A serial #car #thief has been sent to #jail and banned from #driving after stealing and crashing an #EV converted #VW #Kombi ( Typ2) in #Powys #Wales worth £65 000 as he couldn't handle the vehicles acceleration and skidded on manure on a country road (alas, the vehicle was written off)
(incidentally this seems to be a *really* quick turnaround for a Crown #Court case, from #arrest (and #remand) to jail barely within a month?)
A 52 year old #Welshman has been #arrested for racially aggratvated public disorder for flying a #Nazi #swastika flag in a village in #Rhondda valley #Wales
Someone the same age as myself who harbours such views has very likely been doing so since a teenager, and probably felt emboldened to do this in the current climate...
“This is the Trump administration desperate to meet the goals that it’s set to carry out its mass deportation agenda. But he’s having trouble reaching those numbers, because he doesn’t have the manpower and the infrastructure to actually rip away people who have years and years of life in our communities and are deeply entwined.” https://www.texasobserver.org/local-state-police-ice-287g-task-force/
#Newsquest / #Archant increasing fear of #crime to drive traffic - 3 of the headlines (including the #police incident and #cocaine dealer being jailed *are* from #Ipswich ), but the boy who was attacked and fatally injured was in #Scotland - there is no real reason to put this in the local news for Ipswich!
My latest: Last year, I covered the chaos as a peaceful protest for #Palestine at the University of Texas at #Austin was attacked by state troopers and local police. Unknown to me, a respected UT professor I'd interviewed for other stories was also there, and was about to have an encounter with cops that would cost him his career.
Today, Austin Free Press is releasing video from that incident showing the trooper deliberately shoving him multiple times. https://austinfreepress.org/days-of-rage/
Vermont Cop Was Allegedly Watching Matt Walsh Video When He Hit and Killed Cyclist
#ICE abducted a pregnant woman and a man from a vehicle stopped by two unmarked cars. The post states it has been removed from #Instagram, but I did find it up on Facebook. This is in Spokane, WA.
#Fascism #Censorship #Police #socialmedia
Town #elections today. There's basically never a choice of people--exactly as many people run as there are slots to fill.
But on budget items I have a policy
1. Vote *for* everything that will cost money because it is almost certainly the better option and will also piss off #fascists...
2. ...vote *against* anything the #police want
Let them have a bake sale for once.
The UK Crime and Policing Bill will create a vast facial recognition database of over 55 million driving licences and ban face coverings at protest 
This would be the biggest biometric database ever created in the UK for policing.
With other rights groups, we're telling politicians to stop the expansion of police surveillance powers 
Read the joint briefing 
A Houston embalmer was arrested and charged after allegations that she mutilated the corpse of a registered sex offender, according to the Harris County Precinct One Constable's Office.
One Community Response Team officer swerved into a motorcyclist, killing him. Another needlessly stopped a pedestrian, then shoved him into a car window. A third hit a man and then kicked his head.
https://www.propublica.org/article/eric-adams-nypd-community-response-team-police-nyc-misconduct-transparency?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
From Malpensa to Tel Aviv: Italian police use Israeli software to spy on anti-deportation activsts
„Police violence is about more than batons. It also manifests itself through interference and encroachment into private life. Police have always used an odious set of tools to achieve this. They follow people’s movements and observe and listen to their daily lives.
Today, however, access by police forces and governments to confidential, detailed and sensitive information can be much more pervasive than one might imagine. The spyware system Paragon, that has recently come to light, is one example of this. The services provided by the Israeli company Cellebrite are another, albeit different, example.
We have written this text because we believe it may help people protect themselves from the pervasive surveillance by the authorities. We invite you to share it widely.…“
For all the #liberals who shit on #leftists, I GUARANTEE that the MAJORITY of these #activists putting their bodies on the line are leftists, #socialists, Marxists, #communists, pro #Palestine, anti #zionist, pro #transgender rights, and/or #police / #ICE #abolitionists.
Think of that when you repost and celebrate.
Main street of village where I work was half closed off with #police and recovery truck - someone had managed to crash just outside the village shop! Slowed down in case of risk from debris/oncoming traffic, an officer beckoned me across using the old style hand signals.
Not the first time there has been an #RTC in that area either, folk are just too impatient/sociopathic these days #RoadSafety #Driving #Suffolk
