Oklahoma court rules that forced oral sex is not rape if victim is unconscious from drinking
hmmm
Category: American Injustice System,
Tamir Rice’s Family to Receive $6 Million From Cleveland
The family of the 12-year-old boy is set to receive the latest in a series of large payouts by cities to the families of black people killed by the police.
Tamir Rice’s Family to Receive $6 Million From Cleveland – The New York Times
hmmm
Documents: Racist Texts Sent By San Francisco Cop
CNN has exclusively obtained a list of dozens of offensive texts sent to and from a San Francisco police officer.
Documents: Racist texts sent by San Francisco cop – CNN.com
Yikes
Ex-cops plead guilty in New Orleans Danziger Bridge shooting – CNN.com
Five former New Orleans police officers pleaded guilty in connection with the deadly shootings on Danziger Bridge in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Ex-cops plead guilty in New Orleans Danziger Bridge shooting – CNN.com
Holy crap, yes!!!
I mean the sentences could be more intense but still… Way more than I thought would happen in the end.
Ex-NYPD officer Peter Liang gets probation in fatal shooting of Akai Gurley – LA Times
Ex-NYPD officer Peter Liang will not serve time behind bars for fatally shooting an innocent, unarmed black man in 2014 in a case that has drawn the attention of both Asian American and African American protesters.
Ex-NYPD officer Peter Liang gets probation in fatal shooting of Akai Gurley – LA Times
This is bullshit.
Clearly NYC does not value the lives of its citizens or put any premium on their safety or right to live free from the danger of uniform killers shooting them down whenever they feel like it.
No jailtime = no justice!
UC Berkeley student removed from Southwest flight after speaking Arabic on plane
“Tell us everything about martyrdom,” the 26-year-old Iraqi refugee was asked.
This is obscene. The FBI agents and Southwest employees involved should be dismissed for poor judgement and the airline folk should be charged and prosecuted for unlawful detention, hate crimes, and wasting tax-payer resources. I hope this young man sues Southwest, the airport and the FBI into the fucking stone ages.
Former Texas Trooper Pleads Not Guilty In Arrest Of Sandra Bland
Bland was found dead in her jail cell three days after her arrest.
Former Texas Trooper Pleads Not Guilty In Arrest Of Sandra Bland
Sigh…
Food stamps allowance for convicted drug offenders dies with filibuster
Senators who wanted to end the ban on food stamps for convicted drug offenders were shut out Tuesday for this session.
Sigh…
Is Merrick Garland more conservative than Antonin Scalia on criminal justice issues?
It’s complicated. Here’s what you should know.
Is Merrick Garland more conservative than Antonin Scalia on criminal justice issues? – Vox
Sigh…
UC Davis has spent almost $200K trying to erase its shameful pepper spray incident from Internet history | DeadState
New documents have revealed that the University of California, Davis paid out a lot of money to contractors to wipe away the embarrassing incident that involved students and an overzealous, yet casual cop with pepper spay.
grrr
Protesters Disrupt Traffic on Eisenhower Expressway Over Teen’s Fatal Shooting by Police
Protesters disrupted traffic on Chicago’s Eisenhower Expressway Tuesday night and two people were arrested as a vigil for a 16-year-old boy fatally shot by police turned into a march.
Sigh….
Panel Calls for Major Changes at Texas Jail That Held Sandra Bland
A review committee formed after the death of the 28-year-old black woman has recommended reforms in the treatment and medical screening of inmates at the Waller County jail.
Panel Calls for Major Changes at Texas Jail That Held Sandra Bland – The New York Times
Baby steps forward.
Bill Clinton Is Wrong About His Crime Bill. So Are the Protesters He Lectured.
Debating the 1994 law is, by and large, empty symbolism — and a distraction from real reform.
Bill Clinton Is Wrong About His Crime Bill. So Are the Protesters He Lectured. – The New York Times
hmmm
Factcheck.org: Bill Clinton and the 1994 Crime Bill
[President] Clinton offered his defense of the bill in response to a protester at a campaign event for Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia on April 7. In addition to Clinton’s inflated assessment of the bill’s effect on crime, we found fault with how both sides portrayed the crime bill in Clinton’s back-and-forth with the protester.
Bill Clinton and the 1994 Crime Bill
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Bill Clinton ‘almost’ sorry for protester fight – CNNPolitics.com
Bill Clinton, while campaigning for his wife’s presidential bid Friday, addressed a fiery exchange with Black Lives Matter protesters earlier in the week, saying it bothers him when protesters drown him out but added that he “almost” wanted to apologize for his response.
Bill Clinton ‘almost’ sorry for protester fight – CNNPolitics.com
sigh… #42 could ave handled better but I have no respect for people who engage in that kind of protest. I think it does a disservice to an extremely important cause.
Hassan forfeits: Stands in the way of due process | New Hampshire
The New Hampshire House took an important step toward improving government accountability and reducing corruption.
Hassan forfeits: Stands in the way of due process | New Hampshire
And Maggie Hassan took another step backwards. She needs to go away.
#primaryhassan!
Texas girl suspended after being thrown to ground by officer
A Texas woman says her 12-year-old daughter was suspended from school following an altercation with another student that ended with a police officer body-slamming the girl to the ground.
Texas girl suspended after being thrown to ground by officer
WTF?!
Ferguson voters reject property tax to fund police reform
Voters in Ferguson, Missouri, rejected a property tax increase that would have helped fund police department reforms mandated under an agreement with the U.S. Justice Department after a 2014 police shooting of a black teenager.
Ferguson voters reject property tax to fund police reform | Reuters
hmmm
NC woman suing for age discrimination gets caught up in HB2 bill fallout
People who are in the process of suing an employer for discrimination are learning they are also affected by HB2.
NC woman suing for age discrimination gets caught up in HB2 bill fallout
hmmmm
Video Shows White Cops Performing Roadside Cavity Search of Black Man
Aiken, S.C., cops had no reasonable cause for even the traffic stop, much less to violate the man’s body.
Video shows white cops performing roadside cavity search of black man – The Washington Post
Every single one of these officers need to lose their pensions and be in jail.
Local Juvenile Justice Reformers Net Twin Victories From City and County
On Monday, the Seattle City Council and King County Superior Court piled the victories on local juvenile justice reformers.
Local Juvenile Justice Reformers Net Twin Victories From City and County | South Seattle Emerald
hmmm
Bratton Has ‘Strong Concerns’ About Arrest of a Mailman in Brooklyn
Members of the [Police Department’s Conditions Unit] are expected to work in uniform, [New York City’s police commissioner] Bratton said, and the officers who arrested Mr. Grays were wearing street clothes. After the arrest, which resulted in Mr. Grays being issued a summons for disorderly conduct, the officers were removed from their assignments and put on patrol pending an investigation by the Internal Affairs Bureau, the commissioner said.
…The arrest forced Mr. Grays to leave a United States postal truck unattended, raising questions about potential violations of federal law regarding the interruption of mail delivery. A representative of the United States Postal Service said in an email last week that its Office of Inspector General was investigating the matter. That an unsecured truck had been left double-parked on a busy street after Mr. Grays was taken into custody “would be a significant issue of concern in terms of the investigation going forward,” Mr. Bratton said.
…In an interview last week, Mr. Grays said he was not given a seatbelt. On the way to the 71st Precinct, he said, the car struck a vehicle in front of it.
…Over the past six years at least three of the officers involved have been named in federal civil rights suits alleging false arrest, among other claims.
Bratton Has ‘Strong Concerns’ About Arrest of a Mailman in Brooklyn
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
I can only hope the USPS throws the book at them and every officer is not only convicted of multiple charges but ends up in jail, where they so clearly belong.
South L.A. Taco Stand Employee Shoots, Kills Would-Be Robber: LAPD | KTLA
A man who was allegedly trying to rob a South Los Angeles taco stand was fatally shot by an employee late Friday night, police said.
South L.A. Taco Stand Employee Shoots, Kills Would-Be Robber: LAPD | KTLA
Whoa! the very end of the article says the employees were temporarily detained. …Which had absolutely nothing to do with racism or heavy-handedness on the part of LAPD, I’m sure. (???!)
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