Tokyo police are planning to refer members of a powerhouse high school baseball team to prosecutors on charges including making a female student send obscene images. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/12/japan/crime-legal/japan-high-school-ballplayers-child-pornography/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #mpd #prosecutors #schools #students #baseball #childporn
Billy Smith
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Exclusive: #DOJ unit on #PoliceMisconduct sees staffing plunge & probes scaled back
The #US Justice Department unit responsible for prosecuting potential wrongdoing by law enforcement, including during the crackdown on illegal #immigration in #Minneapolis, has lost TWO-THIRDS of its #prosecutors & is under orders to scale back its investigations of #ExcessiveForce….
#Trump #StateSponsoredTerrorism #law #CivilRights #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung
https://www.reuters.com/world/justice-department-unit-police-misconduct-sees-staffing-plunge-probes-scaled-2026-02-05/
Exclusive: #DOJ unit on #PoliceMisconduct sees staffing plunge & probes scaled back
The #US Justice Department unit responsible for prosecuting potential wrongdoing by law enforcement, including during the crackdown on illegal #immigration in #Minneapolis, has lost TWO-THIRDS of its #prosecutors & is under orders to scale back its investigations of #ExcessiveForce….
#Trump #StateSponsoredTerrorism #law #CivilRights #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung
https://www.reuters.com/world/justice-department-unit-police-misconduct-sees-staffing-plunge-probes-scaled-2026-02-05/
1/2 "The French offices of Elon Musk's #X have been raided by the Paris prosecutor's cyber-crime unit, as part of an investigation into suspected offences including unlawful data extraction and complicity in the possession of child pornography."
I'm proud to live in a country and democracy that those criminals hate! https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3ex92557jo
#Musk #Grok #Telegram #France #UK #EU #investigations #cyberCrime
2/2 Et voilà: the Paris public prosecutor's office has left X/former Twitter with this cute bomb, formulated in an almost incidental manner. More in the article above.
👁️ @leavex
RE: https://techhub.social/@Techmeme/116006154903233333
"The #prosecutors office also said it was leaving the #X #socialmedia platform and would communicate on #LinkedIn and #Instagram from now on."
Hey prosecutors, a lot of people would welcome you here on #Mastodon. Come on.
Lisa Melton
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#DOJ Playbook in #Minnesota∶
Investigate Foes, Protect Allies
The #Trump “Justice” Department has often cast aside normal procedures intended to seek #accountability in favor of pushing #prosecutors & the #FBI to focus on critics of the #immigration crackdown.
#law #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #RightToProtest #CivilRights #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #murder #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #StateSponsoredTerrorism
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/us/politics/minnesota-justice-department-trump-ice.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
#DOJ Playbook in #Minnesota∶
Investigate Foes, Protect Allies
The #Trump “Justice” Department has often cast aside normal procedures intended to seek #accountability in favor of pushing #prosecutors & the #FBI to focus on critics of the #immigration crackdown.
#law #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #RightToProtest #CivilRights #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #murder #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #StateSponsoredTerrorism
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/us/politics/minnesota-justice-department-trump-ice.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Drilling down on these facts reveals specific paths forward for #state #prosecutors even when a direct investigation is blocked.
Evidence of these 2 kinds of #crimes has already emerged in the 2 recent #ICE killings. After #ReneeGood was shot, ICE agents blocked a physician from aiding her. #Minnesota #law not only imposes misdemeanor liability for failures to aid in general, but in #shooting cases obligates the person who fired the wounding shot to “render immediate reasonable assistance.”
When a #shooting victim then dies, penalties in #Minnesota for failing to aid the injured person can involve up to 2 yrs imprisonment.
In l #AlexPretti’s case, the #obstruction of key #evidence-gathering steps gives #state #prosecutors another potent opening, especially because #ICE agents acted in overt defiance of a #judicial #warrant. Minnesota has a #criminal #ObstructionOfJustice statute that applies to situations in which someone prevents officers from carrying out official duties.
…when a direct path to #justice is blocked, #states need to find a work-around. The federal prosecution of the #Minneapolis officers responsible for #GeorgeFloyd’s death offers a model. E.G., officers Tou Thao, Thomas Lane, & Alexander Kueng were held criminally liable for acts beyond the killing. 1st, they failed to provide medical assistance to Floyd as he was dying. 2nd, Lane & Kueng made misleading omissions, while Kueng also lied to investigators in the immediate aftermath of Floyd’s death.
Drilling down on these facts reveals specific paths forward for #state #prosecutors even when a direct investigation is blocked.
Evidence of these 2 kinds of #crimes has already emerged in the 2 recent #ICE killings. After #ReneeGood was shot, ICE agents blocked a physician from aiding her. #Minnesota #law not only imposes misdemeanor liability for failures to aid in general, but in #shooting cases obligates the person who fired the wounding shot to “render immediate reasonable assistance.”
My latest piece is out today.
Attacks Against the International Criminal Court: Who Cares About Victims of Atrocity Crimes? “…The assault against the ICC is part of the Trump administration’s comprehensive siege against the rule of law and international institutions.”
| Slaw: Canada’s online legal magazine https://www.slaw.ca/2026/01/28/attacks-against-the-international-criminal-court-who-cares-about-victims-of-atrocity-crimes/
#ICC #Sanctions #USA #Trump #AtrocityCrimes #humanrights #Judges #prosecutors #lawyers #Canada #Carney #InternationalLaw #law #RuleOfLaw
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City Prosecutors Join Forces to Bring Charges Against #FederalAgents
9 progressive #prosecutors from cities around the country are launching a coalition to assist in prosecuting federal law enforcement officers who violate #state #laws, one of the prosecutors, Larry Krasner in Philadelphia, said Tues.
#law #FAFO #federalism #10thAmendment #FederalGovernment #Trump #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #MadKing
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/prosecutors-charges-against-federal-agents.html?unlocked_article_code=1.H1A.wZbM.U_sYBDJs6yu9&smid=nytcore-ios-share
City Prosecutors Join Forces to Bring Charges Against #FederalAgents
9 progressive #prosecutors from cities around the country are launching a coalition to assist in prosecuting federal law enforcement officers who violate #state #laws, one of the prosecutors, Larry Krasner in Philadelphia, said Tues.
#law #FAFO #federalism #10thAmendment #FederalGovernment #Trump #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #MadKing
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/prosecutors-charges-against-federal-agents.html?unlocked_article_code=1.H1A.wZbM.U_sYBDJs6yu9&smid=nytcore-ios-share
Exclusive: #US could hit entire #InternationalCriminalCourt with #sanctions soon
The #UnitedStates is considering imposing sanctions as soon as this week against the entire #ICC, putting the court's day-to-day operations in jeopardy in retaliation for investigations of suspected #Israel #WarCrimes.
#law #Trump #criminal #felon47
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-could-hit-entire-international-criminal-court-with-sanctions-soon-2025-09-22/
Washington has already imposed targeted sanctions on several #prosecutors & #judges at the #ICC, but naming the #court itself in the #sanctions list would be a major escalation.
6 sources with knowledge of the matter, all speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive diplomatic issue that has not been publicly announced, said a decision on such "entity sanctions" was expected soon.