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1 week ago | 
reason.com | Peter Bagge |Charles Oliver
Politics News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world | (Illustration: Peter Bagge) This article is currently available to Reason Plus subscribers only. If you are a Reason Plus subscriber, log in here. Or . Your Reason Plus subscription gives you instant access to brand new Reason magazine content and 50 years of Reason magazine archives....
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1 week ago | 
reason.com | Charles Oliver
Exercise | (Msfiolent | Dreamstime.com) A federal appeals court ruled that San Diego's ban on yoga classes in public parks and beaches is unconstitutional because teaching yoga is a form of free speech. The 2024 ordinance had prohibited yoga groups of four or more people on shorelines, allegedly to protect public safety. But the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the ban unfairly targeted instructors like Steve Hubbard and Amy Baack, who sued to challenge it. The court restored their...
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1 week ago | 
reason.com | Charles Oliver
Free Speech | (Fernando Gregory | Dreamstime.com) A Brazilian court has sentenced comedian Leo Lins to more than eight years in prison for making what it called racist, discriminatory, and hateful jokes during a 2022 stand-up routine. Lins' jokes made fun of black, indigenous, gay, Jewish, and disabled people. It has over 3 million views online. The court said freedom of speech does not override human dignity and equality. Lins plans to appeal and defends his act as artistic, while critics...
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1 week ago | 
inkl.com | Charles Oliver
A Brazilian court has sentenced comedian Leo Lins to more than eight years in prison for making what it called racist, discriminatory, and hateful jokes during a 2022 stand-up routine. Lins' jokes made fun of black, indigenous, gay, Jewish, and disabled people. It has over 3 million views online. The court said freedom of speech does not override human dignity and equality. Lins plans to appeal and defends his act as artistic, while critics warn the verdict threatens comic expression.
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1 week ago | 
reason.com | Charles Oliver
Money | (Gabriel Vergani | Dreamstime.com) A new border reform bill proposed by Canada's Liberal Party government would ban cash transactions of $10,000 (U.S. $7,383) or more and restrict large cash deposits from one person to another. Introduced by Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree, the legislation—called the "Strong Borders Act"—also gives officials broader powers to search mail and physical locations without warrants in what are deemed "urgent, time-sensitive circumstances."...
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1 week ago | 
reason.com | Charles Oliver
Free Speech | (Jose Maria Ruiz | Dreamstime.com) In Riverview, Missouri, James Carroll faces a city-issued subpoena, signed by Mayor Michael Cornell, after posting an online joke implying the mayor was involved in a 15-year-old boy's disappearance. The incident began when Carroll shared a photo of the missing boy on a local Nextdoor group, humorously suggesting, "Someone check Riverview's mayor's basement!" Days later, he found the subpoena at his condo, demanding he appear at city hall to...
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1 week ago | 
ij.org | Charles Oliver
Free Speech | (Jose Maria Ruiz | Dreamstime.com) In Riverview, Missouri, James Carroll faces a city-issued subpoena, signed by Mayor Michael Cornell, after posting an online joke implying the mayor was involved in a 15-year-old boy's disappearance. The incident began when Carroll shared a photo of the missing boy on a local Nextdoor group, humorously suggesting, "Someone check Riverview's mayor's basement!" Days later, he found the subpoena at his condo, demanding he appear at city hall to...
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2 weeks ago | 
reason.com | Charles Oliver
Police | (Robert Hyrons | Dreamstime.com) Seven police officers in West Palm Beach, Florida, face charges related to an unauthorized high-speed chase that ended in a fatal crash in Boynton Beach, killing Marcia Pochette and her pregnant daughter, Jenice Woods. The officers pursued suspect Neoni Copeland at speeds up to 119 mph, despite it being against department policy because they only wanted to conduct a routine interview. Copeland crashed into the victims' car, but the officers did not...
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2 weeks ago | 
reason.com | Charles Oliver
Police Abuse | (Derek Phillips | Dreamstime.com) A federal judge sentenced Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Douglas Kirk to four months in prison after he was allowed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of excessive force despite being previously convicted of a felony. In February 2025, a federal jury convicted Kirk of the felony, which carried a potential 10-year sentence, for his actions during a June 2023 arrest in a Lancaster, California, grocery store parking lot, where he used...
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2 weeks ago | 
inkl.com | Charles Oliver
A federal judge sentenced Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Douglas Kirk to four months in prison after he was allowed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of excessive force despite being previously convicted of a felony. In February 2025, a federal jury convicted Kirk of the felony, which carried a potential 10-year sentence, for his actions during a June 2023 arrest in a Lancaster, California, grocery store parking lot, where he used excessive force on a couple.
