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UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
17 hours ago

Police arrest 86 protesters supporting Palestine Action outside prison

Eighty-six protesters were arrested at HMP Wormwood Scrubs after breaching prison grounds and allegedly threatening staff during a demonstration supporting a hunger-striking Palestine Action prisoner.
US politics
fromemptywheel
1 day ago

Minneapolis Chief Judge Attacks Pam Bondi's False Claims about Don Lemon - emptywheel

DOJ sought an emergency writ of mandamus after a magistrate denied five arrest affidavits for protesters; the district judge refused, finding no emergency.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 days ago

Nekima Levy Armstrong Says Agents Filming Said Video Wouldn't Be Used On Twitter

An FBI agent recorded Nekima Levy Armstrong, saying the footage wouldn't be posted, yet officials later shared both doctored and unedited images on social media.
US politics
fromemptywheel
2 days ago

Pam Bondi's Slop - emptywheel

Political allies and federal actors in Minnesota undermined legal norms through mistaken arrests, doctored imagery, questionable ICE operations, and attempted politicized charges.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

UK arresting Palestine Action supporters is censoring free speech, says US official

Arresting supporters of Palestine Action censors free speech and likely causes more harm than benefit.
UK news
fromwww.standard.co.uk
1 month ago

Tower of London closed after protesters throw custard at Crown Jewels display

The Tower of London closed after alleged criminal damage to a Crown Jewels display; four protesters were arrested and a police investigation is ongoing.
SF politics
fromKqed
1 month ago

OpenAI Critic Arrested for SF Protest Ahead of Activist Group's Criminal Trial | KQED

A Stop AI protester was arrested for allegedly violating a court order after chaining OpenAI's San Francisco office doors during nonviolent demonstrations.
Law
fromAbove the Law
2 months ago

How Bad Is It To Spit At Law Enforcement? Very Bad, It Turns Out. - Above the Law

Spitting at law enforcement is treated more severely than throwing objects and can be prosecuted as a felony due to visceral harm and disease-transmission concerns.
US politics
fromsfist.com
3 months ago

Saturday Links: Climber's Death on El Capitan Inadvertently Livestreamed by TikToker

Leonard Lacayo was fined $600,000 for practicing law without a license after repeatedly providing immigration legal advice despite a 2017 injunction.
US politics
fromIrish Independent
4 months ago

Eleven Democratic politicians arrested at ICE jail in Manhattan

Brad Lander and multiple lawmakers and protesters were arrested at 26 Federal Plaza while attempting to inspect ICE detention conditions and block facility access.
fromwww.dailyfreeman.com
4 months ago

Elected officials and dozens of protesters are arrested at Manhattan immigration holding facility

NEW YORK (AP) More than a dozen elected officials were arrested Thursday while protesting conditions at a New York City immigration holding facility where a federal judge this week extended a court order requiring the government to shape up its treatment of detainees. Eleven officials were arrested while attempting to inspect holding rooms on the 10th floor of the government's 26 Federal Plaza building in Manhattan, according to a coalition of politicians, advocates and faith leaders involved in the protest.
US politics
fromABC7 Los Angeles
4 months ago

Police arrest at least 11 elected officials during ICE protest in NYC

MANHATTAN, New York -- At least 11 elected officials have been arrested at a sit-in protesting against ICE outside Federal Plaza Immigration Court in Manhattan on Thursday, according to police. Demonstrators say immigrant New Yorkers have been illegally detained in the building, usually after routine hearings. They say the practice must stop. Comptroller Brad Lander, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, State Senator Julia Salazar and Assemblywoman Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas were among the elected officials who were arrested.
New York City
#palestine-action
#banksy
fromColossal
4 months ago
Arts

Banksy's Already Covered Painting in London Comments on the U.K.'s Palestine Action Crackdown

fromColossal
4 months ago
Arts

Banksy's Already Covered Painting in London Comments on the U.K.'s Palestine Action Crackdown

SF politics
fromMission Local
5 months ago

ICE protester charged with federal misdemeanors in S.F.

A U.S. citizen protester arrested by DHS in San Francisco faces federal misdemeanor charges, marking an escalation in federal prosecution of local protesters.
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