A federal statute from the Carter era favors negotiation, but that can take a long time.
When an Old Law Makes It Hard to Fix a Troubled Jail | The Marshall Project
Sigh….
Category: American Injustice System,
New Hampshire Court Ponders Murder Victim’s Privacy
The New Hampshire Supreme Court is deciding whether details of a young woman’s sexual history should remain private after her rape and murder in a case that advocates say could mark the first time a state strips away key protections for victims.
New Hampshire Court Ponders Murder Victim’s Privacy – ABC News
Sigh…
Richard Sherman walked out of his press conference after a strong statement against police brutality
“I do a lot of community service. I go out there and try to help kids and try to encourage them to be better and to aspire to more. And when you tell a kid, ‘When you’re dealing with police, just put your hands up and comply with everything.’ And there’s still a chance of them getting shot and no repercussions for anyone, that’s an unfortunate time to be living. It’s an unfortunate place to be in. There’s not a lot you can tell a kid. …And something needs to be done. And so when a guy takes a knee, you can ignore it. You can say, ‘He’s not being patriotic, he’s not honoring the flag.’ I’m doing none of those things. I’m saying — straight up — this is wrong, and we need to do something. So thank you guys, have a blessed day.”
Well, alright… Good on ya, Sherman!
Keith Lamont Scott Shooting: Why Viewing Bodycam Video Isn’t Easy Under New N.C. Law
A state law enacted in July made police videos off limits to the public means details in Scott’s shooting could remain under wraps for a while.
Keith Lamont Scott Shooting: Why Viewing Bodycam Video Isn’t Easy Under New N.C. Law – NBC News
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Charlotte faces aftermath of protests ignited by fatal police shooting; 16 officers injured
Protesters gather at the scene of an officer-involved shooting after a family member in a viral video disputes police statement that the man was armed.
Oy!
Korryn Gaines shooting: NAACP wants independent review of shooting of Maryland mom amid standoff
The group wrote to County Executive Kevin Kamenetz on Tuesday requesting an independent review, saying the fatal shooting of Korryn Gaines by an officer raises questions about policies…
hmmm
Clinton’s message “directly to white people” following Terence Crutcher shooting: “How many times do we have to see this in our country?”
“In Tulsa, an unarmed man with his hands in the air. This is just unbearable. And it needs to be intolerable”
mmmhmmm
Mass. High Court Says Black Men May Have Legitimate Reason To Flee Police
In throwing out the gun conviction of a man in Boston, the state SJC declared that black men who try to avoid an encounter with police by fleeing shouldn’t be deemed suspicious.
Mass. High Court Says Black Men May Have Legitimate Reason To Flee Police | WBUR News
Gawd-dayum right.
Anger mounts in Tulsa after video shows white officer fatally shooting unarmed black man with his hands up
A fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man by a white officer has reopened fresh wounds in this city with a fraught history among African Americans, white residents and police officers.
Motherfucker.
West Virginia cop fired for not killing a man with an unloaded gun
He did what police officers are supposed to do — put himself at risk to save a life.
West Virginia cop fired for not killing a man with an unloaded gun – The Washington Post
Backwards, it’s all just backwards. Our tax dollars facilitate fascist injustice and no one gives a shit enough to do anything about it so it is only going to get worse.
If you pass through New Orleans courts, innocent or not, you still have to pay
The way our criminal justice system works, there’s a significant cost to just being accused of a crime.
If you pass through New Orleans courts, innocent or not, you still have to pay | WWNO
Yup. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
As New Orleans Incarcerates More People, More Children Have A Parent Behind Bars
Over the last forty years, as incarceration has surged across the nation, so has the number of children with a family member in prison.
As New Orleans Incarcerates More People, More Children Have A Parent Behind Bars | WWNO
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UNC football player turns self in on sexual battery charge – CNN.com
University of North Carolina linebacker Allen Artis turned himself in Wednesday on misdemeanor charges of sexual battery and assault on a female.
UNC football player turns self in on sexual battery charge – CNN.com
It would be so nice to see the member of the investigating board be brought up on charges for aiding and abetting a criminal assault after the fact.
Assholes.
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LAPD Honors Officers Who Didn’t Use Deadly Force, Much to the Police Union’s Dismay
“Preservation of Life” award valorizes officers who successfully de-escalated dangerous situations.
Fucking police unions. Every single time. So fucking evil.
The unions are like the gang headquarters of a damn bunch of unrepentant, psychos. Serve and protect? My ass! They only serve and protect their members and fuck the citizenry they supposed exist to protect.
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRr
KING: Ex-Marine was fired as W.Va. officer after failing to shoot a man with an unloaded gun that was not pointed at anyone
KING: Ex-Marine was fired as W.Va. officer after failing to shoot – NY Daily News
Disgusting. Everyone in that department needs to be fired and never be allowed to be a cop anywhere, ever the fuck again.
….Except this guy. Bring him back and build the entire department around him.
GRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Security And Discipline In New Orleans Charter Schools Makes Many Students Feel Unsafe
Asha Lane is an 18-year-old senior at the International High School of New Orleans, a charter high school. Asha wanted to find out why New Orleans charter schools don’t always feel nurturing. We live in a dangerous city, but when does security feel unsafe?
…“On social media, we see security guards slam kids on the floor, and at my school it happens as well,” says Asha. “We fear that could happen to us at any moment. The school is tense. The security guards yell and treat us like we’re inmates. They routinely grab students by their shirts, and they’re big guys, so they often physically pick kids up off the floor. When there’s a fight, they don’t hesitate to tackle students.”
…“It’s like they’re trying to solve violence with violence. And we’re not in a prison, this is school,” Ronnie says. “We’re supposed to be here to get our education. If you want to teach us something, how about you teach us not to solve violence with violence? And stop putting your hands on us and we might stop putting our hands on each other?”
“Our society is moving in a direction where it’s not safe to go to church, a movie, and school,” explains [Edna Karr Principal] Clay. “And so to take a position not to ensure safety for kids, when they just want to learn, especially when we recognize crime stats in the area and what’s happening, is irresponsible.”
“Principal Clay puts a good spin on his school, but what he was saying didn’t match what I was hearing from his students,” says Asha.
…“How do you reference security at your school?” Asha asks. “Do you say security guards? Or do you say—”
“Oh no, it’s EKPD.”
“EKPD. What is EKPD?”
“Edna Karr Police Department.”
…“Violence is always going to be a concern at any school,” says Thena Robinson Mock. “I think, though, that what we have learned over the years in implementing more positive disciplinary responses to violence is that tightening up one’s police, metal detectors, actually runs counter to this message of peace and calm and a nurturing learning environment. And that’s really what’s needed in order to either prevent violence or address it.”
Security And Discipline In New Orleans Charter Schools Makes Many Students Feel Unsafe | WWNO
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Grand jury to look into possible cover-up by Chicago police in Laquan McDonald shooting
Grand jury to look into possible cover-up by Chicago police in Laquan McDonald shooting
Rahm Emanuel is a piece of shit.
This is progress though.
Cast-Out Police Officers Are Often Hired in Other Cities
An Oregon officer was barred from taking another police job after a charge involving a child. Three months later, he was a police chief in Kansas. Experts say it’s a widespread problem.
Cast-Out Police Officers Are Often Hired in Other Cities – The New York Times
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It’s like morally-tainted Catholic priests with guns and permission to kill on whim, being hidden and protected by an organization more intent on protecting its members than it is fulfilling its espoused role in helping society and the citizenry.
White S.C. Deputy Will Not Face Criminal Charges For Tossing Black Student
Former school resource officer Benjamin Fields was captured on video last October flipping a student onto the floor. The videos were later posted to social media and sparked widespread outrage.
White S.C. Deputy Will Not Face Criminal Charges For Tossing Black Student : The Two-Way : NPR
WTF?
Sufficient evidence? He fucking threw a child across a room.
Brock Turner leaves jail gets ‘big’ package of hate mail
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Brock Turner, the former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexually assaulting a young woman on campus, was handed a package by guards as he exited a California jail on Friday after serving half of his six-month sentence: A big packet of hate mail.
…Following Turner’s release from jail, Sheriff Laurie Smith said she believed his sentence was too light. “He should be in prison right now, but he’s not in our custody,” she told reporters.
Smith said jail guards gave Turner a big package of hate mail sent to him over the last three months and that Turner lived in protective custody in jail after receiving threats.
She also urged Gov. Jerry Brown to sign a bill passed by California Assembly that would require harsher punishment for the same crime Turner committed. Brown hasn’t said whether he will sign it.
“The law has to be that if you rape someone who is unconscious and intoxicated you go to state prison,” she said. “And that bill is on the governor’s desk right now, and we’re urging the governor to sign it.”
Brock Turner leaves jail gets ‘big’ package of hate mail | KRON4.com
Now there’s some mob bullying I can get behind.
I like the sound of that Sheriff, which is no small thing for me to say.
ACLU sues for release of Philando Castile dashcam footage
Attorneys for the group argue that the footage should be made public under the state Data Practices Act.
ACLU sues for release of Philando Castile dashcam footage – StarTribune.com
hmmmmm
Brock Turner To Be Released From Jail for ‘Good Behavior’
Former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner, found guilty of three felony charges of sexual assault, will be released from jail after three months.
Brock Turner To Be Released From Jail for ‘Good Behavior’ – Rolling Stone
Stay classy, American Injustice System.
The Baltimore Police Department’s Secret Program of Mass Surveillance – The Atlantic
Ask the residents of any major American city to vote on a program of total aerial surveillance––where the cops would record footage of everything that happened within municipal borders, then store the high-resolution video on hard drives, so that they could effectively go back in time, tracing the outdoor movements of any individual––and the proposal would, at the very least, trigger furious debate.
But what if the police didn’t ask permission? What if they began recording their city’s residents from above without even bothering to inform their elected overseers?
That is what the police in Baltimore have just done.
It is illegal, in Maryland, to record a phone call without informing the person on the other end. Yet Baltimore police have been using an eye in the sky to surveil the whole city for months on end, recording hi-resolution footage and storing it on hard drives so that the movements of residents can be accessed at any time in the future.
…If proceeding in secret has no consequences for police agencies or the burgeoning private surveillance industry, we’re all likely to suffer increasingly intrusive privacy violations as technology advances. Who is to say that this isn’t already happening, in your city, given the law enforcement community’s track record? In reality, unlike in 1984, Big Brother may watch for awhile without revealing that there is a Big Brother.
The Baltimore Police Department’s Secret Program of Mass Surveillance – The Atlantic
Fucking Baltimore….
Understanding Black Lives Matter through the eyes of a teacher
Ask most Baltimore or D.C. teachers or principals about their daily work and I bet you will better understand the Black Lives Matter movement.
Understanding Black Lives Matter through the eyes of a teacher – Baltimore Sun
This.
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