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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by Erik Kain on September 1, 2011
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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E.D. Kain is a blogger and freelance writer. Currently he serves as Editor-in-Chief of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen and writes a policy blog at Forbes. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The National Review, The Washington Examiner, and the now-defunct True/Slant.
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