MORNING READS: -There was another deadly shooting yesterday at a college campus in Seattle, but The Washington Post reports that it could have been much worse if not for the courage of a student who pepper-sprayed and then subdued the shooter when he stopped to reload. -Lee Fang reports for VICE News that “cable company-created front groups and other industry-funded organizations” are creating the appearance of widespread public support for the FCC’s plan to create a two-tiered Internet. -Nick Sibilla looks at Texas’ law enforcement agencies’ widespread use of civil forfeiture — confiscating cash and property from people even if they’re not charged with a crime. The practice creates a “perverse incentive” and “skews law enforcement priorities.” Those stories and others, in our Morning Reads.
Posted on: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 14:18:39 +0000