On the heels of the highly publicized Missouri raid that ended in the death of a corgi (previously), a seven year-old girl has been killed in a no-knock raid in Detroit. According to one of Radley Balko's commenters, the family may have been targeted because they shared a two-family duplex with the target of the raid.

"The feud between renegade Sheriff Joe Arpaio and local officals is exploding. He has now indicted one judge who ruled against him (for obstruction of justice), and got a warrant to search the office and home of another."

Some good PR for the Toronto police.

Interesting article, though I should point out that the police consultations on cameras for our area seemed pretty thorough to me. And Blair does seem quite concerned about the privacy implications of deploying cameras in neighbourhoods. (People at Bloo

\"Protesters are accusing police of using undercover agents to provoke violent confrontations at the North American leaders\' summit in Montebello, Que.\" (The video is what makes the story particularly interesting I suppose.)

A story of police brutality.

If the police can\'t execute people in the streets the terrorists have won.