And the hits keep coming: It’s happened again. Chilling cell phone video surfaced Tuesday of two Louisiana cops killing a 37-year-old man selling music outside a Baton Rouge convenience store after an anonymous caller claimed he had a gun. The police gunfire sparked impassioned protests that continued past midnight outside the store — 24 hours …
Criminal Justice
How About Just Doing Your Damned Jobs?
When did law enforcement become such WATB? The director of the F.B.I. reignited the factious debate over a so-called “Ferguson effect” on Wednesday, saying that he believed less aggressive policing was driving an alarming spike in murders in many cities. James Comey, the director, said that while he could offer no statistical proof, he believed …
The Worst Person In The World
Think of this as a bookend to John’s post below. This isn’t a problem of a few bad apples. Police violence against people of color occurs within a culture of contempt for people of color. How else to explain the head of the Chicago [errr…] Cleveland* police union’s decision to rub yet more salt in …
Shit You Can’t Make Up (But if you did you’d be a sociopath)
Unbelievable: When Jameel Harrison, a suspected drug dealer, attempted to escape from F.B.I agents trying to arrest him near a Baltimore shopping center two years ago, agents opened fire. Two bullets hit his Infiniti FX37’s left front tire. Six bullets struck him in the head and neck, killing him. After investigating the case, a state …
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Dear Ferguson, Loreta Lynch Is Over Your Bullshit
Clowns: The U.S. Department of Justice is suing the city of Ferguson, Mo., for unjust policing that violates the civil and constitutional rights of citizens, Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced Wednesday. The lawsuit came one day after the Ferguson City Council voted to change a proposed consent decree to reform the police and courts. The …
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Rahm-Boned: First Blood Part II
I usually reserve the phrase “cartoonishly evil” for tinpot dictators, certain former Bush administration officials, and hedge fund executives, but Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel may actually need to grow a mustache to twirl after this. City of Chicago lawyers, after meeting with Mayor Rahm Emanuel, demanded the Laquan McDonald family bury the video showing the …
Indictment in the Bland Case
The State Trooper who arrested Sandra Bland has been indicted for perjury. Link here, and I am trying to figure out what precisely they allege he lied about.