Tag Archives: police abuse

Welcome back and thanks for joining us. We’ve been discussing the highly controversial use of facial recognition technology in Michigan, and looking at what people on both sides of the argument have to say about it’s safety. As we mentioned in the previous article, this software is already widely used here in Michigan, although the […]

If you’ve ever read Orwell’s 1984, or Huxley’s Brave New World, then you already know how disturbing the idea of a dystopian future is. But for many people, the idea of those concepts stepping off the pages of stories and into the reality we live in is all too real. And facial recognition software is […]

Welcome back. We’ve been talking about why it’s a terrible idea to run away from the cops (seriously, we can’t stress this enough – it’s a terrible idea!). In the previous article we talked about what police in Michigan do when you don’t follow an order to pull over, and why they do it. Next […]

Cops have several ways to tell motorists to pull over to the side of the road – they can use their overhead lights, their siren (usually both) or provide a verbal commands, usually through a microphone. Either way, regardless of what method the officer uses, you are required by law to comply. Even if you’ve […]

Welcome back. We’ve been talking about oh-so-prickly subject civil asset forfeiture, and how a recent Supreme Court ruling is set to potentially upset the apple cart when it comes to future cases around the nation. In the previous article we looked at the case of Tyson Timbs from Indiana, who used life insurance proceeds to […]

The cops take your stuff and never give it back, but you’re never convicted of a crime. Sounds like something out of a dystopian movie that ripped off George Orwell’s Animal Farm. But it isn’t. Horrifyingly, it’s actually a description of civil asset forfeiture. This is a very real issue we face right here in […]

We’ve shared with our readers many times in recent years about the issues involved in civil asset forfeiture in Michigan. Specifically, how improperly managed civil asset forfeiture robs citizens of their belongings and destroys trust between law enforcement officers and the communities they serve. However the need for change has become a major topic of […]

Welcome back and thanks for joining us for the last installment in this discussion about false confessions. We’ve already talked about the Reid techniques cops use to get people to confess, and even why some people choose to make false confessions (by the way, if none of this sounds familiar you probably missed an article […]

Welcome back and thanks for joining us. We’ve been talking about false confessions and how the cops get you to confess to something you never did. If this sounds preposterous to you, then you’ve obviously missed the first articles in this series, so we recommend you take a couple of minutes and get caught up. […]

Welcome back and thanks for joining us for this very important subject. If you’re just finding us now we recommend you spend a minute getting caught up here to avoid confusion. Don’t worry, we’ll wait… And now that we’re all on the same page, let’s jump back in where we left off, discussing the erroneous […]