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Secret NYPD Files: Officers Allowed To Lie And Brutally Beat People

"Internal NYPD files show that hundreds of officers who committed the most serious offenses — from lying to grand juries to physically attacking innocent people — got to keep their jobs, their pensions, and their tremendous power over New Yorkers' lives."

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Regulators who targeted anti-vaccine physician now owe him millions

"Rubin's order shows that board staff were tracking blogs and news articles chronicling Geier's downfall, mocking him and his son in emails and reveling in their humiliation. When they got a tip that Mark Geier may have still been prescribing medication, they vowed to look into it. Before holding an evidence hearing, board attorney Victoria Pepper drafted the cease-and-desist order."

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Seattle to Remove Controversial City Spying Network After Public Backlash

"The nodes were purchased by the Seattle Police Department via a $3.6 million grant from the Department of Homeland Security. Despite the victory of having the city remove the devices, it should be noted that the cost to take down the equipment will come from taxpayers."

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County coroner’s error leads to California family burying the wrong man

"A woman at the coroner's office said — apparently incorrectly — that identification had been made through fingerprints. Another family member who talked to the coroner's office said a woman told her Kerrigan also had been found with his identification, according to the lawsuit. Last May, Kerrigan's family buried a man. Eleven days later, Kerrigan turned up at a family friend's house. The friend called Kerrigan's family to tell them he was alive. The man the Kerrigan family had buried turned out to be a Kansas native named John Dickens, who had to be exhumed before he was cremated and sent to his mother in Kansas."

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How ICE Works to Strip Citizenship from Naturalized Americans

"Contesting the cases can cause a defendant to rack up tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of dollars of legal bills — forcing those without means to capitulate early in the legal process. Once someone is convicted and stripped of their citizenship in civil proceedings, they revert back to their original status, usually a permanent resident. Then, depending on the circumstances, the individual is deportable."

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