Brickbat: Just Don’t Look
Georgia state Rep. Joseph Gullett (R–Dallas) has sponsored a bill that would limit police body camera and dashcam videos from open records laws when they capture someone’s death.…
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Brickbat: Raising Cane
In Indonesia’s Aceh province, which enforces strict Islamic sharia law, a woman and her partner were each publicly caned 140 times in a town square for having sex…
Read more Brickbat: Raising CaneBrickbat: Heckler’s Veto
Police in London used public order laws to block a planned U.K. Independence Party (UKIP) march through Tower Hamlets because they were worried the demonstration—which was framed around…
Read more Brickbat: Heckler’s VetoBrickbat: Land Acknowledgement
A homeowner in British Columbia, Canada, who found what might be Indigenous human remains on their land, now faces huge legal, archaeological, and monitoring costs—well over $100,000 ($73,000…
Read more Brickbat: Land AcknowledgementBrickbat: Won’t Make the Cut
Under a draft Crown Prosecution Service document in England and Wales, male circumcision could be treated as a possible form of child abuse, placing it in the same…
Read more Brickbat: Won’t Make the CutBrickbat: It’s a Gas
Groups including the ACLU and the Sierra Club are backing Oak Park, Illinois, as it defends in federal court its ban on natural gas hookups in new buildings.…
Read more Brickbat: It’s a GasBrickbat: Foraging Foul Play
A police officer in Leicestershire, England, was found to have committed gross misconduct for how he handled a case involving a woman accused of illegally foraging mushrooms in…
Read more Brickbat: Foraging Foul PlayBrickbat: Irish Eyes Are Prying
Ireland Deputy Prime Minister Simon Harris says that when his country holds the presidency of the European Union next year, it will lead a push for new rules…
Read more Brickbat: Irish Eyes Are PryingBrickbat: Off the Grid
In 2025, the United Kingdom paid a record cost of nearly £1.5 billion ($2 billion) to keep wind farms from producing more energy than the nation’s outdated power…
Read more Brickbat: Off the GridBrickbat: Small Town, Big Screwup
Marion County, Kansas, officials have agreed to pay about $3 million and issue a formal apology after law enforcement officers raided the Marion County Record newspaper, the publisher’s…
Read more Brickbat: Small Town, Big ScrewupBrickbat: Still Waiting
Many Australians are waiting years to see public medical specialists. In some cases, the wait stretches more than six years for a neurologist or over three and a…
Read more Brickbat: Still WaitingBrickbat: Jailhouse Rot
The Caddo Parish, Louisiana, Sheriff’s Office fired Danny C. Taylor, a deputy who worked in the Caddo Correctional Center. Officials said Taylor told one inmate to walk into…
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In Franklin Township, New Jersey, Police Sgt. Kevin Bollaro has been charged with misconduct and tampering with records for his role in the investigation of a double murder-suicide…
Read more Brickbat: In No HurryBrickbat: Badge of Betrayal
Former Chicago police officer David Deleon was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing four victims, including two boys—aged 13 and 14—whom he…
Read more Brickbat: Badge of BetrayalBrickbat: Tough Luck, Grandma
Marty Quinn, alderman of Chicago’s 13th Ward, firmly opposes the construction of “granny flats”—small accessory dwelling units often built in backyards to house family members or provide rental…
Read more Brickbat: Tough Luck, GrandmaBrickbat: The Chicago Code
The Chicago City Council unanimously approved a $90 million settlement to resolve 176 lawsuits brought by 180 people who were wrongfully convicted and collectively spent nearly 200 years…
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Katie Pasitney and her mother, owners of the Universal Ostrich Farm in British Columbia, were arrested for defying a Canadian Food Inspection Agency order to leave their farm and…
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Responding to a disturbance call, police officers in Grand Prairie, Texas, mistakenly arrived at the home of Thomas Simpson. They say when they knocked on the door, Simpson…
Read more Brickbat: Who’s There?Brickbat: Leno’s Loss
A proposed California law, Senate Bill 712, would have exempted older, collector vehicles from the state’s strict smog-check requirements—if they were insured as collector motor vehicles and had…
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Brickbat: Crime Doesn’t Pay (Much)
Former, Memphis, Tennessee, police officer Arica Hutchison was sentenced to six months in prison plus two years supervised release after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to…
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