America’s dark little secret: Native Americans dying at hands of police at higher rates than any other minority group
Police killings of Native Americans out of control
Where is a white people face-palm meme when you need it?
Oh, ‘Murica….
Sigh….
Category: American Injustice System,
The simple idea that could transform US criminal justice
The idea behind procedural justice is that people are far more likely to obey the law if the justice system does not humiliate them, but treats them fairly and with respect. That begins with the way judges speak to defendants.
The simple idea that could transform US criminal justice | Tina Rosenberg | US news | The Guardian
This is wild. Seems like it could really save the taxpayers money too.
Senator Elizabeth Warren on Civil Right
The text of her speech at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute.
Getting to the Point with Senator Elizabeth Warren
hmmmmm
David Stojcevski died in prison for a traffic ticket
In a surveillance video, David Stojcevski, 32, is seen lying naked on the floor of his cell, dying. He is more than halfway done with a 30-day jail sentence.
David Stojcevski died in prison for a traffic ticket | Fusion
Wisconsin’s perverted racial arrest rate
Every year, my home state is rated one of the best states to grow up — if you’re white.
Juvenile injustice: Wisconsin’s perverted racial arrest rate | Fusion
hmmm
A battered woman will stay in prison for failing to protect her kids from her abuser. He was released 9 years ago.
Tondalo Hall is serving 30 years in prison after she failed to protect her children from an abusive boyfriend. Her request for clemency was denied Wednesday.
WTF?
Listen In As New Hampshire Judges Send Poor People To Jail
“Being poor is not a crime in this country,” says the ACLU.
Listen In As New Hampshire Judges Send Poor People To Jail
Oh but it is. Debtors prison is real and no one who enters a court – be they innocent, victim or guilty perpetrator – is safe from having to pay court fees.
Don’t have the cash? Well then the public has to foot the bill for the justice system’s petulant over-reach.
GOP: Prisons Key To Defeating Rep. Corrine Brown
After first checking to make sure no reporters were in the room, Adkins explained why Brown’s new prison-heavy district could be key to defeating her. Though Brown would still have a large percentage of black constituents, Adkins said, many of them aren’t eligible to vote.
Fernandina Beach GOP Lawmaker: Prisons Key To Defeating Rep. Corrine Brown | WJCT NEWS
hmmmm
Poll Reveals that White America Views Black Lives Matter Movement as a Distraction
And 41 percent of whites think it advocates violence.
Poll Reveals that White America Views Black Lives Matter Movement as a Distraction | Colorlines
Poll reveals White America is populated by a lot of douchebag assholes.
Ahmed Mohamed Is Now Being Accused Of Not Building The Clock
: Ahmed Mohamed Is Now Being Accused Of Not Building The Clock
Full grown adults are so threatened by a boy just out of puberty that they are using their time discrediting an extra credit school project? What a fucking bunch of losers. Their own lives must be absolutely pathetic.
An ‘unarmed’ white teen was shot dead by police.
“All people need to be outraged out this,” his family’s attorney said.
An ‘unarmed’ white teen was shot dead by police.
Why don’t we save all of the money we spend on police forces by just randomly arming bullies and telling them it is OK to be verbally and physically abusive with anyone they want? Hell, if they feel like it they can shoot and kill unarmed people who posed no threat to them. And since the cops are empowered to be judge and jury these days we can save a whole lot of money by just skipping those pesky courts.
‘He’s a f*cking kid’: Video shows nine California cops arrest sobbing black teen ‘for jaywalking’
‘He’s a f*cking kid’: Video shows nine California cops arrest sobbing black teen ‘for jaywalking’
All of these officers should be in jail themselves.
Texas teen detained over clock offered Space Camp scholarship
A 14-year-old Muslim boy who was detained after teachers at his school deemed a homemade clock he brought in to be suspicious has garnered a lot of support around the world.
Sweet!
14-year-old arrested after homemade clock is mistaken for bomb, prompts #IStandWithAhmed on Twitter
Fourteen-year-old Ahmed Mohamed was arrested Monday after a teacher mistook a clock he made for a hoax bomb. Outraged Twitter users have responded to his arrest and suspension with #IStandWithAhmed.
14-year-old arrested after homemade clock is mistaken for bomb, prompts #IStandWithAhmed on Twitter
sighhh
Kamilah Brock Spent 8 Days in a New York Mental Health Facility Because She Owned a BMW
“I just woke up to them taking my clothes off.”
Kamilah Brock Spent 8 Days in a New York Mental Health Facility Because She Owned a BMW
The officers and facility staff who participated in this farce need to be arrested and charged with kidnapping and assault. The doctor who penned her diagnosis should immediately be stripped of his license and she should sue the hospital into ruins for aiding and abetting the police in committing some very serious crimes.
Texas student Ahmed Mohamed talks about his arrest
Texas student Ahmed Mohamed, 14, talks about how he was arrested after showing his teacher a homemade digital clock because school officials thought it might be a bomb.
Texas student Ahmed Mohamed talks about his arrest – LA Times
Any officers. school officials, and teachers involved in this tragedy should be charged with a hate crime.
This heartbreaking photo drives home why Ahmed Mohamed’s arrest was such a travesty – Vox
Let’s count the ways Ahmed Mohamed’s arrest was a horrible mistake.
: This heartbreaking photo drives home why Ahmed Mohamed’s arrest was such a travesty – Vox
This makes me ashamed to be white and ashamed to be American.
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