A Frontline Flash tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/FrontlineFlash/status/1647225815132782592" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">informs</a> readers that a federal judge has allowed federal prosecutors to withhold evidence from January 6th defendants when that evidence would be “too harmful” to the government. The tweet asks viewers to vote on whether protecting the government is within the judge's job description.<blockquote>DC judge Christopher Cooper just ruled the DOJ can hide evidence from the jury that shows police intentionally harming a J6 protester with deadly force, because the video would be “too harmful to the US government”. Is it the judge’s job to shield govt misconduct from scrutiny?</blockquote><div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">DC judge Christopher Cooper just ruled the DOJ can hide evidence from the jury that shows police intentionally harming a J6 protester with deadly force, because the video would be “too harmful to the US government”. Is it the judge’s job to shield govt misconduct from scrutiny?—(@FrontlineFlash) <a href="https://twitter.com/FrontlineFlash/status/1647225815132782592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div>Brady violationThe footage in question, according to the tweet, shows police intentionally harming a January 6th protester with deadly force. Such evidence would bolster defendants' claims that the government framed the defendants by employing a three-pronged strategy:<ul><li>Instructing uniformed police to violate their protocol for handling protests and use excessive force against protestors.</li><li>Instructing other police officers to encourage protestors to enter restricted spaces.</li><li>Planting government agents, dressed as Trump supporters, to incite actual protestors to break the law, particularly in response to excessive violence employed by the police, by both using force against police and by trespassing.</li></ul>Withholding information like video footage that would support these claims would violate the constitutional obligation on prosecutors to provide defendants with potentially exculpatory evidence. According to Cornell Law School's <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/brady_rule" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Legal Information Institute</a>, the onus on prosecutors is wide-reaching and applies even when the defendant doesn't request the information:<blockquote>The Brady rule, named after&nbsp;Brady v. Maryland,&nbsp;requires prosecutors to disclose material,&nbsp;exculpatory information&nbsp;in the government's possession to the defense. Brady material, or the evidence the prosecutor is required to disclose under this rule, includes any information favorable to the accused which may reduce a defendant's potential sentence, go against the credibility of an unfavorable witness, or otherwise allow a jury to infer against the defendant’s guilt. . . . [T]he prosecution has a constitutional duty to disclose all material, favorable information in their possession to defendants regardless of whether it is requested. [Emphasis added].</blockquote>Violent policeFrontline Flash's tweet does not identify the defendant who was denied access to the government's video footage of police brutality against a January 6 protester, but does name the judge who blocked the defendant from gaining access to the potentially exculpatory evidence, in violation of the Brady rule, as Washington D.C. Judge Christopher Cooper. Cooper's notoriously biased behavior includes:<ul><li><a href="https://www.frontline.news/post/breaking-judge-who-handed-dr-gold-harsh-prison-sentence-propositioned-her-in-law-school" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Handing</a> AFLDS founder Dr. Simone Gold a harsh prison sentence after she refused his advances in law school and ignoring a mandatory requirement to recuse himself due to conflicts</li><li>Courtroom <a href="https://www.frontline.news/post/dr-golds-judge-sat-on-judicial-council-that-judged-racism-and-misogyny" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">behavior</a> leading to complaints of racism and misogyny</li><li><a href="https://www.frontline.news/post/judge-in-dr-gold-case-applauded-anti-free-speech-socialists-disrupting-scotus" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Applauding</a> anti-free speech socialist defendants who disrupted SCOTUS</li><li><a href="https://www.frontline.news/post/fbidojcourt-jail-dr-simone-gold-for-trespass-politicizing-medicine" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lying</a> about the events of January 6th</li></ul>Bizarrely, according to the tweet, Cooper attempted to justify his failure to follow the Brady rule by stating that release of the video would be “too harmful to the US government” leading to question, “Is it the judge’s job to shield govt misconduct from scrutiny?” The poll, which closes on April 20th, has garnered more than 1100 votes at press time. If blocking evidence which is harmful to the government is indeed accepted by the appellate courts as a justification for withholding evidence, then a video of a defendant being tortured into a false confession could be withheld, as such a video would undoubtedly be harmful to the government, potentially leading to the jailing of government officials.Cooper is correct, though, in noting that the video coverage would be harmful, as even the small amount of surveillance footage that has been released has raised doubts about the lawfulness of government actors, including this <a href="https://twitter.com/3sidedstory/status/1520031750520381441" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">tweet</a> of a video allegedly showing police beating protestor Roseanne Boyle, one of four protestors to lose their lives on January 6th.<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Did everyone see this video of Roseanne Boyle and getting beat by Capitol police officers on January 6th? <a href="https://twitter.com/julie_kelly2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@julie_kelly2</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/DarrenJBeattie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DarrenJBeattie</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ColumbiaBugle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ColumbiaBugle</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/McBrideLawNYC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@McBrideLawNYC</a> <a href="https://t.co/tyIvlKICQO">pic.twitter.com/tyIvlKICQO</a>— 3sidedstory (@3sidedstory) <a href="https://twitter.com/3sidedstory/status/1520031750520381441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 29, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div>Gateway Pundit <a href="https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/03/j6-political-prisoner-jon-mellis-pleads-with-oversight-committee-to-investigate-roseanne-boylands-death-during-their-visit-to-dc-gulag/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">quotes</a> January 6 defendant Jonathan Mellis explaining how he's in jail for trying to protect Boyland.<blockquote>There were four deaths on January 6. One of them is Roseanne Boyland. She is unique because there are over a dozen men who are facing many, many, many years in prison because we tried to help Roseanne Boyland. I’ve also been 25 months without a bond hearing. Also, I let them know that there is actual footage of me protecting an officer that day, Officer [Mike] Fanone, with many other men on January 6.</blockquote>Friendly policeJanuary 6 defendants consistently explained from the day of the protest that the behavior of some officers gave them the impression that the Capitol building was indeed open to the public that day. Government prosecutors urged jurors to ignore that claim as not credible, alleging that it was obvious that they knew they were trespassing (a required element of the crime of trespass), while at the same time withholding footage of police officers actually escorting protestors through the Capitol and holding doors open for them.&nbsp;Tucker Carlson began showing some of the withheld footage until Senator Charles Schumer demanded he stop. The video he did release revealed what may be a grave violation of the Brady rule. According to a <a href="https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/03/its-appalling-they-had-a-duty-to-provide-video-to-me-our-justice-system-is-so-compromised-qanon-shaman-attorney-albert-watkins-slams-doj-for-withholding-exculpatory-evidence-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">transcript</a> of an interview with Albert Watkins, the attorney who represented Jacob Chansley, also known as the QAnon Shaman, the government damaged his client psychologically by withholding the evidence.<blockquote>The government knew through three hearings when we begged and pleaded to get this man out of solitary confinement, literally falling into an abyss mentally, and through each of those three hearings, that government assistant US. Attorney knew the most important aspect of that hearing was that Jake was not violent. The government knew. They knew that Jake had walked around with all of these police officers. They had that video footage. I didn’t get it. It wasn’t disclosed to me. It wasn’t provided to me. I requested it. I filed the requisite pleadings for it. And whether I did or not, they had a duty, an absolute duty with zero discretion to provide it to me so that I could share it with my client. . . .[I]t’s a tragedy. I mean, what’s happened is truly a dagger in the heart of our American justice system. We can’t allow it. . . . This is about our justice system being so compromised. The very integrity and core of that which we wore as a badge of honor for the entirety of our nation’s history has been rendered a vile, disgusting mess by a Department of Justice that was running [amok] and they didn’t share the video of my client.</blockquote>In fact, a tweeted <a href="https://twitter.com/CannConActual/status/1633153102843920384" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">picture</a> shows Chansley surrounded by no less than 11 officers.<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">1/ This is the most shocking revelation from the Tucker clips from last night. 11 USCPD officers WATCH the Qanon Shaman, by himself, walk escorted by two officers into, eventually, the Senate Chambers. <a href="https://t.co/Z01K8lziyN">pic.twitter.com/Z01K8lziyN</a>— CannCon *Thug Shaker Central Sgt at Arms* (@CannConActual) <a href="https://twitter.com/CannConActual/status/1633153102843920384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 7, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div>ProvocateursGateway Pundit has <a href="https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/03/19-incidents-confirmed-the-dozens-of-federal-and-state-operatives-who-infiltrated-the-trump-crowds-on-january-6th-at-the-us-capitol-and-led-the-protests/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">compiled</a> a list of “20 confirmed incidents and operations” in which dozens of federal agents and other government officials not only infiltrated the January 6 protest crowds but led the trespassing and incited lawlessness. The undercover agents included “agitators who were highly trained [and] ripped down fencing prior to the protest” and who were “urging protesters to climb scaffolding and move forward to the US Capitol!”&nbsp;In fact, there were <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1643973228099141633" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">at least 40</a> such agents who infiltrated the January 6 protest, at least some provoking protestors to break the law.<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">“At least 40 undercover FBI informants” participated in J6 with Proud Boys but only 5 Proud Boys are being prosecuted? Is that right <a href="https://twitter.com/julie_kelly2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@julie_kelly2</a>? The FBI is not supposed to encourage or help people break the law, they should stop people from breaking the law. Congress must… <a href="https://t.co/4KAvKxC3HU">https://t.co/4KAvKxC3HU</a>— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1643973228099141633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div>Not just Democrat appointed judgesWhile Cooper was appointed by Barack Obama, Trump-appointed US District Judge Timothy Kelly has made headlines by allowing prosecutors to hide an extraordinary amount of potentially exculpatory evidence from the jury in the criminal trial of members of the Proud Boys group even after information about the evidence was accidentally leaked by an FBI agent. Signs of the Times <a href="https://www.sott.net/article/478383-Trump-appointed-judge-allows-DOJ-to-hide-exculpatory-evidence-from-jury-in-Proud-Boys-J6-sedition-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">reported</a> that Kelly allowed the DOJ “to shield all that evidence from the jury with the sole exception of the agent discussing ‘edit[ing] out’ their presence from a [informant] report.” American Greatness senior writer Julie Kelly <a href="https://twitter.com/julie_kelly2/status/1633818502476726272" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">posted</a> this summation on Twitter.<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Concealing evidence. Doctoring evidence. Destroying evidence. Violating attorney-client privilege. What's sad is this will be ignored even by conservative media and Congress simply bc they are members of the Proud Boys. That's not a crime no matter how many times Wray says it. <a href="https://t.co/IeXGj4gV7t">pic.twitter.com/IeXGj4gV7t</a>— Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) <a href="https://twitter.com/julie_kelly2/status/1633818502476726272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div>Please see our previous articles on selective prosecution<ol><li><a href="https://www.frontline.news/post/friends-of-israel-concerned-over-ruling-allowing-confessions-extracted-under-torture">Friends of Israel concerned over ruling allowing confessions extracted under torture</a></li><li><a href="https://www.frontline.news/post/dr-golds-judge-sat-on-judicial-council-that-judged-racism-and-misogyny">Dr Gold’s judge accused of racism, misogyny</a></li><li><a href="https://www.frontline.news/post/breaking-judge-who-handed-dr-gold-harsh-prison-sentence-propositioned-her-in-law-school">Breaking: Judge who handed Dr Gold harsh prison sentence propositioned her in law school</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/deep-state-jails-dr-gold-with-violent-felons-moves-ghislaine-maxwell-to-club-fed">Deep State jails Dr Gold with violent felons; moves Ghislaine Maxwell to ‘Club Fed’</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/mr-biden-wheres-dr-golds-pardon-for-peaceful-capitol-speech">Mr Biden - Where is Dr Gold's pardon for peaceful medical speech at Capitol?</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/feds-coerce-jan-6-defendants-to-waive-right-to-appeal-jail-time">Feds coerce Jan 6 defendants into waiving right to appeal jail time</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/feds-pressure-jan-6-defendants-to-falsely-confess-to-knowingly-trespassing">Feds pressure Jan 6 defendants to falsely confess to ‘knowingly’ trespassing</a></li><li><a href="https://www.frontline.news/post/judge-in-dr-gold-case-applauded-anti-free-speech-socialists-disrupting-scotus">Judge in Dr Gold case applauded anti-free speech socialists disrupting SCOTUS</a></li><li><a href="https://www.frontline.news/post/fbidojcourt-jail-dr-simone-gold-for-trespass-politicizing-medicine">Politicizing medicine: FBI/DOJ/Court jail Dr Simone Gold for trespass</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/aflds-founder-waives-selective-prosecution-defense-accepts-misdemeanor-plea-deal-for-delivering-medical-talk-on-govt-property">AFLDS founder waives ‘selective prosecution’ defense; accepts misdemeanor plea deal for delivering medical talk on gov’t property</a></li><li><a href="https://www.frontline.news/post/congressman-introduces-j6-bill-to-counter-political-prosecutions">Congressman introduces ‘J6 Bill to Counter Political Prosecutions’</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/hate-crime-laws-selectively-enforced">'Hate crime' laws selectively enforced</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/fbi-won-t-investigate-politico-for-supreme-court-leak-after-raiding-project-veritas">FBI won't investigate Politico for Supreme Court leak; raided Project Veritas over leaked diary</a></li></ol>

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'Too harmful to the US government' to show gov't using deadly force

Judge allows DOJ to withhold potentially exculpatory evidence from January 6 defendants

<h2>Move over book burning, hello de-platforming?</h2>Closed out of your Facebook or Instagram account? Maybe your website suddenly disappeared, or your YouTube channel was demonetized or deleted? Perhaps you lost access to thousands of hours of posts and videos you produced, and your years of work were gone in an instant? That's de-platforming; the modern version of book burning, a “punishment” for going against the mainstream narrative. And, the censorship doesn't stop with social media, it includes PayPal accounts and more.<h3>Getting up again</h3>How do individuals who went afoul of the globalists, who didn't keep quiet and let others do their thinking for them, respond when they find themselves de-platformed by social media companies and other services? Here's what London Real's Brian Rose, Americas Frontline Doctor founder Dr. Simone Gold, and independent researcher James Roguski did to pick themselves up and continue their work despite the heavy-handed censorship they experienced.Brian RoseWhen London Real YouTuber Brian Rose publicly began trying to understand COVID-19 and its countermeasures, he soon found his entire life seemingly deleted from the internet by the social media giants.&nbsp;Not only did he lose all his years of work, amounting to thousands of videos which he had uploaded to the internet. He also lost access to his Paypal account, and more, because in his search for the truth about the pandemic; his counter-narrative interviews with David Icke were too dangerous for the globalists to allow. &nbsp;In his below documentary, Rose&nbsp;recounts his experiences and how he ultimately started a channel of his own. He explains that he was wholly unprepared for what happened on May 3, 2020, even though he knew that many would want to stop the interview (@about 3:36):<blockquote>Over the past few weeks, our entire world has been transformed. Everything we took for granted has now been taken away and our freedoms have been replaced with fear. All those rights we fought centuries for have been handed over without a second thought.&nbsp;We all process fear in different ways. I cope by immersing myself in my work and today my job is to ask questions. One million people will be watching and they all want answers.&nbsp;Countless others are trying to stop this from happening. At any moment they can walk through that door or lock this broadcast. I'm scared but I don't know what else to do. I prepared my whole life for a moment like This. But nothing would prepare me for what happened next. . .</blockquote>&nbsp;<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">WATCH THE MOVIE THAT YouTube DOES NOT Want YOU TO SEE (and SHARE IT Far And Wide ) <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LondonReal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LondonReal</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeWillNotBeSilenced?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WeWillNotBeSilenced</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StopCensorship?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StopCensorship</a> <a href="https://t.co/txcVpjPDWz">https://t.co/txcVpjPDWz</a>— Brian Rose, Founder &amp; Host of London Real (@LondonRealTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/LondonRealTV/status/1796285778517221575?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>&nbsp;Dr. Simone GoldDr. Simone Gold, founder of <a href="https://www.aflds.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">America's Frontline Doctors</a>, was one of the first doctors to understand that how she was being told to treat COVID patients wasn't normal. Very alarmed at what was taking place she, along with other doctors, held the “<a href="https://www.whitecoatsummit.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">White Coat Summit</a>” on July 27, 2020, as well as a press conference on the Supreme Court steps. As she tweeted below, the press conference went viral, garnering millions of views before Big Tech and Big Media took the video down.She concluded by explaining their purpose and the result:<blockquote>Our fight was to show America the propaganda vs the truth, and then we were censored.</blockquote>&nbsp;<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Our press conference in front of the Supreme Court on July 27th, 2020 was a turning point in the fight against COVID Tyranny. After 20 million views in 8 hours, Big Tech colluded to wipe the video from online platforms. We knew in this moment that we would win the fight. <a href="https://t.co/9CP0Ogpnfp">pic.twitter.com/9CP0Ogpnfp</a>— Dr. Simone Gold (@drsimonegold) <a href="https://twitter.com/drsimonegold/status/1610416861723729921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Dr. Gold continues to <a href="https://aflds.org/about-us" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">advance</a> the mission of America's Frontline Doctors, to protect medical freedom and civil liberties.'James RoguskiIndependent researcher James Roguski who, <a href="http://jamesroguski.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">according</a> to his website, has been calling out lies and propaganda for decades, found years of work gone when the company that hosted most of his websites terminated his account for what they said were “terms of service” violations. It did not deter him from continuing his work, either.<blockquote>They deleted many of my websites, but they ignited my passion to burn even brighter. I now have most of my work on Substack.&nbsp;</blockquote>Roguski is interested in building a holistic alternative to the WHO and <a href="https://jamesroguski.substack.com/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">recruits</a> others to join him.<blockquote>The old system is crumbling, and I intend to help speed its demise, but we must build its replacement quickly.If you are fed up with the government, hospital, medical, pharmaceutical, media, industrial complex and would like to help , then feel free to contact me directly anytime.</blockquote>&nbsp;The information contained in this article is for educational and information purposes only and is not intended as health, medical, financial or legal advice. Always consult a physician, lawyer or other qualified professional regarding any questions you may have about a medical condition, health objectives, or legal issues.&nbsp;Related articles:<ul><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/covid-sceptics-won-out-globalists-fear-an-increasingly-disbelieving-public" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">'COVID skeptics won out' — Globalists fear an increasingly disbelieving public</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/colorado-governor-signs-off-on-bill-establishing-state-ministry-of-truth-students-atarget-of-new-law">Colorado governor signs off on bill establishing state 'ministry of truth'? Students a target of new law</a></li></ul>

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How three individuals got up again after being de-platformed

Who's afraid of Big Bad Tech? 

A British vigilante group known as the “Blade Runners” is receiving widespread support from British taxpayers as it continues to destroy climate surveillance cameras across London.<h2>The ULEZ mandate</h2>By order of London Mayor Sadiq Khan, the city is peppered with ultra-low emission zones (ULEZs), areas accessible only to low-emission vehicles. Cars that do not meet the city’s environmental standards are charged £12.50 ($16) for entering the ULEZ. Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras positioned around the zones read license plates and check them against the vehicles’ make and model in real time. If a vehicle does not meet the environmental threshold, a fine is levied against the car owner.&nbsp;The ULEZ climate mandate has drawn heavy&nbsp;<a href="https://frontline.news/post/london-hundreds-protest-against-climate-mandates">protests</a> from residents, including&nbsp;<a href="https://frontline.news/post/british-veteran-launches-hunger-strike-as-unrest-grows-over-climate-mandates">hunger strikes</a> and refusals to pay fines. Taxpayers have also taken to disabling the ANPR surveillance cameras which Transport for London (TfL), the city’s transportation department, said will be used both for climate and law enforcement.<h2>Taxpayers cheer the ‘Blade Runners’</h2>Since the climate restrictions were expanded last year, the Blade Runners have taken to disabling and destroying hundreds of cameras. Between April and September 2023, Metropolitan Police recorded 200 reports of cameras being stolen and 595 reports of cameras being vandalized.TfL began placing black boxes around ULEZ camera wirings to protect them from being cut, but taxpayers found other ways to disable the cameras — like removing them completely.<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"> MUST SEE: Blade Runners topple THREE ULEZ cameras in a coordinated strike… The people are fighting back! <a href="https://t.co/Yvr2Xr7Lun">pic.twitter.com/Yvr2Xr7Lun</a>— David Morgan #StayFree (@david_r_morgan) <a href="https://twitter.com/david_r_morgan/status/1802726912050995623?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>In response, the city&nbsp;<a href="https://frontline.news/post/london-taxpayers-attack-surveillance-vans-in-continued-revolt">deployed</a> mobile surveillance vans mounted with ANPR cameras across London in the hopes of evading attacks, but Blade Runners soon began targeting those as well. Some surveillance vans have been spotted covered in graffiti with their tires slashed, while others have been completely covered in tarp.Last month, 21 cameras were destroyed in the hours after Sadiq Khan was re-elected mayor of London, the&nbsp;Daily Mail&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13538797/Moment-Blade-Runner-uses-power-tool-cut-ULEZ-camera-traffic-light-latest-attack-Sadiq-Khans-hated-scheme.html">reported</a>. Last weekend, Blade Runners used power tools to topple a ULEZ camera and traffic lights to the delight of some fellow taxpayers. In a video that was posted to social media, passing cars can be heard honking in support.The video received over 37,000 likes. Comments on the post were largely supportive, with users writing that, “When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty,” and “Fair play to them, it's a complete scam that does nothing.”Blade Runner Matt Hardy told the&nbsp;Daily Mail&nbsp;that the Blade Runners are “people pissed off about the tyranny reigning over us and getting out and doing things about it – real votes, real boys here.”<h2>‘These cameras are not about the climate. They are about control’</h2>British actor and influencer Laurence Fox said this week he was just given back his electronic devices by police after being arrested earlier this year for cheering on the Blade Runners:<blockquote>These cameras are not about the climate. They are about control. They are the primary infrastructure for all sorts of things that ideologues like the midget dictator [Sadiq Khan] would like to impose upon us.I can now finally say the word ‘Bladerunners’ again. One of the ridiculous restrictions on free speech imposed by the police.It’s a dreadful shame to see so many of these cameras dying suddenly. I’m not at all thrilled about it. Just because I am smiling like a Cheshire Cat, it doesn’t mean that I am over the moon that these scameras continue to topple in high winds.&nbsp;Vive la résistance!</blockquote><div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">POLICE UPDATE Following 6 coppers bursting into my house earlier this year to arrest me for saying how pleased I was that the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ULEZ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ULEZ</a> scam was meeting such robust resistance, this morning the <a href="https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@metpoliceuk</a> were ordered by the magistrate to hand back all my devices, including my…— Laurence Fox (@LozzaFox) <a href="https://twitter.com/LozzaFox/status/1803030521095622912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> &nbsp;

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Fisker is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the electric vehicle (EV) company announced Tuesday.<h2>‘Like other companies in the electric vehicle industry’</h2>“Fisker has made incredible progress since our founding, bringing the Ocean SUV to market twice as fast as expected in the auto industry and making good on our promises to deliver the most sustainable vehicle in the world,” a spokesperson <a href="https://assets.ctfassets.net/cghen8gr8e1n/6W19OiEBJDVIFVEmo4feHA/df902c5cb2b067251a300efb0b35f611/Fisker-Filing-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">said</a>.The California-based company added it is not the only EV maker that has been struggling to stay in business.“We are proud of our achievements, and we have put thousands of Fisker Ocean SUVs in customers’ hands in both North American [sic] and Europe. But like other companies in the electric vehicle industry, we have faced various market and macroeconomic headwinds that have impacted our ability to operate efficiently. After evaluating all options for our business, we determined that proceeding with a sale of our assets under Chapter 11 is the most viable path forward for the company.”Fisker’s collapse is the latest indication that the EV industry is folding due to sinking demand. Other EV industry players are also cutting their losses as they jump ship.<h2>Hertz</h2>In March, Hertz CEO Stephen Scherr&nbsp;<a href="https://www.motorfinanceonline.com/news/hertz-ceo-resigns-amid-ev-investment-setback/#:~:text=Scherr's%20departure%20coincides%20with%20Hertz's,electric%20vehicle%20(EV)%20rentals">resigned</a> after his bet on EVs cost the car rental giant its biggest quarterly loss since 2020. Hertz had been praised by the Biden administration for its ambition to convert 25% of its fleet to EVs by the end of this year. In January, however, the company announced it would instead be selling its 20,000 EVs — including Teslas — at heavily discounted prices and replacing them with gas-powered cars.<h2>Mercedes-Benz</h2>Mercedes-Benz also recently had to give up its ambition to only sell electric cars by 2030. Instead, EVs are expected to make up only 50% of the German carmaker’s sales over the next decade.<h2>Apple</h2>In February, Apple abandoned its multi-billion dollar effort to create an electric car. Despite being a decade in the works and employing 2,000 people, Project Titan was axed due to falling consumer demand.<h2>Aston Martin</h2>A lack of consumer demand is also partly to blame for Aston Martin&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13138123/Aston-Martin-puts-brakes-new-electric-supercar-2026-bosses-say-drivers-want-engines-throaty-roar.html">placing</a> its battery-operated “supercar” on hold until 2026.“Demand, certainly at an Aston Martin price point, is not what we thought it was going to be two years ago,” said Aston Martin Executive Chairman Lawrence Stroll.&nbsp;<h2>Ford</h2>In December, Ford slashed production of its flagship EV at its assembly plant in Dearborn, Michigan by half. The automaker cut the monthly production quote for the all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck from 3,200 units to 1,600 units per month.<h2>Biden administration continues to force EV production</h2>Nevertheless, the Biden administration in March issued new climate mandates aimed at forcing more EV production. The new rules from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contain tight emissions standards that will&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/epa-electric-vehicles-emissions-limits-climate-biden-e6d581324af51294048df24269b5d20a">require</a> 56% of new vehicle sales to be fully electric by 2032, with an additional 13% required to be hybrids.

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For the last two years, British authorities have been testing AI-powered emotion recognition cameras on travelers in train stations, according to recently disclosed documents.<h2>What can the cameras see?</h2>In each of eight train stations around the UK, five to seven cameras or sensors scan the passing crowds. Using AI software from Amazon, the cameras use object recognition algorithms to spot criminal activity, trespassing, weapons, wet floors, overcrowding, and overstuffed trash cans.&nbsp;They can also alert authorities when passengers engage in “unusual behavior,” such as shouting, running, smoking, or skateboarding.&nbsp;A combination of existing cameras and newly installed smart cameras are being used for the surveillance project. All are equipped with Amazon’s Rekognition surveillance system.<h2>Emotional recognition</h2>Through a combination of facial and behavioral analyses, the Rekognition software allows officials to also <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-ai-cameras-emotions-uk-train-passengers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">analyze visitors’ emotions</a>. Internal documents note that the cameras can detect whether a passenger is “happy, sad [or] angry.” They can also recognize passenger satisfaction, which “could be utilized to maximum advertising and retail revenue.”<h2>Anti-social behavior</h2>Authorities can also detect passengers who exhibit “anti-social behaviour,” which&nbsp;<a href="https://www.met.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/asb/asb/antisocial-behaviour/what-is-antisocial-behaviour/">according</a> to London’s Metropolitan Police Service means “behaviour by a person which causes, or is likely to cause, harassment, alarm or distress to persons not of the same household as the person.”<h2>Social distancing, face masks, and demographics</h2>Other&nbsp;<a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24757655-usecases_dpas_review_managed_stations?responsive=1&amp;title=1">use cases</a> for the surveillance cameras include detecting whether passengers are keeping to social distancing rules and wearing face masks. The cameras can also scan for demographics by identifying people’s age profiles and “socio-economic classification,” which the documents note can create “revenue opportunities for better targeted advertising and product placement.”<h2>‘Quite a concerning step’</h2>The documents were obtained by Big Brother Watch, a civil rights and government watchdog group, in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request. Network Rail, a body within the Department of Transportation which manages most of the country’s train network, has been overseeing the surveillance project.&nbsp;“The rollout and normalization of AI surveillance in these public spaces, without much consultation and conversation, is quite a concerning step,” Jake Hurfurt, head of research and investigations at Big Brother Watch,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-ai-cameras-emotions-uk-train-passengers/">told</a> Wired.As of now, the surveillance systems do not use facial recognition technology, which analyzes faces and matches them against facial images stored in certain databases.

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