Archive for 'Police Brutality'
The High Price Paid by Black People in the “War” on Drugs
Absent fathers, orphaned children and growing numbers of HIV and Hepatitis C infections are what some African Americans are facing due to the anti-drug policy, ‘war on drugs’.
Full StoryA Monster Fed by Ignorance, Corruption and Paranoia
The US government succeeds in over 90 per cent of its prosecutions, which indicates that the system is a stacked deck. US criminal justice is based on the plea bargain, which is essentially the exchange of immunity or a reduced sentence for inculpatory perjury against targeted people. It is an evil and repulsive system based on intimidation, suborned falsehoods, and impoverishment. Irish, British and Canadian prosecutors using these tactics would be disbarred.
Full StoryPolice Suck! — But They are Necessary… What’s the Solution?
Between dramatic increases in police brutality, exposed N.Y.P.D. steroid abuse in the Mitchell Report, and just plain moronic behavior as displayed in the article and video below, I think it might be time to require more of those who take on the task of protecting the streets. Just like school teachers, police are terribly underpaid [...]
Full StoryThe Only Place in America You can Legally Try to Give a Cop in Your Doorway a Contact High
Link to article’s origin.
Police can’t enter a home without a warrant just because they see someone inside smoking marijuana, a state appeals court ruled Friday.
In overturning a Pacifica man’s conviction, the state Court of Appeal in San Francisco said officers may enter someone’s home to preserve evidence of a crime - but only if [...]
