Florida's Juvenile Civil Citation Program
Thursday, 15 September 2016 21:41Data collected by the ACLU on juvenile civil citations, an alternative to arrest for common youth misbehavior, show it to be an effective program for reducing crime.
Local Police Compiling DNA Databases
Tuesday, 13 September 2016 07:19Cities and towns in the US are compiling private DNA databases, separate and apart from the FBI national database. Methods of collecting DNA vary from place to place, are unregulated and often have no citizen oversight board. Melbourne and Palm Bay are on the forefront of this effort. This article from ProPublica sheds more light on what is taking place in our communities.
In Some Cities, Police Go From Stop-and-Frisk to Stop-and-Spit
re: Baltimore police + Marshall Frank
Monday, 08 August 2016 09:37A man is killed by brutal police misconduct and no one is to blame? Give me a break!
Mothers of Dead Black Men
Friday, 08 July 2016 10:11Lezley McSpadden, mother of slain black teenager Michael Brown, wrote an Op-Ed column published in The New York Times.
Serody: Sotomayor's stinging dissent...
Friday, 24 June 2016 06:24Let us consider Justice Sonia Sotomayor, whose latest decision led to a stinging dissent concerning a suspect’s rights.
Grayson bill would restore voting rights
Tuesday, 31 May 2016 08:39Will Grayson's bill be able to finally restore voting rights and thus put an end to an outrageous wrong in the USA -- especially Florida?
The New Jim Crow -- Phil Stasik book review
Wednesday, 03 February 2016 13:40There has been a gradual collapse of the Civil Rights protections gained in the 60s...