July 03, 2017

Happy Birthday, America! (Episode 12)

52 minutes

We’re celebrating Independence Day 2017 by walking through the astonishing volume of police f*ckery that’s taken place since just last week! We also cover Saffron Seko’s “voter integrity” commission and his foibles on Twitter, Justice Gorsuch’s dissent in Pavan v Smith, how the Fifth Circuit continues to incentivize corruption in our courts, and new developments in police brutality across the nation – including one Detroit police officer who’s summarily executed 72(!) dogs in his career.

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Show Notes:

Our new Patreon account (Patreon)

We talk about the Philando Castile verdict on With Friends Like These (iTunes)

The Cheeto-in-Chief’s “voter integrity” commission is going well (Washington Post)

This is what passes for “presidential” these days (Twitter)

Cheddar Ceausescu pays to have fake Time covers created (Washington Post)

Trump supporters protest Starbucks… by giving it money (News & Observer)

NC House considers impeaching the Secretary of State (WBTV 3)

NCCPAC goes off the deep end with anti-LGBT slurs (WRAL)

Logan Smith’s tweets on NCCPAC (Twitter)

The media is convinced Justice Gorsuch is anti-LGBT (Slate)

Fifth Circuit: Quacks who helped imprison innocent men avoid punishment (5th Circuit COA)

Seventh Circuit: Judges insists on a proper sentencing for violent cop (ABA Journal)

United States v Smith (7th Circuit COA)

CALIFORNIA: Oakland Police discover secret drug cache in their HQ (SFGate)

DC: Capitol Police drop protestors they’ve taken out of wheelchairs (The UK Independent)

FLORIDA: Punta Gorda’s police chief is found not guilty in a woman’s death (KARE 11)

FLORIDA: A Pinellas County deputy resigns for being a racist (Bay News 9)

FLORIDA: Cop fabricates the law to ticket a YBM (Miami Herald)

FLORIDA: Man serves 90 days in jail for drywall possession (CBS News)

GEORGIA: Atlanta officer repeatedly punches a man in the face (Atlanta Journal Constitution)

ILLINOIS: Three Chicago cops indicted in Laquan McDonald cover-up (Joy105)

ILLINOIS: Oak Forest police officer lets his K-9 bake to death (Chicago Tribune)

MICHIGAN: Detroit Police kill dogs as punishment for asking about a warrant (Reason)

One Detroit police officer has killed 72 dogs! (Twitter)

MICHIGAN: 22yo James Saltmarshal cleared of murder (Fox2 Detroit)

NEW JERSEY: The police who beat an innocent bystander in a flaming car are back on the job (NJ.com)

NEW YORK: NYPD officer being “tried” for beating prostitutes (NY Daily News)

NORTH CAROLINA: Two elected District Attorneys are charged with misdemeanors for stealing state money (WRAL)

Our episode featuring these 2 geniuses (Fsck #7)

NORTH CAROLINA: The Union County Sheriff’s Office is hiding public records (WBTV)

TEXAS: Turns out the Balch Springs police chief has a history of lying (Dallas Morning News)

Our episode featuring Haber (Fsck #2)

WASHINGTON: Seattle police summarily execute 20yo Tommy Le (Seattle Times)

The Rules Enabling Act (Cornell LII)

Federal Rules of Evidence, Rule 702 (Cornell LII)

Frye v United States (Harvard)

Daubert v Merrill Dow Pharmaceuticals (Oyez)

General Electric v Joiner (Oyez)

Kumho Tire v Carmichael (Oyez)

Summary of the Daubert standard (Wikipedia)

A terrific overview of expert testimony (Shriver Center)

I love that my Fourth Circuit license references American independence (Facebook)

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