Out-of-state drivers have one less thing to worry about when passing through Spartanburg County, South Carolina: For the first time in nearly 20 years, they can travel without fear of Operation Rolling Thunder, an annual law enforcement blitz along Interstate 85. Former Sheriff Chuck Wright initiated the multiday crackdowns in 2006 and expanded them over […]
Last Thursday, a federal judge in San Francisco issued a temporary restraining order against President Donald Trump’s unilateral deployment of the California National Guard to facilitate immigration raids in the Los Angeles area, saying that takeover was illegal and unconstitutional. Although U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer’s order was stayed the same day by the U.S. […]
On any other Saturday, Santee Alley in downtown Los Angeles’s Fashion District would be packed shoulder-to-shoulder with people buying cut-rate electronics and quinceañera dresses and $100 three-piece suits and fake Labubu dolls. The goods are cheap, pushcart vendors sell bottled water to keep shoppers cool, and the open-air corridor stays open 365 days a year. […]
Workplace immigration raids on hold. In the face of public protests and an apparent lobbying effort by businesses and members of his administration, President Donald Trump ordered a pause on some workplace immigration raids. That decision was made after Trump met last week with Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, who reportedly impressed upon the president the […]
Danielle Nozzi wasn’t there when heavily armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents swarmed her favorite Italian restaurant, arrested four employees, and fired off flash-bang grenades at protesters who tried to stop them. But in the days since the raid at Buona Forchetta, in the cute and trendy South Park neighborhood of San Diego, she’s […]
Masked federal agents have repeatedly grabbed people in immigration raids over the past few weeks. Most seem to be members of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), but in the moment there is often little to indicate who they are. This presents a danger not only to the public but to the masked agents themselves. “There […]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom argues that President Donald Trump’s unilateral deployment of that state’s National Guard was illegal and unconstitutional. On Thursday night, a federal judge in San Francisco agreed, issuing a temporary restraining order (TRO) that bars the Trump administration from “deploying members of the California National Guard in Los Angeles” and orders it […]
Seven police officers in West Palm Beach, Florida, face charges related to an unauthorized high-speed chase that ended in a fatal crash in Boynton Beach, killing Marcia Pochette and her pregnant daughter, Jenice Woods. The officers pursued suspect Neoni C Read More Article from Reason.com Reason MagazineThe Reason Magazine website is a go-to destination for […]
It’s been almost eight years since an FBI SWAT team arrived at Curtrina Martin and Toi Cliatt’s home, detonated a flash grenade inside, ripped the door off, and stormed into the couple’s bedroom with guns drawn. Agents handcuffed Cliatt at gunpoint, and Martin, who had tried to barricade herself inside of her closet, says she […]
A federal judge sentenced Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Douglas Kirk to four months in prison after he was allowed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of excessive force despite being previously convicted of a felony. In Febr Read More Article from Reason.com Reason MagazineThe Reason Magazine website is a go-to destination for libertarians […]