Cheryl Jansen was the Democratic nominee for Connecticut State House district 122 in both 2008 and 2010. This year, she is running for the same seat, but as an independent candidate. See this story. …read more
The city council of Davis, California has decided to drop the local police department’s Pentagon-supplied armored vehicle following worries from the community that it could be used against demonstrations, as was the case in Ferguson, Missouri this month.
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The Davis City Council adopted a resolution this week that orders the city to come up with a plan to drop the MRAP (mine-resistant ambush protected), originally developed for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and acquired by the city through a government surplus program. The armored vehicles have been distributed to local law enforcement agencies, especially after the wars wound down and …read more
Several Miami police officers are now under investigation after they were caught on camera using their emergency lights on a trip to a local bakery. Many have already began to speculate as to how many officers ordered donuts for breakfast.
A witness spotted five different police cars from multiple departments traveling down Interstate 95 with their emergency lights on, even blocking traffic at some intersections once they got off the highway so all of the officers could stay together.
The witness took video footage on their cell phone camera, and much to their surprise, the officers all turned off their lights …read more
Music festivals are in full swing across the country and Coinbase isn’t missing out on the action. By partnering with Budweiser’s Made in America (BMIA) summer concert series, Coinbase is helping Budweiser wrap up the tour for its inaugural, flagship event in Philadelphia as well as its first-ever performance in Los Angeles. Both BMIA venues are using the Coinbase Merchant Android Application to provide concertgoers with a simple point-of-sale experience. Earlier this summer, the Coinbase app was used at the BMIA event at The Complex in Salt Lake City.
Curated by Jay-Z and featuring a blockbuster lineup that includes Kanye West, …read more
We’re proud to publicly announce that Coinbase holds insurance against theft or loss of its bitcoin. We’ve been insured for almost a year, but given the recent claims of insurance in the industry, thought it was appropriate to tell our users about it. Our users, of course, won’t be charged for this insurance.
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Coinbase is insured against theft and hacking in an amount that exceeds the average value of bitcoin we hold in online storage at any given time. The insurance covers losses due to breaches in physical or cyber security, accidental loss, and employee theft. …read more
Emily Evans was brought into Montgomery County Jail in Dayton, Ohio, because she was driving drunk. However, the fact that she was drunk did not justify the gross use of force once she was brought inside the jail.
During Evans’ booking she was obviously intoxicated and uncooperative but did her behavior constitute having a taser pointed at her face and the brutal body slam that followed?
This incident all began back on March 30th. Evans was brought in because she blew twice the legal limit during a traffic stop. During a search of Evans, while surrounded by 5 cops, police claim that …read more
“I shook him, really shook him,” the man said. “And then I saw the beer between legs.”
A California state parks ranger is on administrative leave following a rather hilarious and compromising photo taken August 15.
The officer, Tyson Young, has been stripped of his peace officer status as well.
According to the anonymous source who took the photograph, Young was parked irregularly along State Route 254, aka the “Avenue of Giants” in Humboldt Redwoods State Park.
When the anonymous man stopped to make sure everything was okay, he saw the officers head slumped against the window. Immediately he reached through the open …read more
A new audio recording that allegedly captures a series of gunshots at the time of Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson, Missouri, has been confirmed to be real by the developers behind the software used to capture it.
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The 12-second audio clip first came to light on CNN earlier this week, and features a man chatting with a friend of his using a video-recording messenger system called Glide. As the unnamed individual records his message, a string of gunfire can be heard in the background. Numerous gunshots can be heard before the action is broken up …read more
The Chicago Tribune has this lengthy and detailed editorial, condemning Illinois ballot access laws. The editorial covers not only Republican efforts to eliminate competition, but Democratic efforts as well. The editorial can be read for free if the reader signs up for five free articles per month. …read more
The United Kingdom Independence Party has gained its first member of the House of Commons. See this story, which says that member Douglas Carswell, elected as a Conservative, has left the Conservative Party and become a member of UKIP. The UKIP is opposed to British participation in the European Union. Carswell has resigned, and there(More)… …read more
