My god, this is Getty #photojournalist John Abernathy. He wrote on instagram “I was tackled by #ICE agents & surrounded by about 50 #border#police. Just for taking photos. I tossed my camera to another Photographer to make sure it wouldn't be confiscated. #gettyreportage#getty at the #Whipple Federal building in #Minneapolis.”
Photo by Pierre Lavie.
Getty photojournalist John Abernathy is seen face down on ground pinned & surrounded by federal agents. His arm is outstretched & his camera is midair as he tossed it to another photographer so it wouldn't be confiscated. Photo by Pierre Lavie.
He later posted this image of his camera sitting on top of what appears to be a court date notice. The caption is very cryptic, but from the picture I infer his camera survived & he was in fact arrested. No word on whether he had any injuries, though at a minimum I’d expect bruises. An absolutely #unconstitutional#arrest.
A federal judge has struck down U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order targeting law firm Perkins Coie, saying it “violates the Constitution and is thus null and void.” "No American President has ever before issued executive orders like the one at issue in this lawsuit targeting a prominent law firm with adverse actions to be executed by all Executive branch agencies but, in purpose and effect, this action draws from a playbook as old as Shakespeare, who penned the phrase: 'The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers,'" U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell wrote in her opinion, in which she issued a permanent injunction.
Executive Order 6102, issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 5, 1933, prohibited the private ownership of gold coin, gold bullion, and gold certificates. This controversial measure was implemented during the Great Depression, ostensibly to alleviate economic hardships and remove constraints on the Federal Reserve's ability to increase the money supply. histodons group#History#Constitution#1933#Dictator#Unconstitutional ? #Obfuscation#Surrender#Truth
New: A surveillance tool government agencies have access to can track everywhere a phone goes without a warrant. Someone with access to the tool tracked a person crossing state lines to go to an abortion clinic, then showed us how it works:
@404mediaco This should be illegal. I keep my location services off at all times. Occasionally turned it on for maps and then turn it back off. They better not be tracking me because that’s an invasion of my privacy. We need to take our privacy very seriously because once we start giving it up, we will NEVER get it back. #RightToPrivacy#UnConstitutional#Vote Isn’t there an #Attorney out there who can fight this infringement? #uspol
The Court ruled unhoused people have #privacy rights in their homes protected by Article 1, section 7 of Washington’s #Constitution. The Court explained that “denying Ream and Kitcheon any protected privacy in their homes would be yet one more permission slip to consider them not fully human.”
The Court found the rules underlying the City’s #sweeps policy were #unconstitutional because they covered people and property who were not true obstructions. Absent actual hazards, removal requires notice, offer of alternative locations or shelter, and an opportunity to determine whether personal property was taken and how to get it back.
the #Court also held the City of Seattle’s sweeps policy constituted cruel punishment under Article 1, section 14 of #Washington’s Constitution in some circumstances because the sweeps subject the #unhoused to #criminal and #civil penalties for living on public land when there is no alternative to do so.