4 chapters across the catalog
Climate Change Protests and Giant Voice Systems
A climate change demonstration featured the use of a "giant voice" public address system by police to order protesters out of the roadway. The activists were recorded chanting against billionaires, linking wealth accumulation to environmental degradation.
The trial of actor Jussie Smollett begins in Chicago, where he faces charges for allegedly staging a hate crime against himself in 2019. Police maintain that Smollett paid two brothers to orchestrate the attack to advance his career.
Austin Police Officer Tickets Man for Offensive Speech
A video from the University of Texas at Austin shows a police officer trainee issuing a citation for "disorderly conduct" to a man for using offensive language near a sorority. The officer claims his job is to ensure students are not offended, sparking a discussion on the erosion of First Amendment protections for offensive but legal speech.
False Arrests and Stats-Based Policing in New York
Taibbi recounted stories of "obstructing pedestrian traffic" arrests in New York, where individuals were detained for standing in front of their own homes. He argues that stats-based policing strategies lead to an epidemic of false arrests, where innocent people are pressured into pleading guilty to minor offenses.
