May 18, 1896 marks the day that the United States Supreme Court issued one of its most infamous rulings: "separate but equal" is fine with us. Plessy v. Ferguson: Thus began over a half-century of Jim Crow laws. And thus was enshrined forever the institutional racism upon which this nation was founded. Not until the …
What we have here today is a story about a Dallas County prosecutor who sent two men away for murder. That's Dallas County, Texas, to be sure. Meet Dallas County Prosecutor Rick Jackson, who won murder convictions against two homeless Black men in the year 2000 by deceiving their juries and their defense lawyers. On …
Continue reading Crooked prosecutors: part of the American tradition.
We're cops. We don't have to be honest. Timothy Loehmann, then-rookie Cleveland cop, shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014. He was fired in 2017 for lying on his employment application, and now wants the Ohio Supreme Court to reinstate him. The Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association is helping him to get his job back. …
Continue reading This is what makes cop unions so loathsome.
The rest of the world has known it for EV-ER. Credit: BBC News, October 27, 2014. Here's a story from The Washington Post about a judge's ruling against the Columbus PD. "Run amok" are his words, not mine. But it's not like we didn't already know. Columbus police may not use tear gas, rubber bullets …
Continue reading Federal Judge acknowledges American cops run amok.
Here's an excerpt from The Washington Post: Chauvin’s ‘particular cruelty’ to George Floyd should mean harsher sentence, Minnesota attorney general argues By Timothy Bella May 1, 2021 at 9:30 a.m. PDT The Minnesota attorney general is seeking a harsher prison sentence for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin due to the “particular cruelty” he showed in the murder …
Not because he tried to shoot them. Not because he threatened to shoot them. Just because he had a gun. On March 29, 2021, Chicago Cops shot Anthony Alvarez, 22, in the back, killing him as he ran away from them. Have gun, will kill. Their excuse this time: same as the last time. He …
Continue reading Chicago Cops shot Anthony Alvarez, 22, in the back. Dead. Because he had a gun.
On April 27, The Washington Post published an extensive story on the same issues I wrote about earlier in the day: how American cop culture fights citizen oversight and accountability. I call it the Criminal-Industrial Complex. Mine was just a blog post. The Washington Post story is an in-depth investigative report, the stuff of good …
When Derek Chauvin murdered Mr. George Floyd on Memorial Day, 2020, the first public statement made by the Minneapolis Police Department was an official lie. Naturally, that lie made cops out to be 'just doing their duty,' and George Floyd as an 'unfortunate' victim of a coincidental "medical incident" that, they implied, he brought on …
Continue reading How cops lie: Derek Chauvin and the Minneapolis Police Department.
It took 400 years to brew up the perfect storm needed to convict just one Derek Chauvin. There are thousands more out there. From now on, it will be much harder to convict criminal cops. And it will be even harder to fire pigs that skate the law. Cop culture and allies of cops will …
Continue reading This is just the beginning. Now it gets even tougher.
It just takes one monster off the job and off the street. Reprinted from Politico, April 24, 2021. OPINION | RACE IN AMERICA Have We Really Come That Far Since Rodney King? Three decades ago, it felt like America was finally waking up to police abuse. And yet here we are. People celebrate at George Floyd …
Continue reading Chauvin’s conviction doesn’t solve anything.
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