Mumia Abu-Jamal speaks with Democracy Now! about Pennsylvania’s new law that authorizes the censoring of public addresses of prisoners or former offenders if judges agree that allowing them to speak would cause “mental anguish” to the victim.
Source: www.democracynow.org
The ‘victim’ could choose to not listen.
And the convicted are not always guilty.
What happened to the liberty of free speech?
A new report out today reveals that Rikers Island, the nation’s second largest jail and subject of a damning federal investigation, spends $96,000 per inmate each year. That’s more than a 40 percent increase since 2006 and, The New York Times reports, twice the amount spent per inmate by other big cities like Los Angeles, which houses a larger inmate population.
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The man who was found guilty on three counts of attempted 2nd degree murder, firing a missile, and 1st degree murder, for killing 17-year old, unarmed Jordan Davis, has been sentenced.
Michael Dunn will spend the rest of his life in prison without parole, plus 105 years.
Dunn gave a half-ass apology, stating;
“I want the Davis family to know I truly regret what happened. I’m sorry for their loss,” If I could roll back time and do things differently, I would. I was in fear for my life and I did what I thought I had to do. Still, I am mortified I took a life, whether it was justified or not.”
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The Revolution Club Bay Area, the Stop Mass Incarceration Network, and “Uncle Bobby” call on YOU to be part of a national month of resistance against police terror, mass incarceration, repression, and the criminalization of generations.
Learn more at
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A Cartersville, Georgia, man is unhappy that police conducted a “raid” after mistaking his okra plants for cannabis.
Source: www.cnn.com
Here is our U.S. tax dollars doing the War on Drugs.
The War on Drugs is a war on people.
I’m watching interviews on News4jax now. This is developing, and as reports and videos are made available, I’ll update. To the jury, GOOD JOB! R.I.P. Jordan.
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by Jamie Kizzire A prisoner at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility (EMCF) told the counselor that his heart was hurting and that he didn’t have a reason to live. He was also having hallucinations. As the counselor met with the prisoner in December 2013, he noticed that the man was attempting to cut himself with a small, dull object.
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Source: www.splcenter.org
When President Eisenhower left office late in the 1950s he said, “The biggest threat to our country is the military industrial complex.” This means feeding the beast!
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Since 1976
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Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“…it seems every time there’s a questionable officer-involved shooting… a code of silence is enforced and the general public gets the message: “Yes, this was a tragedy. But it wasn’t personal. It was protocol.”
No admission of responsibility. No acknowledgment of how the situation could have been handled differently. And, certainly, no apology.
It’s a dead-end conversation. And the result is predictable: More public outrage, more distrust, more lawsuits.
It’s no doubt one reason why many Sonoma County residents were frustrated last week at the news that Deputy Erick Gelhaus, the officer responsible for the shooting of 13-year-old Andy Lopez was put back out on patrol. Yes, 10 months later, the community appears to be moving toward some significant changes, including putting cameras on deputy uniforms, improving oversight of officer-involved shootings and, possibly, creating a public park at the corner of Moorland and W. Robles avenues where the shooting occurred. But putting the deputy back on patrol was a harsh reminder that we’re no closer to having assurances that what happened on Oct. 22, 2013 won’t happen again.
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Source: www.pressdemocrat.com