* Considering that performers get bottles thrown at their heads, I can see why they wouldn’t want to perform somewhere with guns. [NBC DFW] * Whistleblowing has diminishing returns in Colorado [9 News] * Kentucky wants to keep sex offenders from getting badges. [WRDB] * NY law requires museums to acknowledge if the art was stolen by Nazis. It’s like that Killmonger scene, but different. [Gothamist]
* Officers talk race and sex in the uniform. I'm sure the "back the blue" folks will rush at this opportunity to create a safer workplace for the women in blue. [NBC Washington] * New Orleans police will be deputizing citizens to enforce the law. Don’t worry, it’s apparently more hall monitor-y than what Philadelphia did. [The Lens] * After New Jersey opened up applications for weed growers, manufacturers and testing lab operators, people quickly dispensed with their applications. [App] * With great power comes great responsibility. Especially if they get rid of qualified immunity in Vermont. [Burlington Free Press] * New York is broadening the reach of its whistleblower protections and passing a digital workplace monitoring law. I wonder if either of these statutes will have a section on the proper use of emojis in emails. [National Law Review]
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* Congress will be mandating cars breathalyzers in cars by 2026. Is this the new seat belt or a major 4th Amendment violation? [Tech Crunch] * Looking to follow the Arbury case and would like a primer on citizen's arrest? Here you go. [CNN] * New York is encouraging employees to blow the whistle in a big way. See something, do your best referee impersonation...something. [National Law Review] * Tribes and conservation groups in Montana are forcing mining companies to clean up after themselves. I hope that this is blared as the company removes the waste, but that might be cruel and unusual. [AP News] * 1st Amendment is still under attack — and Ohio is throwing a haymaker. [AP News]
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