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What happens when a white guy with no i.d. is found wandering in a minority neighborhood?

Posted on August 15, 2009 by iwilder

He is taken back to his hotel. What happens when a African-American in his own home shows ID to police officer in a white neighborhood? He is taken away in handcuffs. In case you didn’t catch the story, Bob Dylan was confronted by police in Long Branch, NJ when a homeowner called police because an […]

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Mother sues NYC Dept of Correction for death of teen son at Riker’s Island

Posted on August 6, 2009 by kwilder

Listed at Elizabeth Benjamin’s political blog: “A mother is suing the city Department of Correction, alleging it failed to protect her teenage son from being beaten to death while on Rikers Island.” (excerpt from) Staten Island Advance on-line/AP Story New York City’s Corrections Department sued over teen death at Riker’s Island by Associated Press / […]

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Another view of the Professor Gates situation: Bob Barr comments

Posted on August 4, 2009 by kwilder

KW writes: The commentary below is from a Libertarian/Conservative Republican point-of-view. Bob Barr  ran for President with the Libertarian Party in 2008.  I agree with a lot of the ideas in the piece. Though, I think the last sentence should say “equally important”. Found the piece at the third party news blog I write for, […]

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Judge orders release of young Gitmo detainee

Posted on July 30, 2009 by kwilder

First the ACLU press release – which focuses on legal precedent and their victory in winning the case. Then, excerpt from a Washington Post story which notes that the detainee may have been as young as 12 years old when he was detained. an ACLU press release: Judge Orders Release Of Guantánamo Detainee Mohammed Jawad […]

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Careful analysis of Henry Louis Gates arrest/charges

Posted on July 29, 2009 by kwilder

KW: The opinion piece here, excerpted below, provides an excellent analysis of the Henry Louis Gates arrest. Instead of focusing on “Were the police racist?”, the writer, Charles Cherry, focuses on “Was the arrest and were the charges wrong?” It shows point-by-point and with case law how wrong the police were.

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In Michigan: Court frees Green Party former candidate, rules on 1st Amendment

Posted on July 22, 2009 by kwilder

Oops! Ian and I have had such a strange summer, so we missed this story from July 17th, about a Green we had previously covered a lot. Found the story at Green Party Watch and Independent Political Report… The Reverend Edward Pinkney, who had been a Green Party Congressional candidate for the 6th District in […]

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A chink in the Prison-Industrial Complex

Posted on July 21, 2009 by kwilder

KW: Wow! I keep realizing that between the economic crisis bringing down the luxury culture, and Bernie Madoff having taught rich people to think more carefully about get-richer-quick schemes, things should eventually get better for the middle class, working class, and the oppressed. Everything is becoming more down-to-earth. Now, the California budget crisis has caused […]

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Charges to be dropped against Harvard professor

Posted on July 21, 2009 by kwilder

Dear Reader: Thanks for any energy/prayers/phonecalls/e-mails you added to the mix to help support this positive outcome! – KW (excerpt from) The Boston Globe Charges to be dropped against Harvard professor By Tracy Jan and Andrew Ryan / July 21, 2009 12:42 PM The Middlesex district attorney’s office plans to drop criminal charges against Harvard […]

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Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. wrongly arrested at his home

Posted on July 21, 2009 by kwilder

Update! Tuesday afternoon: Charges dropped.* Note from KW: On studying the story in various news reports, it appears that when the police officer arrived, Professor Gates was inside his home already. But, the policeman was demanding that Professor Gates come outside his home, which I believe was the beginning of the heightened conflict in this […]

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US Gov’t deports American Citizen

Posted on June 17, 2009 by kwilder

Diane Williams is an American citizen, who is Caucasion and American Indian. In January, she was deported to Honduras. Quotes from the article: …Immigration-rights advocates say thousands of people with credible claims to U.S. citizenship are detained every year by an overloaded immigration-enforcement system, in part because of pressures on agents to show results in numbers […]

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Domestic spying on a political party

Posted on June 13, 2009 by kwilder

Hat tip to Ballot Access News for posting this story. from Green Party Watch Connecticut Greens subject of police surveillance Gregg Joccoy / June 13, 2009 In what can be called a Kafkaesque abuse of taxpayer money and citizen’s political rights, the Connecticut Central Criminal Intelligence Unit set up a surveillance of the Connecticut Green […]

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GHWBush “liberal” Sotomayor kept innocent Deskovic in Jail

Posted on June 13, 2009 by iwilder

For the past few years we have been following the case of Jeffrey Deskovic, a NY man who was found innocent by DNA evidence of a murder charge after 16 years in jail that he was railroaded into making a false confession for at age 16.  We knew Deskovic’s case had been handled improperly by […]

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Tom Golisano thinks domestic violence charges are a “personal issue”

Posted on June 9, 2009 by kwilder

re: Tom Golisano and his cohorts in the coup to take over the NY State Senate You know, Tom Golisano has exposed himself, more than he could ever imagine. Because, he is part of a group of people who just do not get it. Golisano is now being clear that he thinks that charges of […]

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Court rules police can use taser to collect DNA samples

Posted on June 9, 2009 by kwilder

from Professor Jonathan Turley’s blog Defense Shocked: Court Rules Police Can Use Taser to Collect DNA Sample June 7, 2009 In New York, Niagara County Court Judge Sara Sheldon Sperrazza has issued a controversial ruling that police can taser a suspect who refuses to voluntarily submit a DNA sample. In this case, Ryan S. Smith […]

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