Some protesters in Atlanta brought water in case anyone started a fire.

That is a good humorous way to defuse tension.

Camden, New Jersey, abolished its thug department seven years ago and replaced it with a new department that, from these reports, seems to train and employ police officers rather than thugs.

The Australian government set up a system to demand that poor people "repay" supposedly erroneous "excess" welfare payments. The system imposed false charges on many poor people, and the ministers let it continue until a court made it stop. Now it looks like the court may require the government to pay interest as well as returning the false "excess".

Dunning poor people for money you said you were giving them is cruel, stingy and vile, even if you really had given it by mistake.

Will the ministers learn their lesson from this? There is nothing more stubborn than a right-winger demanding money from a pauper.

Cambodian garment worker Soy Sros faces criminal charges for posting true information about her employer's illegal plans to dismiss workers.

(satire) *Amazon Temporarily Halts Police Use Of Facial Recognition Software Until It Can Perfect ‘Other Faces You Might Be Interested In’ Feature.*

*Amazon had reportedly offered as a concession free same-day shipping on any evidence police forces might need to plant until the issue was resolved.*