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ICE Is Paying $15M for AI to Protect Agents From Doxing, but Its Own Officials Say: 'I Don't Trust It'

ICE is launching a ZeroFox-backed anti-doxxing initiative, but leaked documents and officials' privacy concerns raise questions over surveillance and data misuse.

International Business Times UK · Sep 18

Fifth Circuit Judges' Cert. Petition in Deray Mckesson Black Lives Matter Protest Liability Case

From Fifth Circuit Judge Don Willett, joined by Judges Carl Stewart, James Graves, Stephen Higginson, Dana Douglas, and Irma Carrillo… The post Fifth Circuit Judges' Cert. Petition in Deray Mckesson Black Lives Matter Protest Liability Case appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Aug 1

Black history centennial channels angst over anti-DEI climate into education, free resources

Despite proclaiming last February as National Black History Month, President Donald Trump's second term has been marked by what critics say are attacks on Black history in the United States

The Independent UK · Feb 1

Holding Protest Leaders Liable for Others' Violence Threatens First Amendment Rights

A lawsuit against a Black Lives Matter activist could have a chilling impact on constitutionally protected activity.

Reason · Oct 11, 2023

‘You want it to outlive you’: an often-overlooked piece of civil rights history

A new documentary looks back at Lowndes county, where often-forgotten figures fought against white supremacy

The Guardian - US · Dec 5, 2022

Questions remain after federal judge overseeing Baltimore Police called officers about run-in with squeegee workers

BALTIMORE — A federal judge overseeing Baltimore Police’s reform efforts called officers Sunday and reported that a pair of squeegee workers gave him the middle finger, spat on his car and wrote “racist” in suds on the windows.

Tribune News Service · Oct 19, 2022

Commentary: Fight hate with speech, not with censorship

The man accused of killing 10 African Americans at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket was virulently antisemitic as well as a racist. Indeed, he blamed Jews for the so-called “great replacement” — a belief based on a racist conspiracy theory that nonwhite people are being used to replace white people.

Chicago Tribune · May 20, 2022

Louisiana Supreme Court Allows Police Officer's Lawsuit Against Black Lives Matter Organizer

DeRay Mckesson didn’t cause or encourage violence against police in Baton Rouge in 2016. The court says he can still be held responsible.

Reason · Mar 29, 2022

Louisiana court: Protest leader can be sued for cop's injury

Louisiana's Supreme Court says a police officer injured when violence broke out over the police killing of a Black man in Baton Rouge in 2016 has grounds to pursue a lawsuit against a protest organizer

The Independent UK · Mar 25, 2022