Pretty telling that McCauliffe, a Clinton Democrat, refused to stop Virginia’s final execution. If he loses tonight, let it be the end of Clintonism forever.

Minneapolis voted down replacing its police department. Austin voted down hiring more cops. So everybody gets a little something for their narrative tonight.

Headlines will say Minneapolis rejected "defund" last night. But 46% voting for a pretty radical reorganization (it didn't "defund"), even after a surge in murders, is pretty remarkable. Meanwhile, Albany, Cleveland & Austin all voted against the police unions, by large margins.

@mattyglesias  Countless cities have been caught shortening yellow lights to boost revenue. Or placing traffic cameras near merge lanes, where *not* speeding is dangerous. You can reduce speeds and bad driving with better engineering, like speed bumps and roundabouts.

Wait until Twitter learns that every few weeks, a Saturday morning cartoon character used to tell us to say no to drugs. Often it was awkwardly written into the plot of the shows, at the behest of the federal government.

New from me: Tom Cotton says instead of suing cops personally, victims of police abuse should sue the cities that employ the officers. But a case from Cotton's own back yard demonstrates why that isn't a serious argument.

I too am worried that a Rittenhouse acquittal will encourage vigilantism. But I keep seeing this cited as a reason to convict. It isn’t — and can’t be. It can’t even be a factor. It shouldn’t even be broached in the jury room.

This is a really obvious thing, but it’s such a goddamn tragedy that most of the public gets most of its knowledge about the criminal legal system from high-profile cases.

-- Every "pattern-matching" forensic analyst must ace a proficiency test (match 100 bite marks, 100 fingerprints, 100 shoe prints, etc. to the correct person) before they can be certified as an expert witness.

It’s important to take note of the corner turned here. This isn’t claiming that only a handful of cops commit misconduct/abuse. It’s celebrating those who do. It isn’t defending cops’ right to refuse vaccines. It’s championing refusers as heroes.