Enforcers category archive
One Size Fits All 0
Solomon Jones comments:
I see a black man named Alton Sterling — who was armed, but hurt no one — shot and killed by police. I see a white man named James Holmes taken alive after killing 12 and injuring 70 in a movie theater shooting. I see a white man named Dylann Roof kill nine black parishioners in a church, get arrested by police without incident, and then get a trip to Burger King courtesy of police officers who thought he might be hungry.
The racial disparities in our law enforcement system are many. They are obvious. They are wrong.
Immunity Impunity
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Bob Egelko explores Donald Trump’s lawyer’s claims that, to paraphrase Richard Nixon, if the President does it, it’s not illegal. A snippet:
“That would mean that if the police were corrupt, you could never investigate the chief of police,” said Hadar Aviram, a professor of constitutional law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. “The law enforcement system is not the private police of the president. It belongs to all of us.”
“Call 911” 0
Alex Steed shares a story of privilege.
Forensic Science Fiction 0
Warning: Language.
Catch 22: It’s the Best Catch There Is 0
Damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t.
More at the link.
Presumed Guilty 0
Shorter Will Bunch: “If you doubt force of racism in the U. S., meet me in St. Louis.”
Immunity Impunity
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At the Boston Review, Tracey L. Meares notes that a small but vocal movement has concluded that American policing is so broken that it must be abolished and consider their arguments.
She traces the history of U. S. police forces back to Southern slave patrols and notes the many instances, some noted in these electrons, of random police killings of unarmed civilians and of police forces’ refusal to hold their killers responsible (or, to put it another way, police administrations’ willfully aiding and abetting felony murder), then moves on to consider possible remedies. I commend the article to your attention.
Here’s a bit:
Immunity Impunity
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We are told that, “if you see something, say something.”
Well, that certainly worked out nicely for this lady.
What the hell sickness has infected the police?
Immunity Impunity
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In The Charlotte Observer, Tonya Jameson recounts the experience of being accused at gunpoint by an off-duty policeman of stealing a car which she had legally purchased. At the time, she was in the seller’s driveway putting the new license plates on the car so it could be legally driven from the seller’s home.
The officer in question was not disciplined.
Here’s a snippet from the article regarding why the officer was not disciplined (emphasis added):
Follow the link. Read the whole thing.
Immunity Impunity
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Elie Mystal comments on the Supreme Court’s refusal to review law enforcement’s license to kill.
