Friday 17 June 2022

Finally amended

• McClain was just 23-year-old when he was killed.
• When the Aurora, Colorado police department did an investigation in 2019, it found no policy violations but an independent investigation ruled that the officers had no basis to use any sort of force on McClain.

Too much for one master

• Judge Raymond Dearie has proposed that former Magistrate Judge James Orenstein help him complete the review of the documents seized from Mar-a-Lago.
• Dearie also gave Trump's legal team until September 30th to back up their claim that the FBI planted evidence at Mar-a-Lago with an itemized list of documents they believe were planted.

Can go criminal

• A federal appeals court ruled that the DOJ can resume reviewing the documents seized from Mar-a-Lago and they can use them in a criminal investigation into Trump.
• The ruling repeals an earlier ruling by Trump-appointed judge Aileen Cannon.
• Trump nominated two of the three 11th Circuit judges that ruled on the DOJ appeal.

Real time access

• The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to grant Police access to private surveillance cameras.
• Police can access the feeds in real-time without the owner's consent.
• The department won't have constant access but will be able to tap into the feeds.
• SF Mayor London Breed said the measure is necessary to curb rising crime.

Privacy concerns

• The vote was split 7-4 and shocked many residents of the predominately liberal city with the ruling.
• Advocates for the measure said that it was high time that the relaxed board passed measures to help curb crime.
• The pilot program will run for 15 months before the supervisors vote again on whether to extend or end the program.
• Police can access cameras for up to 24 hours if a captain signs off that the surveillance is being used for an investigation or in the case of emergencies where lives are at stake.
• The ACLU opposed the program because it violates the privacy of private citizens who own security cameras.