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Tag Archives: Criminal Justice

From Fallujah to Ferguson: the Dangerous Militarization of American Policing

August 18, 2014 1st Amendment Civil Rights Criminal Justice Discrimination Police Police Brutality Police State Racism 19 Comments

Police Shoot Black Man with Toy Gun, Give Perfect Example of White Privilege in Regard to the 2nd Amendment

August 11, 2014 2nd Amendment Criminal Justice extremism Gun Control Inequality nra Police Brutality Racism 9 Comments

The Purge Anarchy: Social Commentary on the NRA, Austerity and Class Warfare

July 24, 2014 2nd Amendment Class Warfare Criminal Justice extremism guns Inequality Legal Injustice Media nra Racism 12 Comments

The Crisis on Our Borders: Unaccompanied Minors, Gangs and Politics

July 21, 2014 Criminal Justice DREAM Act Immigration Policy Partisan Fighting Racism Undocumented Immigration 1 Comment

Responsible Gun Owners Need to Repudiate the NRA

June 26, 2014 2nd Amendment Criminal Justice extremism Gun Control guns nra Regulation Terrorism Women's Rights 29 Comments

FL Prison Guards Boil Mentally Ill Inmate Alive, Don’t Get Charged with a Crime

May 26, 2014 8th Amendment Civil Rights Criminal Justice Drug War Prison Private Prisons Torture 2 Comments

The Eye in the Sky: American Police Develop Spy Planes to Video-Record Entire Neighborhoods

April 25, 2014 4th Amendment Constitution Criminal Justice Domestic Surveillance Police State spying 1 Comment

The Bundy Ranch Stand-Off: Free Riders, Armed Extremists and Federal Agents

April 18, 2014 2nd Amendment Conservative Criminal Justice extremism Gun Control guns Libertarian Tax Policy Tea Party 83 Comments

The Death Penalty must be Discarded to the Dustbin of History

April 15, 2014 Criminal Justice Death Penalty Discrimination Inequality Partisan Fighting Racism Supreme Court 6 Comments

School Stabbing Gives Perspective on Mass Violence, Knives and Guns

April 10, 2014 2nd Amendment Conservative Criminal Justice Gun Control schools 6 Comments

Affluenza Strikes Again: DuPonte Heir Allowed to Walk Free After Being Convicted of Child Rape

April 1, 2014 Affluenza Corruption Criminal Justice Inequality Law and Order Money in Politics Prison 5 Comments

How and Why the USA Should Legalize and Regulate Drugs

March 10, 2014 Criminal Justice Discrimination Drug War Inequality Law and Order Marijuana Prison 2 Comments

Senate Vote Demonizes Civil Rights Lawyer and Attacks the Constitution

March 6, 2014 4th Amendment Civil Rights Constitution Criminal Justice Democrats DOJ Legal Injustice Legislature Obstruction Republicans Senate 2 Comments

Study Proves that Lax Gun Laws Increase Murder Rates

February 18, 2014 2nd Amendment Constitution Criminal Justice Gun Control guns Law and Order 10 Comments

Is Obama “Evolving” on Pot in the Same Way that He “Evolved” on Gay Marriage?

January 28, 2014 Criminal Justice DEA DOJ Drug War gay rights Marijuana Obama Partisan Fighting propaganda Leave a comment

Breaking Down Obama’s Suggested NSA “Reforms”

January 19, 2014 1st Amendment Civil Rights Constitution Criminal Justice Defense Policy Domestic Surveillance Edward Snowden FBI Foreign Policy Law and Order Libertarian NSA Obama Policy spying Supreme Court Terrorism Whistleblower 2 Comments

New Videos: “Affluenza” Excusing Manslaughter, Time’s Person of the Year, and 2 Quotes from Ayn Rand that Progressives Should Adopt Against the GOP

December 13, 2013 Criminal Justice Current Events Edward Snowden Inequality Legal Injustice Media Pope Francis Video Whistleblower 3 Comments

Racism, Mass Incarceration, and the United States “Justice” System

October 14, 2013 Criminal Justice Discrimination Inequality Prison Racism 1 Comment

The NRA’s Domestic Arms Race

October 10, 2013 2nd Amendment Criminal Justice Gun Control Law and Order Money in Politics nra 3 Comments

White Privilege and the 2nd Amendment

September 28, 2013 2nd Amendment Criminal Justice Discrimination Gun Control Racism 90 Comments

Videos: The DOJ is Using Drones and the GOP is Holding Hostages

September 27, 2013 Criminal Justice Debt Debt Ceiling Domestic Surveillance Drones Economics extremism spying Leave a comment

Guns Kill More Americans every Year than Die in Most Wars: A statistical breakdown

September 20, 2013 2nd Amendment Criminal Justice Deregulation Gun Control War 6 Comments

RICO the Roberts Court

September 11, 2013 Conservative Corruption Criminal Justice DOJ Justice Thomas Supreme Court 2 Comments

Videos: Teacher Sentenced to 30 Days for Raping Student, The Dangers of Individual Extremist Politicians, NYPD Spies on Mosques

September 2, 2013 4th Amendment Criminal Justice Defense Policy Domestic Surveillance Inequality NYPD Racism spying Terrorism 1 Comment

Videos: Syria, the Debt Ceiling, and Prison-for-Healthcare

August 28, 2013 Criminal Justice Debt Foreign Policy Health Policy Inequality Partisan Fighting Syria Terrorism War Leave a comment

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