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Former U.S. Capitol Police officer Thomas Smith was sentenced to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty to deprivation of… The post Brickbat: Following Too Closely appeared first on Reason.com.

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Brickbat: Fancy Meeting You Here

Edmonton Police Service Constable Hunter Robinz has pleaded guilty to one count of breach of trust. Robinz repeatedly made sexual… The post Brickbat: Fancy Meeting You Here appeared first on Reason.com.

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Brickbat: Captive Contrition

In Washington, former Leona Libby Middle School teacher Rosalinda Torres has been charged with unlawful imprisonment for locking a 14-year-old… The post Brickbat: Captive Contrition appeared first on Reason.com.

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Brickbat: You Think That's Funny?

In the United Kingdom, the Labour Party government has proposed changes to the Employment Rights Bill that would make employers… The post Brickbat: You Think That's Funny? appeared first on Reason.com.

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Brickbat: Witches, Warlocks, and Bureaucracy

In England, an employee with the Liverpool City Council ordered Caroline Ashley to remove the Halloween decorations from her front… The post Brickbat: Witches, Warlocks, and Bureaucracy appeared first on Reason.com.

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Brickbat: Watch What You Say, or Think

A Scottish law took effect in September setting up 200-meter "safe access" zones around abortion clinics. The law was sold… The post Brickbat: Watch What You Say, or Think appeared first on Reason.com.

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Brickbat: Behind Closed Doors

In Oklahoma, U.S. District Judge Bernard Jones granted TV station KFOR a temporary restraining order to prevent the State Department… The post Brickbat: Behind Closed Doors appeared first on Reason.com.

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Brickbat: New Sheriff in Town

Jamey Noel, former Clark County, Indiana, sheriff and Republican Party chairman, has pleaded guilty to 27 felony counts, including theft,… The post Brickbat: New Sheriff in Town appeared first on Reason.com.

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Brickbat: What Have We Here?

Former Centre, Alabama, police officer Michael Kilgore has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. According to the plea agreement, in early January 2023, Kilgore stopped a vehicle and found drugs. He offered the driver a chance to avoid charges by working for him. Kilgore contacted the driver about…

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Brickbat: Cutting You Off

Illinois State Comptroller Susana Mendoza has stopped state funding to the city of Dolton after Mayor Tiffany Henyard refused to turn over a financial reports and a financial audit, as required by state law. Mendoza said she may fine the city if it fails to turn over the reports. Henyard…

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Brickbat: Who Wears Short Shorts?

Iran's parliament is set to pass a bill regulating how men dress in public, banning apparel that "is against public modesty, such as clothing that does not cover a part of the body lower than the chest or higher than the ankle." But the Basij, the nation's morality police, is…

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Brickbat: Welcome to the Family

President Sadyr Japarov of Kyrgyzstan has imprisoned Aftandil Sabyrbekov, his niece's fiancé, on drug charges, after Sabyrbekov arranged an "embarrassingly ostentatious" marriage proposal and refused to apologize. Sabyrbekov and Japarov's niece videotaped themselves flying to a mountain location in a Kyrgyz Emergencies Ministry helicopter as deadly mudslides hit the south…

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Brickbat: No Need To Hurry

The Houston Police Department halted more than 260,000 investigations between 2016 and 2023 because of a lack of personnel. Now, department leaders say they will try to catch up on those investigations, especially the 4,017 rape cases that were put on hold. Police officials said they did not realize just…

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Brickbat: What a Nice Idea!

In the United Kingdom, a National Health Service survey found that 26 percent of people in Cheshire and Merseyside who tried to book a dental appointment in the last two years were unsuccessful, and 20 percent of Cheshire and Merseyside residents who did get to see a dentist rated the…

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Brickbat: Worth Every Penny

In California, Cajon Valley Union Superintendent David Miyashiro ran up nearly $400,000 in charges on his school district credit card between May 2022 and March 2024. Miyashiro spent thousands of dollars for professional conferences and memberships in education associations, while also spending $76,000 on hotels, $30,000 on airfare, $10,000 on…

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Brickbat: Driving Me Crazy

David O'Connor is a Navy veteran who spent many years as a commercial truck driver. He's had standard and commercial driver's licenses in New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, and for the past eight years, in Tennessee. But when he went to renew his license and get a REAL ID, Tennessee…

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Brickbat: Turning Over a New Leaf

The New York legislature is looking at a bill that would ban the sale of gasoline-powered lawn mowers and leaf blowers in the state. If passed, the bill would require rules to enforce the ban by Jan. 1, 2025.

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Brickbat: Are You Sure That's You?

A federal judge has awarded $1.5 million to a family after their two children, a boy and a girl who are U.S. citizens, were wrongly detained at the U.S.-Mexico in 2019. The family lives in Mexico, but the children attend school in the United States. As they attempted to cross…

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Brickbat: You Don't Want To See This

For almost eight years, California law enforcement officials kept a death in police custody secret, labeling the case an "accident" and refusing to disclose basic information to journalists and the family of the victim, according to an investigation by Open Vallejo. Darryl Mefferd had seemed disoriented and dehydrated and was…

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Brickbat: Close Enough for the Feds

Federal agents arrested Penny McCarthy at gunpoint outside her home in Phoenix. They insisted that she was Carole Anne Rozak, a fugitive wanted on a 1999 warrant for probation violation in Oklahoma. At first, the U.S. Marshals Service said McCarthy's fingerprints matched Rozak's, but they later admitted the prints did…

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Brickbat: Baby, You Can't Drive Your Car

German Transport Minister Volker Wissing has warned lawmakers he will ban driving on weekends if they cannot agree to a planned amendment to the nation's Climate Protection Act. Wissing said that is the only way to meet the emissions goals called for in the law. Negotiations over the amendment have…

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Brickbat: Keeping Drugs Off the Street

Tressa Beltran, former police chief of Hartford, Michigan, has been charged with multiple felonies, including delivery of narcotics, larceny, extortion, using a computer to commit a crime, embezzlement over $50 by a public official, and three counts of drug possession. Beltran reportedly admitted stealing from the drug disposal box at…

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Brickbat: Missed It by That Much

In May 2023, the St. Louis County SWAT team used a battering ram to knock down the door to Brittany Shamily's home in Ferguson, Missouri. Cops detained her and her family while they ransacked the place, searching for evidence related to a carjacking that had happened earlier that day. One…

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Brickbat: Fighting Fire

Sherri Chance's son called 911 when he noticed flames shooting out of the clothes dryer at their home in DeKalb County, Georgia. He expected a quick response since there was a fire station just two miles away, but he was put on hold—for 41 minutes. Family members and neighbors tried…

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Brickbat: Paint It Black

Victor Silva Sr. says he used to paint over graffiti on the fence of his home in Oakland, California. But the 102-year-old adds that since he has been confined to a wheelchair that has been difficult. City officials don't seem to have any sympathy for Silva's plight: They sent him…

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