Facebook demands DEA stop using fake profiles in investigationsReuters / Dado Ruvic Facebook has written a letter to the US Drug Enforcement Administration, demanding it stop operating fake profile pages and cease all agency activities on the social network that involve impersonation of others during ongoing DEA investigations.

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The Most Ambitious Environmental Lawsuit EverIn Louisiana, the most common way to visualize the state’s existential crisis is through the metaphor of football fields. The formulation, repeated in nearly every local newspaper article about the subject, goes like this: Each hour, Louisiana loses about a football field’s worth of land.

Apple will face $350M trial over iPod DRMApple will soon have to face a trial over accusations it used digital rights management, or DRM, to unlawfully maintain a lead in the iPod market, a federal judge has ruled. The plaintiffs’ lawyers, representing a class of consumers who bought iPods between 2006 and 2009, are asking for $350 million.

Twitter sues US for right to disclose government requestsReuters / Eric Thayer Internet giant Twitter is suing the Department of Justice in hopes that the United States government will let the web company publish more details about requests made for user data. The complaint, filed in federal court on Tuesday this week, asks the Justice Dept.

Police violated constitutional rights of Ferguson protesters – federal judgeA Missouri federal judge has agreed with an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit claiming the First Amendment rights of Ferguson residents and their supporters were violated when law enforcement made arbitrary rules about them. Chief US District Judge Catherine D.

Guantanamo force feeding videos must be released – US judgeReuters / Brennan Linsley / Pool Video footage of American officials force feeding inmates at the Guantanamo Bay prison complex in Cuba cannot be kept secret and must be released to the public, a federal judge ruled on Friday.

Cops sued for breaking into home, arresting woman for recording their actions (VIDEO)Screenshot from NBC10 A Pennsylvania couple is suing three Collingdale police officers for entering their home without permission in an effort to confiscate a cell phone legally used to record the officers during a February confrontation in front of their home.

US wants Guantanamo force-feeding hearing to stay secretReuters / Marc Serota Attorneys for the United States government say that an upcoming court hearing concerning the force-feeding practices used on a Guantanamo Bay detainee should be held almost entirely behind closed doors.

Wall Street Lawyer Arrested for Talking to Occupy Wall Street Protester: LawsuitStephen Kass, a 73-year-old lawyer and grandfather of seven, was walking to his cello lesson one day last September when cops arrested him. The charge? Talking to an Occupy Wall Street Protester, a new federal lawsuit alleges. Kass, an environmental lawyer who works on Wall Street, ambled by Zuccotti Park on his way to the train Sept.

Federal Appeals Court: No ‘Qualified Immunity’ Defense For Officers Who Engaged In Blatantly Unconstitutional RaidOne of the main reasons for the American Revolution was the arrogance of British officials who searched and raided people’s property at will. To keep that from recurring in the new United States, this language was included in the Fourth Amendment: “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated.”

Occupy group abolishes nearly $4 million in student loan debtOn the third anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement, an offshoot group announced that it has erased $3.8 million worth of private student loan debt.

New York man claims police brutally beat him in incident caught on videoA New York man says multiple police officers beat and pepper-sprayed him for no reason other than that he asked a question – and video footage seems to back him up. News of the beating comes as police unveil new training methods to limit undue force.

Oregonian arrested for filming SWAT raid (VIDEO)Footage recently posted to YouTube shows an Oregon man being arrested for filming, or “interfering” with, a militarized police raid across the street from his apartment. The man – whose YouTube account is Skylow Production – said he was sleeping at his Gresham, Oregon apartment at around 4 a.m.

Muslim lawyer sues NYPD after arrest for ‘blocking the sidewalk’ during pro-Palestinian rallyReuters / Eduardo Munoz A Muslim woman, and human rights lawyer has taken her accusations of NYPD’s abuse and racism to court, following her violent detention over blocking the sidewalk after a pro-Palestinian demonstration in New York. The lawsuit was filed on Tuesday, with Chaumtoli Huq stating that the policemen used “unreasonable and wholly unprovoked force,” the Telesur media outlet reported.

Military lawyer resigns in protest of ‘show trial’ of accused 9-11 mastermindLast week, a US military lawyer on the defense team for self-proclaimed 9/11-attacks mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed resigned from the Army in protest of the “show trial” conducted by the US at Guantanamo Bay. Maj. Jason Wright resigned on Aug. 26, according to NPR.

War Journalist’s First Arrest Happens in Ferguson Speech CrackdownVeteran international war journalist Ansgar Graw has reported in Georgia, the Gaza Strip, the Soviet Union, Afghanistan, Iraq, Vietnam, China, and Cuba, but has never once been arrested. Now, under the boot of the man who Pulitzer winning journalist James Risen calls “the greatest enemy to press freedom in a generation” – Barack “We Tortured Some Folks” Obama – Graw has been arrested for doing journalism.

‘Police riot’: Ferguson citizens want $40mn for police brutality and humiliationFive people are suing the Missouri police for $40 million, claiming officers treated US citizens “as if they were war combatants.” The five were arrested in the wake of rioting and unrest following the death of teenager Michael Brown on August 9.

Cell Phone Guide For US Protesters, Updated 2014 EditionWith major protests in the news again, we decided it’s time to update our cell phone guide for protestors. A lot has changed since we last published this report in 2011, for better and for worse.