Dan King🇺🇦
Assistant Director of Media Relations, Institute for Justice. Former Neoliberal Shill Bracket loser. Niagara University alum. Philly sports, civil liberties, YIMBYism & Slavic history. Views mine. #COYS 🏳️🌈 🌐🇵🇱⛰️🇺🇦
- Oklahoma is one of only three states that requires a funeral director license to sell caskets. Today, @ij.org and an Oklahoma small business filed a lawsuit challenging this outrageous licensing requirement. ij.org/press-releas...
- Police in Kansas used license plate readers to monitor someone who wrote an op-ed criticizing them. Because it wasn't enough to just violate his First Amendment rights or Fourth Amendment rights when they could violate both. www.kcur.org/politics-ele...
- "Holding federal officials accountable for unconstitutional acts is now more difficult than ever, even as the need for accountability is particularly acute, with thousands of federal agents deployed in American cities" @theunpopulist.net www.theunpopulist.net/p/americans-...
- The companies that operate license plate readers keep telling the public that the federal government can't access these cameras. Yet the feds keep accessing them. In the case, even without the consent of local cops. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
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- "The technologies are being used not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track citizens who have protested ICE’s presence" I hate our techno-dystopian future. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
- russia is a terrorist organization masquerading as a state
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- Disappointing news: A federal court has upheld the city of Norfolk, Virginia's license plate reader surveillance. @ij.org and our clients will appeal this decision that threatens the 4th Amendment rights of everyone. ij.org/press-releas...
- Cops overlooked obvious evidence they were at the wrong place when they raided @ij.org clients Avery Marshall & Alisa Carr's home last year. Now, they're arguing they should get qualified immunity for the wrong house raid. They shouldn't. www.law360.com/articles/243...
- REAL ID was supposed to be sufficient for proving identification. Now, they're forcing people to submit to face scans that are returning false positives. What could go wrong!? www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
- "I’d rather have a lawyer than a band-aid when I’m being detained." www.kare11.com/article/news...
- Reposted by Dan King🇺🇦The classy move would have been to give Machado the FIFA Peace Prize in return.
- Reposted by Dan King🇺🇦Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
- Starting NOW: A judge is hearing oral arguments in @ij.org's federal lawsuit challenging the city of Norfolk, Virginia's warrantless use of more than 170 automated license plate readers. If a ruling doesn't come in the next few weeks, we're headed to trial starting Feb. 3. ij.org/case/norfolk...
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- DHS has proposed a new rule to collect even more biometric data on people "involved" in applying for immigration benefits. This includes citizens and noncitizens alike. @ij.org submitted a comment opposing this unconstitutional, dragnet data collection. ij.org/press-releas...
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- Once again, DHS is lying about our client. If George "assaulted law enforcement," they would've charged him with something during the 3 days he was detained. They released him without charges. That doesn't happen if you assault someone.
- As civil liberties activists continue to fight against the warrantless use of ALPR cameras, another city votes to get rid of its cameras. Congrats to activists in Flagstaff, Arizona, for standing up for the 4th Amendment! www.flagstaff.az.gov/m/newsflash/...
- 🎉An @ij.org victory🎉 The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court has ruled Pottstown's rental inspection law, which allowed officials to search rental homes without a warrant based on probable cause, unconstitutional! ij.org/press-releas...
- It's almost like indiscriminately stopping people with no probable cause isn't an effective way to catch criminals. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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- Police in Colorado wrongly accused a woman of stealing a $25 package off a porch. Their rationale? Her car was seen on a license plate reader in the town. But the town is 50 feet from her home, so of course it had been seen there. @ij.org www.youtube.com/shorts/ZNKQo...
- Always nice to see a local government (no matter how big or small) say no to the surveillance state. Kudos to Sandwich, Illinois! www.wspynews.com/news/local/s...
- After @apnews.com and @ij.org worked together to expose CBP’s unconstitutional mass surveillance, @markey.senate.gov, @markwarner.bsky.social and @repdangoldman.bsky.social are questioning the legality of the program. apnews.com/article/bord...
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- The locations of more than 600 Flock cameras in the Norfolk, Virginia area have been made public as part of @ij.org 's federal lawsuit against the city. Simply put, you can't drive anywhere in the Norfolk area without being surveilled.
- In many places, it is illegal to provide even basic legal advice (like help filling out a form) without a law degree. This makes it impossible for people to afford the legal help they need. But DC is considering reforms to help! @ij.org @51st.news 51st.news/opinion-dc-c...
- @apnews.com uncovers CBP's unconstitutional mass surveillance of American drivers. "What we found was something much larger — a system of mass surveillance that threatens people’s freedom of movement." - @ij.org 's Christie Hebert. apnews.com/article/immi...
- Oh nothing to see here, just police using ALPRs to arrest the wrong person. Super normal stuff going on in our new mass surveillance society! www.kgw.com/article/news...
