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Denver Paid Clean-Up Company $400,000 to Help in Houseless Sweeps
November 27, 2018Denver, CO – For at least two years, the city of Denver has been contracting Custom Environmental Services, Inc. (CES) to assist in clearing out camps of people without housing. Unicorn Riot filed Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) requests and received about 50 invoices sent…... -
Cointelpro Gothic: Attorney General Whitaker Linked to Probes on 2008 RNC, Grand Juries
November 16, 2018Southern District of Iowa – Acting US Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, formerly Jeff Sessions’ Chief of Staff, served as US Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, from June 15, 2004 to November 25, 2009. During this tenure, his office engaged with FBI investigations around…... -
Minnesota Police Train at Military Base as Line 3 Pipeline Protests Escalate
October 25, 2018Minnesota – Unicorn Riot has uncovered documents showing coordination between state-wide authorities to prepare for anti-pipeline protests. Emails obtained from Minnesota State Patrol under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act show close cooperation between state and local law enforcement, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety,…... -
Police Improperly Released Armed Men Who Antagonized Philando Castile Protest
October 22, 2018St. Paul, MN – Official reports show police improperly released the ex-leader of the Three Percenters militia, and his armed associates, after their brief detention outside of a protest following the shooting of Philando Castile in summer 2016. Content advisory: Bigoted language Police Improperly Release…... -
Record Numbers of Complaints Against Minneapolis Police Amidst Ketamine and Killings
July 28, 2018Minneapolis, MN – The public has filed staggering numbers of complaints against the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) in 2018, and high-profile incidents of police misconduct, brutality, and killings have embroiled the department. A year after an MPD officer killed an unarmed Australian, Justine Damond, and…... -
Icebreaker Pt. 5 – Confidential Homeland Security Undercover Operations Handbook
June 22, 2018Washington, DC – As the Trump administration’s immigration policies continue to generate escalating backlash, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has come under increasing scrutiny. Journalists, senators, and others attempting to learn more about the agency’s practices have been frequently turned away and/or had their requests…... -
Georgia Police Used Fake News From Militia To Plan For Nazi Rally, Emails Show
May 1, 2018Newnan, GA – Emails obtained by Unicorn Riot through a public records request to the Coweta County Sheriff suggest that law enforcement relied on false ‘alt-right’ posts in their planning for an April 21, 2018 rally by the neo-nazi National Socialist Movement (NSM). The NSM…... -
Tennessee Homeland Security Analyst: Violent Neo-Nazis “Not The Issue”
April 27, 2018Knoxville, TN – Emails obtained by Unicorn Riot through public records requests show conversations between law enforcement monitoring events concerning the now-defunct neo-Nazi Traditionalist Worker Party, or TWP. An email thread we received from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation shows a loose timeline of various…... -
Icebreaker Pt 4 – Homeland Security Special Agent On-the-Job Training Manual
April 27, 2018Unicorn Riot obtained a series of Homeland Security Investigations policy manuals. Part 4 of the Icebreaker series of stories covers the 2008 version of the special agent training program, shedding light on the overall architecture of the Department of Homeland Security and how it instills…... -
Icebreaker Pt 3 – Confidential Homeland Security Fugitive and Compliance Enforcement Handbooks
February 28, 2018Unicorn Riot obtained confidential Department of Homeland Security manuals showing how DHS’s largest investigative arm, Homeland Security Investigations, advised its agents to conduct their operations. Part 3 of the Icebreaker series turns to the “Compliance Enforcement Investigations” and “Fugitives” handbooks, ICE/HSI manuals that lay out…...
