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Zimmerman not-guilty verdict: Commentary by political cartoonists

July 15, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Cities, Civil Rights, Courts, Crime/Violence, Guns, Media, Police, Public safety Leave a comment

When a Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin, sending justice back to the drawing board, that’s exactly where political

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Militarized police force: No longer just a threat, it’s here

July 15, 2013 Steve Sorkin Cities, Civil Rights, Crime/Violence, Police, Public safety, Violence Leave a comment

Judging from the two excerpts published so far on Salon.com, Radley Balko’s new book, Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police

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ALEC’s “Most-Wanted” list

May 10, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Civil Rights, Corporations, Police, Politics, Privacy/surveillance, Republicans, States One comment

You can try to argue that ALEC [the American Legislative Exchange Council] is a private group and can do whatever it wants in the

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Concealed carry: British style

March 19, 2013 Bill Kesler Congress, Crime/Violence, Guns, International, Police, Public safety, Violence Leave a comment

In this country we debate the right of individuals to own assault style weapons with large clips. We talk about concealed carry permits and

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For a safe life, don’t become a diplomat

September 18, 2012 Arthur Lieber Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International, Police, Violence Leave a comment

Often, when college students major in foreign affairs, they are asked, “What do you want to do with that degree?”  When they say they

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Confusion: The wording of the Second Amendment

August 28, 2012 Arthur Lieber 2012 Election, Crime/Violence, Guns, Police, Public safety, Violence 62 comments

One of the primary arguments of gun advocates in that the Second Amendment guarantees the right for citizens to own and carry guns.  Their

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Mississippi jails school kids for…what?

August 19, 2012 Mike Davis Civil Rights, Courts, Education, Police, States Leave a comment

According to Addicting Info, a Mississippi school has arranged for suspensions to be served in prison–a  real prison, where children serve  alongside hardened criminals

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Frank Wills [Watergate,1972 ] vs. George Zimmerman [Florida, 2012]

June 5, 2012 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Civil Rights, Crime/Violence, History, Police, Politics, Violence, Voting/Elections One comment

June 17 will mark the 39th anniversary of the infamous Watergate break-in by robbers and schemers sympathetic to President Richard Nixon. A security guard

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The U.S. war on drugs: ineffective, bloated, corrupt

May 15, 2012 Madonna Gauding Crime/Violence, Foreign Policy, Obama, Police 2 comments

The global war on drugs launched during U.S. President Richard Nixon’s 1969-1974 administration has been an abysmal failure, and all nations should immediately de-criminalize

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Surprise! “Stand-your-ground” laws written by ALEC and the NRA

March 26, 2012 Madonna Gauding Corporations, Crime/Violence, Language/Words, Police, Reproductive rights One comment

In the recent case in Florida, an unarmed African-American boy, Trayvon Martin, was pursued and murdered by an Hispanic man, George Zimmerman, who claims

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