Stop and bleed: Tennessee rolls out “no refusal” blood-draw DUI driver checkpoints, which already go on in Texas [WTVF, Reddit, Tom Hunter/Liberal America, Charles “Brad” Frye (Texas practice)]
Issues raised by growing practice of placing government “monitors” inside businesses to police compliance [Veronica Root, Prawfs]
“Faulty Justice: Italian Earthquake Scientist Speaks Out against His Conviction” [Scientific American]
California: suit could probe patterns of harassment against Orange County officials who’ve resisted police union demands [Krayewski, earlier]
Illinois “[makes] it a felony to flick cigarette butts onto streets for the third time” [Gideon’s Trumpet]
Before making laws intended to benefit sex workers, take time to listen to them [Popehat via Maggie McNeill]
Report: state of Florida investigating Zimmerman prosecutor Angela Corey over sacking of alleged whistleblower [Washington Times, earlier] “A Visitor’s Guide to Florida’s Most Notorious Law Enforcement Agencies” [Mike Riggs, Atlantic Cities]

3 Comments

Holy cow! Felony littering?
- September 30, 2013 8:59 AM
- By John Burgess
flicking cigarettes out of car windows starts fires here in Idaho every year. Damn straight, it should be a felony. The $500 fines haven’t deterred anyone.
- September 30, 2013 12:52 PM
- By Don Miller
Yes, the streets of Chicago are noted for their frequent forest fires.

Now, banning cows from being owned by Irish immigrants…
- September 30, 2013 5:09 PM
- By John Burgess