Sure, let him work off his debt to society…

…just not as a police officer, who’s salary and indiscretions the taxpayer pays for, please.

Atlanta GA cop who took part in infamous Kathryn Johnston raid might now face charges for assaulting a bicyclist:

Why does this guy still have a job as a police officer? Why isn’t he in prison?

Yes, let’s make everyone pay for his mistakes. And provide him free room and board to boot!

Screw that. Make him work the rest of his life to provide for the family of the woman he helped to kill.

For what its worth, altho ive never posted there, i read it a couple times a week as well. I did the same with the seattle local one you had up til a couple weeks ago. Good job.

Absolutely correct, although it puts one of the previous articles in an interesting light (the Public Defender DWI). If as stated in the article is true there was a window cracked and the Police couldn’t smell a decomposing body, how is it that they can smell alcohol? Or are all the crime drama’s wrong and it isn’t a distinctive and pungent smell?

Thanks for the clarification, Radley. Remember that some of your readers aren’t in the most lucid state by the time Sunday morning rolls around.

Atlanta GA cop who took part in infamous Kathryn Johnston raid might now face charges for assaulting a bicyclist:

Why does this guy still have a job as a police officer? Why isn’t he in prison?

Yeah, that’s right. And we have tanks, jet fighters, battleships and nuclear weapons if you don’t see it our way. We lock-up a large part of our otherwise productive population and you should too.

Thanks… It gets hard to do what I’m doing in a vacuum, so to speak. A lack of feedback or evidence that it’s adding any value to the debate makes it hard to stay motivated doing something that is demotivating by nature. (researching all these horrible stories each day really gets to you)

So, it’s nice to hear someone is at least reading the stuff every now and then, so thanks for saying that!

Whoa, that’s a new one! Chrissake. It’s hard to process the narrator, you know? At times he seems glib, other times, rather piercing. The sound effects don’t help much, either way. You’re right, though, Dave: there is a sense of “ho-hum” there, which is terrifying in itself. Thanks, man.

Also, @Packratt

I’ve been meaning to say it at InjusticeEverywhere for a while now, but thanks for what you do; it’s important, and we surely do recognize the time and effort you put into it. Just so’s you know.

Jersey wants to pass a medical marijuana bill without curtailing our dear, dear Drug War. Essentially, it would be restrictive, but availability would extend presumably beyond terminal illnesses, as patients with cancer would be legally able to purchase pot. I take this to mean those undergoing chemo. So, better then nothing.

I appreciate the first graph –

“The State Police and the New Jersey Army National Guard took to the South Jersey skies in a Black Hawk helicopter last week to train officers how to locate and bust marijuana growers. ”

They get to fly in copters! Weeee!

Not only that, but they’re branding a big F (for felon… I could have gone with P, I suppose..) on their foreheads.

So now, they’re out of prison after some bullshit drug bust… and they have to register with police for parole and must also inform pretty much everyone that are a convicted felon.

Good luck getting a break, Mr. Newly released from prison!

The drug planting charge isn’t the only new development with the Cujdik crew…
Philladelphia PA police officer and member of scandal-prone narcotics team has been accused of sexually assaulting 3 women: http://tinyurl.com/l7qpxt

Oh, and someone mentioned the Kathryn Johnson raid? There was a new development there too…
Atlanta GA cop who took part in infamous Kathryn Johnston raid might now face charges for assaulting a bicyclist: http://tinyurl.com/o4jznk

First, it means that many many towns throughout the U.S. from Newton, Iowa to Bordentown, New Jersey and beyond are totally dependent on prisons for their economic needs. When the local barbershop, diner, discount mart etc etc all depend on prison salaries, there is no incentive for reform and besides “company towns” are so 19th century that all these places will go the way of Flint, Michigan soon enough because….

Second, prisons are not cheap. You got wardens, guards, security gates, prison doctors, barbed wire, electric bills, etc etc all paid by taxpayers who can only cough up so much. And for what? For a chance to have the corrections department do what my hometown of NYC does, which is to incracerate for years and then drop prisoners off in Long Island City, Queens at 4 AM, give them a $2.00 metrocard and wish them well? Guess what, that’s no way to fight crime and recidivism.

And finally, because if we are gonna fight the war on terror on a moral plane, we have to, yanno, be moral. This means that at some point, disenfranchising 50% of the black male population of the U.S. will be a big no no.

#15 Gonzo

@Dave Krueger

Well, and we’ve probably already seen it, if it’s more than a few days old. Do hook it up, though, otherwise.

It’s here. It was posted on 5/30, but the video has a 2006 date on it. Last time someone posted a link to a video from this guy (“polidic”), I subscribed to his channel. I don’t know if he’s libertarian, but he doesn’t seem to have much affection for cops who act like thugs.

Instead, the Department of Traffic has thousands of minimum wage ticketing officers who are bussed and vanned-in by the dozens, to prowl the wealthier enclaves (read: typically the non-minority neighborhoods) to help raise funding for NYC. In 2008, I think they helped steal, er, raise $600+ million.

They are selective in choosing the territories they prowl for enforcement very much alike the notorious bank robber Willie Sutton, who when asked why he robbed banks told them “because that’s where the money is”.

Well, and we’ve probably already seen it, if it’s more than a few days old. Do hook it up, though, otherwise.