A Federal Judge Says New Mexico Cops Reasonably Killed an Innocent Man at the Wrong House

A story of police incompetence resulting in an innocent man killed.

“At that point, according to the complaint, the officers “finally announced themselves, and Kimberly Dotson told them that someone had shot her husband and requested their help.” She “did not realize even at that moment that the three police officers had killed her husband,” which she did not learn “until she was finally told eight hours later at the police station where she was detained.”

After the shooting, the lawsuit says, “the officers involved did not disclose to investigators that they were at the wrong address, which was the error leading to the tragic result and without which it would not have occurred.” The mistake “was discovered by other officers who arrived at the scene.””

“In Garcia’s view, the late-night visit at the wrong house that resulted in Dotson’s death did not amount to such recklessness. He is not alone in concluding that police cannot reasonably be expected to make sure they are in the right place when they approach or even break into someone’s home.”

https://reason.com/2025/05/21/a-federal-judge-says-new-mexico-cops-reasonably-killed-an-innocent-man-at-the-wrong-house/

How to Fight Fascism in America — with Timothy Snyder | Prof G Conversations

Historically, business leaders were key to strengthening facism. Companies focus more on how they can use a leader to make money, rather than on what that leader and their cooperation is doing to democracy, society, and people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NIwH4nKaDg

What Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Is Really Doing (Part 2) | The Ezra Klein Show

Rather than honestly and straight-forwardly cutting Medicaid, the Republican bill adds thick layers of paperwork and bureaucratic hassles onto a bureaucracy that they purposely underfund and understaff to effectively cut Medicaid, taking away health insurance for many low income people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIB-8dvkL8I

A New Survey Suggests Illicit Opioid Use Is Much More Common Than the Government’s Numbers Indicate

“A new survey of American adults suggests that illicit opioid use in the United States is much more common than the government’s numbers indicate. In the survey, conducted via the online platform Respondi in June 2024, 7.5 percent of respondents reported they had used (or might have used) illicitly manufactured fentanyl (IMF) in the previous 12 months, 25 times the rate suggested by the government-sponsored National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).”

https://reason.com/2025/05/09/a-new-survey-suggests-illicit-opioid-use-is-much-more-common-than-the-governments-numbers-indicate/