The National Law Enforcement Accountability Database (NLEAD), which stored police records documenting misconduct, is now unavailable, the Washington Post first reported.

The US justice department also confirmed the database’s elimination in a statement issued online.

“User agencies can no longer query or add data to the NLEAD,” the statement read. “The US Department of Justice is decommissioning the NLEAD in accordance with federal standards.”

  • TheObviousSolution
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    I think it’s only a matter of time before they prohibit recording in public and disseminating those recordings in places like YouTube.

  • @gibmiser
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    2617 hours ago

    This will help the american people!

    • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)
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      Surely this combined with fueling white supremacy will bring down the price of eggs and bring inflation to 0% like he promised. It might even be the finale part of his healthcare “concepts of a plan” he’s had for almost 9 years now.

  • @SlopppyEngineer
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    So the administration figures there are a lot of protests going to happen soon, and urgently needs some muscle without oversight teaching them protesting against Trump King Donald the First is a bad idea.

  • @DerArzt
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    We had a national database? Sure as heck didn’t seem like it.

  • @zildjiandrummer1
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    312 hours ago

    We all know why they’re doing this, but what is the surface-level reason for doing it? What could possibly be an “official” justification for this?

    • TheObviousSolution
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      “Look, there’s no police misconduct! Any complaints are from woke radicals!”

      A budding authoritarian regime needs to necessarily cozy up with those in positions of authority.

  • Jonathan
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    I wonder if anyone (not in the government) was able to get a copy of this database before it vanished? In the same vein, I wonder if there are other databases that need to be copied before they’re gone?