military-industrial complex Ammon Bundy launches Uber, but for armed paramilitary protests Thom Dunn

police New Pentagon IG report finds that police don't need all those hand-me-downs of military hardware Thom Dunn

cops Quantifying the additional killings commited by cops when they get military weapons Cory Doctorow

police National Guard helicopter, seven cop vehicles sent to warrantlessly seize a single marijuana plant from an 81-year-old Massachusetts grandmother Cory Doctorow

Boing Boing Gadgets Leaked catalog from UK surveillance arms-dealer full of gadgets sold to US cops Cory Doctorow

law Woman sues cops because they destroyed her empty house, thinking a suspect was hiding in it Cory Doctorow

corruption Up to half of the Americans killed by police have a disability Cory Doctorow

Civlib Sheriff's SWAT team poses with warrant, "Come Back With a Warrant" doormat Cory Doctorow

Games A Canadian teenager used America's militarized cops to terrorize women gamers for years Cory Doctorow

books Tears of the Trufflepig is a head-shakingly brilliant novel about contraband animals, Mexico and a labyrinthine conspiracy Elías Villoro

boogaloo bois Furious unarmed man confronts Boogaloo Bois with assault rifles: "Get the f*ck out of our town!" Carla Sinclair

police Police militarization is objectively bad for police and for society, according to science Thom Dunn

politics George Floyd Justice In Policing Act, Democrats' police reform bill, passes in House & heads to Senate Xeni Jardin

police In Portlandia, police confiscated chickpeas and White Claw Thom Dunn

politics Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis denounces Trump as a threat to America, compares him to Nazis Rob Beschizza

COVID-19 Politico asked 34 big thinkers to predict how the coronapocalypse will permanently change our world Gareth Branwyn

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn