Occupy was evicted recently, but it didn’t end in blood and tears. No pepper-spray was deployed. No protesters found themselves on the other end of a baton. In fact, if reports are accurate, police in decided to opt for wits over brute strength, and common sense over riot gear. Via Radley Balko, Brad Hicks describes […]
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Police forces have grown increasingly militarized in the years following the September 11th attacks. In part, this is a response to new rules established in the PATRIOT Act. A surplus of decommissioned military equipment and weapons has also found its way into domestic police forces. SWAT teams have been used with increasing frequency, sometimes just […]
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Radley Balko has a good piece up on the fabricated testimony and forensic evidence that ‘expert’ and bite mark specialist, Michael West, has used to help convict countless people in the South: On Aug. 9, The Huffington Post reported on the case of Leigh Stubbs, a Mississippi woman serving a 44-year sentence for assault and […]
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