This subject is horrific to read about. I've never been able to do it justice. It's like reading about the Sand Creek Massacre, or any of hundreds of other massacres of Native Americans by Euro-Americans. So I'm just forwarding The Washington Post's story. Here it is. This is superb writing by DeNeen L. Brown, and …
Continue reading Tulsa Race Massacre: May 31 – June 1, 1921.
Almost never. It's a cozy club, called the Criminal-Industrial Complex. It's an American Institution. Membership is exclusive: you can be a cop, a prosecutor, a judge, or a conservative politician. (Sometimes defense attorneys are admitted, too.) And, man, does membership have its privileges. For example, if you ever do get punished for your misconduct, it's …
Continue reading How often are prosecutors disbarred for judicial misconduct?
“There is absolutely no reason that these convicted cop-killers should be put back on the street.” Patrick J. Lynch, president of the New York City Police Benevolent Association, quoted by The Washington Post, March 5, 2021 Oh, really? No reason? How about, because their convictions were unconstitutional? Failing to alert the defense to the potential …
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.
From the Chicago Sun-Times comes this report on one of the many ways that the American criminal "justice" system is biased in favor of cops and against people of color: prosecutors can unscrupulously, or unconsciously, manipulate evidence in favor of cops. Prosecutor who detailed Toledo shooting video put on leave because he ‘failed to fully …
It's only an indictment, people. And it's Texas. And Javier Ambler, the man killed by sheriff's deputies, was Black. So no worries: the sheriff and the county lawyer will surely be found innocent of all charges. After the November election. The collaboration in the cover-up involved two county government offices working together to protect cops. …
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