Police Unions VS the Public, Mass Incarceration VS Restorative Justice
A radio interview by Chuck Mertz on This is Hell Radio.
Flint Taylor, co-founder of the Peoples Law Office in Chicago, who has represented the victims of police and political violence for 45 years explains the role of police unions, public defenders, the problems of supposedly progressive candidates who claim more cops will solve problems, and what restorative justice might look like.
Among much else, Flint Taylor is the author of "Blood On Their Hands: The Racist History of Modern Police Unions," and helped author model legislation now before Chicago's City Council that would guarantee reparations to the victims of police torture.
âIf the DNC can sue Wikileaks for economic espionage, then why canât they sue The New York Timesor The Interceptfor reporting onâ purloined emails, said Chip Gibbons
There are times when a self serving incompetent buffoon with a short attention span may do the whole world a favor, and deserve our thanks. This might be one of them.
The following article was authored by Glen Ford when he was editor of The Black Commentator.
Tanzania recently made some seed saving a crime. Liberia lifted its requirements for trading companies to file environmental impact statements.
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