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Showing posts with label law enforcement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label law enforcement. Show all posts
Saturday, September 12, 2026
Friday, September 04, 2026
Flock cameras: can we ditch the hysteria? Yes, please!
Headline of the day! Yes, the alarmism and hysteria regarding these latest license plate readers is disturbing! It involves a lot of junk journalism and misguided protests etc.
Even GOP governors like Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott could not resist to give in instead of countering the nonsense!
I have recently argued here in a similar vein!
"The recent outcry over Flock cameras is lacking in fact and echoes the same narrative driven hysteria that led people to vandalize Tesla cars just a year ago — only today that hysteria is leading people to vandalize and remove Flock cameras installed in their communities.
The fact is, Flock is simply the newest version of automatic license plate reader (ALPR) technology that has been in use by law enforcement for decades.
With proper safeguards, the technology provides Minnesota’s law enforcement with state-of-the-art tools to help quickly solve serious crimes or locate missing people, while protecting the public from mass surveillance and data misuse. ..."
Wednesday, September 02, 2026
Florida Governor DeSantis and Texas Governor Greg Abbott deal a Blow to Controversial Flock Cameras so do more and more cities. Really!
Bad news! This was probably a stupid decision by both governors Were they giving in to some populism and some social media pressure?
It very much looks like a government overreaction!
I blogged here recently about the phony Flock camera controversy.
"Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., notified local law enforcement that automated license plate recognition systems, such as Flock cameras, can no longer be used on the State Highway System. ..."
"... The decision comes days after Florida governor Ron DeSantis called the license plate reading technology “out of control” [???] in remarks during a press conference last Wednesday. ..."
"... similar action by Texas, which last week ordered state agencies to stop funding Flock cameras. Texas governor Greg Abbott’s office cited abuse of the surveillance system, including the recent indictment of a Lufkin, Texas police officer with 100 felony counts related to allegedly searching Flock’s database to track people without authorization. ..."
"New data compiled by a Bay Area anti-surveillance advocacy group shows that not only are American localities dropping cameras from Flock Safety, but they are doing it at an accelerating rate.
Communities from Lansing, Michigan, to Pflugerville, Texas, are ending their relationship with Flock, largely over concerns regarding out-of-control surveillance, unwanted data sharing, high expenses, and reports of police abusing the tool. ..."
Monday, August 31, 2026
A former White House teleprompter operator must surrender more than $100,000 in profits and pay a $65,000 fine
Good news!
"... for using advance knowledge of President Trump’s speeches to place bets."
"... The settlement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, announced Friday [8/28/2026], also dealt Gabriel Perez a three-year trading ban. Perez was placed on unpaid leave from his job at the White House after it was determined he used his position to make bets on what President Trump would say in speeches, two sources familiar with the matter told CBS News last month. ..."
"... A Kalshi spokesperson told CBS News in July that the company investigated Perez's trading activity after its surveillance systems detected trades that didn't adhere to typical buying and selling patterns. Kalshi froze Perez's account, locking more than $90,000 in profits he made on the platform, the spokesperson confirmed.
After completing its investigation, Kalshi referred the case to the CFTC. The Kalshi spokesperson said the company has been working with the CFTC for months. ..."
"... Under the order, Perez must disgorge the profits he made from his unlawful trading totaling $107,539.02 and pay a civil monetary penalty of $65,000, representing a substantial discount under the Division of Enforcement’s new cooperation advisory because of Perez’s exemplary cooperation with the CFTC. Perez agreed to cease and desist from further violations of the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC regulations. Under the order, a three-year trading ban is imposed on Perez. ..."
CFTC Orders Gabriel Perez to Pay $172,000 for Insider Trading of Mention Market Event Contracts (official news release)
Sunday, August 30, 2026
Portland Antifa groups have direct operational connections to Hamas and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Good news! Finally, more is done by law enforcement to disrupt and prevent significant leftist terrorism in Western countries. For far too long lenient law enforcement against violent leftists was the norm, while one sided focus was on rightist groups of all kinds!
The reporting about these allegations are a bit sketchy! Probably, the US government relied on intelligence service information/operations (possibly from Italy too) that can not be disclosed at this time.
What is surprising is the connection between violent radicals in Oregon and many other militant/violent groups in Europe with an extremist group in Italy. The extent of this militant/violent network is stunning!
"... triggering a broad terrorism designation action against the network and exposing what administration officials say is the clearest evidence yet that domestic radical extremism is not merely ideological — it is organizationally tied to America’s foreign enemies."
"... The A/I Collective builds and provides the digital infrastructure for violent Antifa cells and other radical left-wing networks in the United States and across the world.
Today, the United States is designating this extremist group as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.
The Autistici/Inventati Collective is an Italy-based hacker cell that provides far-left extremists with encrypted communications, calls, and web-hosting services – all concealed from law enforcement.
The A/I Collective is a central node in the far-left's war on our civilization. ..."
"... "Far-left terrorism poses a profound threat to the United States and the broader West," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "Today, the United States sanctioned Autistici/Inventati – a major far-left tech collective whose services are used by the most active and violent Antifa cells in the United States and across the world. ..."
"... Autistici/Inventati (A/I Collective) is an Italy-based extremist group that builds and operates the digital infrastructure for violent Antifa cells and other far-left militants across the world.
A/I’s cadre of radical hackers and tech developers provide a full spectrum of services – including encrypted chats and email, web hosting, secure video conferencing and streaming, anonymity shields, and a suite of other technological tools – to Marxist, anarchist, and other left-wing extremist groups in the United States, Europe, and elsewhere. These tools are specifically designed to support the operations of far-left terrorist networks, built to enable them to organize, recruit, communicate, disseminate propaganda, share target information and tactics, and carry out violent attacks – all while remaining anonymous, untraceable, and beyond the reach of the law.
The A/I Collective exclusively offers its tools and services to radical left-wing actors and manually vets all potential users for ideological affinity before granting them access to its infrastructure.
The group has become a key node in a transnational campaign by violent and criminal far-left networks to destabilize the United States and its partners across Europe, the Western Hemisphere, and beyond.
It currently claims to host roughly 16,000 mailboxes, 1,500 websites, 5,500 mailing lists, and 10,000 “blogs” on its custom-built platform, which militants frequently use to disseminate target information, tactical manuals and techniques, and communiqués about recent attacks. ...
disseminate maps of critical infrastructure, along with instructions for building improvised explosive and incendiary devices – all routed through a network of foreign servers intended to conceal criminal activity from law enforcement.
The anarchist cells responsible for sabotaging rail systems across France, Italy, Germany, and the Netherlands in 2026, relied on A/I Collective tools and services to claim responsibility for the attacks, publish official communiqués, and disseminate manuals for constructing improvised incendiary devices to target railways and other critical infrastructure.
The anarchist cell responsible for sabotaging the Transalpine Pipeline (TAL) in March 2026, which temporarily halted crude oil flows to Austria, Germany, and the Czech Republic, relied on A/I Collective tools and services to claim responsibility for the attack and publish official communiqués, as well as to disseminate a manifesto calling for additional attacks on critical infrastructure and referring adherents to another A/I Collective platform, which provides detailed sabotage manuals as well as maps of vulnerable critical infrastructure across North America.
The far-left extremist network responsible for multiple arson attacks and acts of sabotage against Germany’s rail and energy infrastructure between 2011 and 2026, including a January 2026 attack on Berlin’s power grid that cut power to 45,000 households and resulted in a fatality, relied on A/I Collective tools and services to claim responsibility for attacks, publish official communiques, and disseminate a manifesto calling for additional attacks on energy infrastructure worldwide.
A far-left extremist media group claiming to be a “tool” for global militants to share “essential information” to be “acted upon,” relies on A/I Collective tools and services to publish official communiqués and calls to action for U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organizations such as
Armed Proletarian Justice, Informal Anarchist Federation and International Revolutionary Front (FAI/FRI), the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Hamas, Hizballah, National Liberation Army (ELN), New People’s Army (NPA), Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), and Revolutionary Class Self-Defense. This same group was recently cited in a federal criminal complaint against a domestic terrorist who was sentenced to 19 years in prison for targeting a federal building and police car with improvised explosive devices.
Oregon-based Rose City Antifa has relied on A/I Collective tools and services to organize and incite violent and criminal acts domestically, including an attack on Customs and Border Patrol helicopters that led to a federal indictment. Rose City Antifa also used A/I Collective tools and services to disseminate doxing lists and release illegally obtained personal information of Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement, along with calls for targeted attacks on ICE agents in the streets and “in their homes.”
The anarchist cell responsible for waging a violent campaign to prevent the construction of a law enforcement training center in Atlanta, Georgia, relied on A/I Collective tools and services to claim responsibility for violent attacks on law enforcement officers, disseminate doxing lists and illegally obtained private information, threaten government officials and business owners, and circulate instructions for making improvised explosive and incendiary devices to be used against government buildings and local businesses. The cell remains active and still uses A/I Collective tools and services to incite violent and criminal acts against government officials, law enforcement, and critical infrastructure.
The violent far-left extremists, “Jane’s Revenge,” who waged a firebombing campaign against crisis pregnancy centers across the United States, relied on A/I Collective tools and services to publish official communiqués and claims of responsibility for violent and criminal acts and to incite copycat attacks. Four members of the group were later charged for violating federal law and engaging in a “conspiracy against rights” through threats of force and intimidation."
Designation of Autistici/Inventati as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (official news release)
EXCLUSIVE: State Dept reveals Portland Antifa connection to Hamas, Iran’s IRGC in sweeping terror action "Marco Rubio says Autistici/Inventati [Italy] built encrypted digital tools used by Rose City Antifa, Hamas and other violent groups"
PORTLAND: Fake News Ignores Antifa Violence, Residents’ Pleas for Help "For years, an Antifa-led hellfire has turned Portland into a wasteland of firebombs, beatings, and brazen attacks on federal officers and property — yet the Fake News remains in shameful denial about the Radical Left’s reign of terror."
Saturday, August 29, 2026
Over 1,300 Criminal Aliens Arrested by ICE in Suburbs Surrounding Nation’s Capital in Two Weeks
Good news!
"Illustrating once again how sanctuary policies endanger American communities by harboring criminal aliens, more than 1,300 illegal immigrants with serious criminal records have lived freely for an unknown period in two suburbs surrounding the nation’s capital. Even after getting arrested by local police, convicted or serving time for violent felonies, the foreign perpetrators were released by open border officials rather than turned over to federal authorities for removal. The offenders include murderers, rapists, kidnappers, arsonists, drug traffickers, and members of transnational criminal street gangs such as the famously violent Tren de Aragua, Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and 18th Street.
In a significant development unlikely to receive mainstream media coverage, a federal crackdown recently arrested the offenders—1,328 in all—in the Washington, D.C. suburbs of Virginia and Maryland. Conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the two-week sweep, coined Operation Safe Community, comes on the heels of a similar roundup in Georgia that took more than 1,200 alien criminals off the streets. “When sanctuary politicians refuse to work with ICE, they force our officers to make these arrests at large in the communities–creating a more dangerous environment for our officers, the aliens we are arresting, and the general public,” said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Acting Assistant Director Patricia Hyde. ..."
ICE Operation Safe Community – Washington, D.C. nets more than 1,300 arrests throughout Virginia, Maryland (official news release) "2-week immigration enforcement operation results in 1,328 illegal aliens arrested"
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
South Carolina Police Department Says young female Officer Used Flock Cameras to Stalk Ex-Boyfriend 166 Times
Another Me Too event! Welcome to the Age of Gender Equality!
Men watch out!
What was the police officer's standard issue weapon? A Glock? Just kidding!
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Meet Mexico’s secretary of security and citizen protection who is the counterpart for the US in fighting cross border crime
Good news!
"Omar García Harfuch has become Washington’s most important security counterpart in Mexico by doing the unglamorous thing: producing results.
For years, Washington has asked the same question about Mexico: Can we count on our southern neighbor as a serious security partner? Increasingly, the answer appears to be yes.
Much of the change runs through Omar García Harfuch, Mexico’s secretary of security and citizen protection. Under President Claudia Sheinbaum, Harfuch has emerged as one of the most important officials in Mexico — and perhaps the Mexican official who matters most to American security. ..."
Omar García Harfuch (Source)
Sunday, August 16, 2026
Violent Crime Posts Record One-Year Drop and the lowest homicide rate since 1900 in the US according to the FBI
Good news! A new sheriff is in town with President Trump!
"Violent crime in the U.S. posted its largest one-year drop on record in 2025, with murders down 18.1%, robberies down 18.5%, and aggravated assaults down 7.2%, according to the FBI’s annual report released on Friday.
The homicide rate of 4.1 per 100,000 people is tied with 1955 and 1956 as the lowest since 1900.
President Trump credited his administration’s crime-fighting policies, including a crackdown on criminal migrants, fewer illegal border crossings, and National Guard deployments to cities like Washington, D.C.
Early data show declines continuing through the first half of 2026, pointing to another historic low. ..."
Friday, August 14, 2026
US, Mexico join forces to TACKLE violent drug cartels
Good news! Homeland Security Sec. Markwayne Mullin also specifically mentions how illegal drugs get into Alaska.
Friday, August 07, 2026
Kash Patel’s New Playbook: Why the FBI Is Partnering With China & Russia
If confirmed, then this is bombshell news!
This cooperation between the FBI and China may have disrupted some of the fentanyl precursor chemicals production in China and shipments by organized crime.
U.S. Government Prioritizes Mexican Terrorist Cartel, Offers $100 Million in Rewards
Good news! Quite possibly a cheap and effective solution!
This should make some of the crime bosses at least a little bit nervous and more cautious! Will the be watching their backs more often now?
New Charges and Rewards Announced for the Capture and/or Conviction of Senior Leaders of Notorious Mexican Cartel (original news release) "More than $100 Million Offered for Information Leading to the Arrests and/or Convictions of Eight CJNG Fugitives"
Degrading CJNG: Announcing over $100 Million in Reward Offers and Visa Restrictions (original news release)
Thursday, July 30, 2026
Waymo robotaxis have racked up nearly $10,000 in parking fines in Austin, Texas
Is this city aggressively ticketing? Human, all too human (Friedrich Nietzsche)! 😊
"Waymo robotaxis have racked up nearly $10,000 in parking fines in Austin, including 64 tow-away-zone tickets, with violations like blocking a railroad track and a church entrance."
"... Waymo cars, when they're not working, tend to take one of two actions.
Some go to an operations depot in Austin that's managed by Uber, where they can recharge and be cleaned.
Most, however, hang out in a public parking space, waiting for someone to electronically hail them. ..." [I have personally witnessed this option several times in my neighborhood.]
Some go to an operations depot in Austin that's managed by Uber, where they can recharge and be cleaned.
Most, however, hang out in a public parking space, waiting for someone to electronically hail them. ..." [I have personally witnessed this option several times in my neighborhood.]
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Anthony Fauci pleads the 5th over 100 times during congressional hearing
Will finally the mask of this high level perpetrator/criminal/crook come off! What will we finally learn about the Faustian bargain (Source)
Unfortunately, Fauci is 85 years old! Most likely he will easily be able to avoid prison!
Since Covid-19 broke out I have frequently blogged about Anthony Fauci, a very suspect, deceptive and dubious person latest since the Covid-19 global pandemic! What has he been hiding?
What did Fauci know e.g. about the lab leak hypothesis? Was he covering up for the Communist Party of China? The timing of the release of the actually rather harmless virus was suspicious itself coinciding with the US presidential elections of 2020.
"Fauci used his own opening statement to defend his decades in government, noting that he had testified before or briefed Congress "well over 200 times" during his almost 40 years running the National Institute of Allergy and Infections Diseases and framing that record as proof he "believe[s] in and respect[s] the value of legitimate congressional oversight."
'The COVID lockdown … could never have been inflicted without you aiding and abetting the crime.'
He wasted no time going after Paul, accusing him of an "unhinged obsession" with trying to see him "behind bars." Fauci framed the whole hearing as bad faith, saying it was designed to get him to "say something — anything — that could vindicate" Paul's public pledges.
He also went after the publication of his email diary directly, calling it a move "aimed at embarrassing and intimidating me."
In his opening statement, Paul reminded the room that Fauci only showed up "under duress" and later baited him on the record: "Let the record record that the witness has refused to answer whether there's a folder in front of him."
"The COVID lockdown … could never have been inflicted without you aiding and abetting the crime," Paul said.
Invoking his Fifth Amendment right, Fauci said, after Paul [US Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.)] began direct questioning, "under the advice of my attorneys, I will invoke my right under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution to refrain from answering your questions.""
Anthony Faust (foreground) and US Senator Rand Paul (background)
Monday, July 20, 2026
Das wichtigste Enthüllungsbuch des Jahres: Polizisten erzählen, worüber niemand offen spricht
Was ist dran? Wieviel ist Übertreibung und Meinungsmache? Wie schlimm ist es wirklich?
Hinweis: Ich habe das Buch nicht gelesen.
"... Aus einzelnen Stimmen und Beobachtungen hat Liv von Boetticher ein Buch geschrieben, das schonungslos das ganze Ausmaß der Kriminalität in all ihren Facetten offenlegt - und welchen Anteil Ausländer daran haben. Sie zeigt auf, was oft nur unvollständig erzählt und von Politikern nach wie vor gerne unter den Teppich gekehrt wird. Dieses Buch blickt hinter die Statistik. Es handelt von der Lücke zwischen dem, was die Bevölkerung erlebt und wahrnimmt, und dem, was offiziell gesagt wird. Und von der Frage, was das für ein Land bedeutet, das sich auf seinen Rechtsstaat verlässt. ..."
Sunday, July 19, 2026
Two British fugitive Social media influencers arrested in Miami
What a sordid story! Not all social media is wholesome!
Caveat: I am not familiar with the details of this case.
"U.K. social media influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested by federal authorities Saturday in Miami, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
The charges against the duel U.S. and British citizens have yet to be announced. A Marshals Service spokesperson told the Associated Press the warrant is sealed.
The brothers, who moved to Romania in 2016, were arrested on an extradition request from the U.K., a person familiar with the matter, told the wire service, on the condition of anonymity.
The brothers, who have millions of followers on social media, have been wanted in the United Kingdom, where they face rape and human trafficking charges, the wire service also reports. ..."
"Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate -- whose social media empire promoting wealth, male dominance and misogyny has made them among the world's most polarizing internet personalities -- were arrested Saturday in Miami as British authorities sought their extradition on rape and sex trafficking charges. ..."
Thursday, July 16, 2026
Violent attacks by Israeli extremists in West Bank fall 25% since March
News that many Western media will not report!
"... In addition, the Judea and Samaria District Police have carried out arrests in several cases, including the detention of six Israelis accused of setting fire to a Palestinian home and the arrest of four Israelis who attacked a CNN news crew last week in the village of Sinjil, in the Binyamin region of the West Bank. ..."
Thursday, July 09, 2026
Waymo robotaxi Delivers Misbehaving Teens to Police station in California
Good news! What a story!
"A Waymo robotaxi drove two misbehaving teens directly to San Mateo, California, police after its remote operators caught them allegedly drinking alcohol and shooting water beads, similar to paintballs, from toy guns out the windows.
Waymo spotted the behavior through interior cameras, then disabled the car and told the 15-year-olds it was having “mechanical issues.” The vehicle pulled into a parking lot where five officers were waiting, raising questions about passenger privacy and the role of autonomous vehicles in police investigations. ... ..."
President Trump’s healthcare fraud crackdown is paying off with over 455 defendants so far
Good news! Bravo!
"Federal prosecutors recently announced that they’d charged 455 defendants in connection with more than $6.5 billion in alleged fraud involving Medicare, Medicaid, and other public healthcare programs. ..."
Tuesday, July 07, 2026
Canadian spy agency says it hacked drug traffickers, extremists and a ransomware gang last year
Very impressive, but should intelligence services perform law enforcement operations?
A news junky like me does not remember seeing or reading much news about the Canadian spy agency.
"Offering a rare glimpse at the priorities of a top spy organization, Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE) said it conducted a handful of state-authorized hacks last year in order to disrupt the operations of drug traffickers, violent extremists, and a ransomware gang. ..."
One of the operations, per the report, targeted cybercriminals outside of Canada who were brokering the sale of chemicals used to create the synthetic opioid fentanyl. The CSE collected intelligence on the brokers, then conducted an operation that “disrupted and diminished their ability to operate,” the report said.
Another active operation involved the collection of signals intelligence — data produced from electronics and internet-connected devices — on an overseas extremist group that was spreading violent ideology and recruiting members, including in Canada.
The report said the agency analyzed the group’s organization, reach, and potential vulnerabilities to conduct an operation that “successfully undermined the group’s credibility and limited their ability to radicalize and recruit new members.”
Another operation involved disrupting a ransomware-as-a-service operation that let hackers rent access to a ransomware gang’s infrastructure to launch destructive extortion attacks. The CSE said its signals intelligence unit identified how the gang worked against the healthcare, transportation, and business sectors in Canada, then used an active cyber operation that “rendered the group’s infrastructure inoperable.” The operation also deleted much of the data on the gang’s servers.
The agency said it undertook concurrent “technical disruptions” against 10 of the most significant ransomware gangs targeting Canada to “make parts of their infrastructure unusable.” ..."
"Nuntium Comparat et Custodit" is a Latin phrase that translates to "Providing and protecting information". The official motto of the CSE.
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