Ugh. My friend, who evaluates people who may be impaired drivers, made me aware that there’s a site where you can look up license plates and find out how many tickets and violations the vehicle might have associated with it. From https://howsmydrivingny.nyc: But note that this lookup is not confined to New York license plates….
Category: Govt
Federal judge denies dismissal of suit against DHS
Last October, the ACLU filed suit after an incident that still boggles my mind. As Cecilia Wang of the ACLU described the background at the time: On February 22, 2017, Delta Airlines Flight 1583 departed San Francisco and headed for John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. As the plane was landing, passengers heard a…
Revealed: FBI kept files on peaceful climate change protesters
Adam Federman reports: On 15 May 2016 three friends from Fairfield, Iowa, made the five-hour drive to an oil refinery on the shores of Lake Michigan to participate in what was part of a series of protests and acts of civil disobedience in the fight against climate change. They had every intention of getting arrested. What…
Chinese police close 1,100 social media accounts over online trolling
Xinhua reports: China’s Ministry of Public Security said on Saturday it has closed 31 websites and 1,100 social media accounts suspected of engaging in trolling activities or posting messages for extortion since the start of this year. The police also busted 28 cases involving unlawful activities of paid online trolls, or ghostwriters hired to post…