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Tag Archives: Criminal Justice

Rand Paul Temporarily Blinds NSA Domestic Spying Apparatus

June 1, 2015 2016 Election 4th Amendment Civil Rights Criminal Justice Domestic Surveillance Legislature National Security NSA Police State political candidates Rand Paul Supreme Court Terrorism 1 Comment

The Silence of the NRA on the Bryant Heyward Police Shooting is Deafening

May 15, 2015 2nd Amendment Black Lives Matter Conservative Criminal Justice Discrimination extremism Gun Control guns nra Racism 3 Comments

Extremists Attack Draw Muhammad Contest, Illustrate Problems in Islam and Bias in the Media

May 4, 2015 1st Amendment Conservative Criminal Justice Current Events Discrimination extremism Islam propaganda Racism Religion in Politics Terrorism 5 Comments

Baltimore Explodes in Riots over Police Brutality

April 28, 2015 Civil Rights Criminal Justice Discrimination Inequality Police Police Brutality Police State Leave a comment

Comparing Punishments for Fraud: Atlanta Teachers vs. 2008 Banksters

April 20, 2015 Corporate Greed Criminal Justice Discrimination Economic Crisis Economics education Inequality Racism 7 Comments

Executive Buys Badge from Tulsa PD, Accidentally Executes Citizen after Confusing his Gun and his Taser

April 15, 2015 Corruption Criminal Justice Inequality Money in Politics Police Police Brutality Racism 6 Comments

Making Fines and Fees Less Regressive

March 19, 2015 Criminal Justice Economics Inequality Policy Progressive Taxation 3 Comments

Profitized Policing: When Courts Become Shakedown Rackets

March 9, 2015 Civil Rights Criminal Justice Discrimination Economics Inequality Police Police Brutality Racism Tax Policy 8 Comments

SCOTUS Lets Police Violate Your 4th Amendment Rights by Claiming Ignorance of the Law

January 22, 2015 4th Amendment Civil Rights Criminal Justice Law and Order Police Police State Supreme Court 5 Comments

An Overreaction to the Charlie Hebdo Shooting Threatens Free Speech

January 16, 2015 1st Amendment Civil Rights Criminal Justice freedom of speech Terrorism 1 Comment

The Charlie Hebdo Attack: Where was the NSA?

January 13, 2015 1st Amendment 4th Amendment CIA Civil Rights Criminal Justice Domestic Surveillance International Relations National Security NSA Terrorism 1 Comment

Paris Terrorist Attack Reveals Vulnerabilities in the USA

January 7, 2015 Criminal Justice extremism Gun Control Islam Religion in Politics Terrorism 7 Comments

2014: The Year We Wish Could Be Redone

January 2, 2015 2014 Election Bush Civil Rights Criminal Justice Defense Policy Discrimination Ebola Health Policy ISIS Law and Order Media Net Neutrality Partisan Fighting Police Brutality Terrorism Torture Voting 6 Comments

NYPD Slows Down Arrests in Protest, Fails to Recognize Irony

December 31, 2014 Criminal Justice Current Events Drug War Law and Order Police 5 Comments

NYPD Officers Assassinated by New Yorker in Revenge for Eric Garner’s Murder

December 22, 2014 Criminal Justice Law and Order Police Police Brutality 1 Comment

No Justice for NYPD Chokehold Victim Eric Garner

December 4, 2014 Civil Rights Criminal Justice Discrimination Inequality Legal Injustice Police Police Brutality Racism 2 Comments

Justice System Inequalities Perfectly Illustrated in the Michael Brown Shooting

December 2, 2014 Criminal Justice Current Events Discrimination Inequality Legal Injustice Police Police Brutality 44 Comments

Ferguson Prosecutor Throws Grand Jury Case, Lets Michael Brown’s Killer Walk

November 25, 2014 Civil Rights Criminal Justice Discrimination Inequality Law and Order Police Police Brutality Racism 37 Comments

Eric Holder Resigns (Kind of): What will His Legacy be?

September 29, 2014 Criminal Justice Discrimination DOJ Domestic Surveillance Drones Drug War Obama Police Voting Rights 2 Comments

Dinesh D’Souza Sentenced to Probation for Abject Stupidity

September 24, 2014 Campaigns Conservative Corruption Criminal Justice Money in Politics 1 Comment

American Police are Currently Engaging in Legal Multi-Million Dollar Highway Robbery with their “Civil Asset Forfeiture” Programs

September 10, 2014 Criminal Justice Legal Injustice Police Police State 2 Comments

Understanding Privilege in America Today

September 8, 2014 Criminal Justice Discrimination gender equality Inequality Law and Order pay gap privilege Racism 3 Comments

Infographic: Private Prison Injustice

September 4, 2014 Corporate Greed Corporatism Corruption Criminal Justice Discrimination Legal Injustice Private Prisons Privatization 2 Comments

Studies: Legalizing Marijuana Reduces Overdoses and Domestic Violence, Increases Tax Revenue

August 29, 2014 Criminal Justice Drug War Marijuana Regulation Tax Policy 5 Comments

A Preliminary Look at the Michael Brown Shooting

August 21, 2014 Criminal Justice Inequality Law and Order Legal Injustice Police Police Brutality Police State Racism 10 Comments

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