Like I’ve been saying…

#Trump Finally Gets The #PoliceState He’s Been Craving For Years

Trump’s increasingly aggressive #immigration raids & arrests drew #protests in #LA—& gave him an excuse for a militarized crackdown

Sources said that even at the start of his 2nd term, Trump was discussing w/multiple advisers where & when it would make sense to send in federal #troops, either for supposed #crime control or in response to larger-scale public #activism against him.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-police-state-troop-deployment-los-angeles-1235360655/

ICE agents accused of hit-and-run in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxcypqS6T10

A Northern Ireland town has seen 2 nights of anti-immigrant violence. Why? #Crime #World #Ballymena #Northern Ireland

https://globalnews.ca/news/11235758/northern-ireland-ballymena-anti-immigrant-violence//612

Austria: Several killed in Graz school shooting.

The mayor of Graz said that 10 people were killed in a shooting incident at a school, including the alleged perpetrator.

Police said that there had been "several deaths" after an operation was launched after reports of gunshots in Dreierschützengasse street.

The operation began at 10:00 local time.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250610-austria-several-killed-in-graz-school-shooting?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

CBS: Baking bad: Wisconsin's homemade cookie ban

In Wisconsin, selling home-baked goods can land you in jail. Dean Reynolds reports on a suit challenging a state law that can mean six months in the slammer for anyone making a profit from selling "illegal" homemade cookies.

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/baking-bad-wisconsins-homemade-cookie-ban/

News report from Philadelphia where a criminal is posing as ICE assaulted and robbed a woman.

Good luck visiting this lawless land for a holiday, where anybody with a mask and a tactical vest can abduct you off the street and everyone else is supposed to look the other way.

Maricopa County’s and Arizona’s handling of the death penalty have been questioned for years. A 2016 report cited the county as one place with a history of “overzealous prosecutors, inadequate defense and a pattern of racial bias and exclusion.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-death-penalty-arizona?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Miscarriages of justice more likely due to forensic science crisis, report finds https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jun/09/forensic-science-crisis-miscarriages-of-justice-england-and-wales-report #UKcriminaljustice #Forensicscience #Politics #Science #Police #UKnews #Crime #Law

good morning, enjoy a crime cat.

#TheCrimeCats say diversify your tactics.

In a horrifying case from Aomori Prefecture, police have arrested 53yo police inspector Sasaki Jun & 46yo Buddhist priest Mizuno Ryōshō for raping a high school girl. Police say Mizuno met the girl on an online app & invited her to a rental room.

Cambridge Mapping Project Solves a Medieval Murder - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: In 2019, we told you about ... - https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/06/06/2122243/cambridge-mapping-project-solves-a-medieval-murder?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #crime

The number of reports of stalking in Japan exceeded 19,000 in 2024, with 2,415 resulting in restraining orders. That's the largest number of orders for stalking ever issued. Stalking is in the headlines after several murder cases made headlines in recent years.

Liberals: We Are Demanding Warrantless Wiretapping Because Fentanyl

The Liberal party wants law enforcement to spy on everything you do without pesky oversight? Why? Because Fentanyl.

https://www.freezenet.ca/liberals-we-are-demanding-warrantless-wiretapping-because-fentanyl/

Police hunt for 3 suspects wanted in Toronto shooting that left 1 dead, 5 hurt
Toronto police say they're looking for “multiple suspects” after one man was killed and five others were hurt in a shooting Tuesday night
#crime #shooting #police #Toronto #Torontocrime #TorontoPolice
https://globalnews.ca/news/11212099/lawrence-heights-shooting-update/

New reading material arrived! I am looking forward to #reading this, but I am notoriously bad at regularity, so please don't expect a full review any time soon :D

"Supernote by Jim Davidson, U.S. Secret Service Special Agent - Retired. Inspired by an untold true story".

It's a beautifully presented hard cover #book with a story I'm looking forward to getting into!

#Numismatics #History #Histodons #Bibliophile #Book #Books #TrueCrime #Crime @bookstodon @numismatics @histodons

Refugees in Kenya have died at food distribution centers, officials noted, including a pregnant woman crushed to death during a stampede.

Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usaid-malawi-state-department-crime-sexual-violence-trafficking?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Rappers and #dealers in the #Midlands trying to act like Tesco Value Americans, and the #policeman (who seems to be about the same age as those in Court!) looking like he's straight out of a 1980s #crime documentary (maybe those #moustaches are back in fashion? )

#drugs #Nottingham

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62vvg23gj6o

Romanian National Pleads Guilty To 'Swatting' Over 75 Public Officials - Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report: A Romanian national pleaded guil... - https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/06/03/2014254/romanian-national-pleads-guilty-to-swatting-over-75-public-officials?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #crime

Prosecutors are asking for a 28-year sentence for a 51yo man in Satoshō, Okayama Prefecture, saying he drugged & raped nine women at a guest house he ran. They call the house "a trap for fulfilling his sexual desires." His lawyers are copping an insanity defense.