises that thousands would walk off the job or retire, turning the city into a dangerous, crime-ridden hellscape.

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[Link] California man dies after being beaten by people he tried to hit with truck

Read: 11/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

A man died after he tried to hit people on a sidewalk with his truck, crashed against a building then was pulled out and beaten by the group in southern California, authorities said.

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[Link] Senate Infrastructure Bill Would Invest $500 Million in “Smart City” Surveillance Technology

Read: 7/8/2021 theintercept.com

Buried in the Senate’s bipartisan infrastructure bill is a grant program that would distribute $500 million to cities to experiment with sensors, autonomous vehicles, drones, and other technologies intended to improve urban living standards. Under the $1.

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