SFPD is collaborating with the Northern California Fusion Center without any written agreement about boundaries of the surveillance. We’re joined by Dave Maass, Investigations Director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation based in SF, and has been with the organization since 2013. Follow Dave Maass on Twitter: https://twitter.com/maassive Follow the Electronic Frontier Foundation on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EFF … Continued

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles County and the Sheriffs Department alleging inhumane treatment and overcrowding at the la county jails booking center. We speak to Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, a senior reporter for The Appeal, a worker-led nonprofit news organization. Elizabeth writes on prison and jail conditions, and wrongful convictions. … Continued

In this episode we talk with Brian Hofer about a San Francisco proposal, backed by the Mayor’s office, that would allow police to monitor private security camera systems, including Amazon’s Ring Doorbells. Brian Hofer is the Executive Director of Secure Justice, a non-profit that advocates against state abuse of power, and for reduction in government and … Continued

In this episode, we speak with April Green, the aunt of Keita O’Neil, a young man who was killed by San Francisco Police in 2017. We’ll learn the latest in the disastrous court drama, reflecting incompetence on the part of San Francisco’s appointed District Attorney Brooke Jenkins. —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in … Continued

A prison in Susanville – a small town in one of the farthest reaches of the state, just east of the Lassen National Forest and by the Northern California-Nevada border, was signed off to be closed by early this past summer, but some locals, concerned with an economic hit to the community, were able to … Continued