“Stop and Frisk” Ruled Unconstitutional in New York City: Attorney General Holder May Strike Down Current Sentencing Rules for Nonviolent and Lower Level Offenders
• August 12, 2013 • Comments Off on “Stop and Frisk” Ruled Unconstitutional in New York City: Attorney General Holder May Strike Down Current Sentencing Rules for Nonviolent and Lower Level OffendersPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Obama Administration, People of Color, Police Misconduct/Killings, Puerto Ricans, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Smart on Crime", African Americans, Blacks, Commissioner Ray Kelly, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Drugs, Equal Protection Clause, Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Judge Scheindlin, Justice Department, Latino, Latinos, Low-Level Offenders, Manhattan, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York, New York City Police Department, New York Civil Liberties Union, New York Times, Nonviolent Drug Offenders, NYPD, Peter Zimroth, Police, President Barack Obama, Racism, Scheindlin, Shira Scheindlin, The Justice Department, The Obama Administration, U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin, United States
Yesterday, Nine Years Ago
• September 12, 2010 • Comments Off on Yesterday, Nine Years AgoPosted in Afghanistan, African American History, Africans, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Arabs, Bailouts, Black People, Cancer, Class, Consumerism, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Terrorism, Hate Crimes, Health, History, Homelessness, Immigration, Indians/Bangladeshi/Pakistani, Iran, Iraq, Islam/Sufism, Jews, Joblessness, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, People of Color, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Protestant Denominations, Public Intellectualism, Race, Religion, Spirituality, Teabagging Party, The Catholic Church, The Economy, The Iraq War II, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: 2001, 2050, 30 Mosques 30 States, Afghanistan, African Americans, al Qaeda, Alpha Kappa Alpha, American, American Exceptionalism, American Extremism, American Racism, Americans, Ayman al Zawahiri, B-17, B-29, BBC, Bin Laden, Black Muslims, Brown-Skinned People, Bush, California, Collateral Damage, Faculty Meeting, Fear, Fiction Writing, Human Beings, Iraq, Israel, Jingoism, Lebanon, Lives, Memoir, Mike Wallace, Mosques, Multiracial, Muslim Americans, Muslim Extremism, Muslims, Nationalism, Nativism, New York, New York City, North Dakota, Novel, NPR, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Palestinians, Racism, Reactionaries, Reactionary, Ross, Saudi Arabia, September 11, Sheboygan WI, Shi'a, Sunni, Television, Terrorists, The Bay Area, The Empire State Building, The FBI, The Justice Department, The Twin Towers, The World Trade Center, Travel Scholarship, Under Armour Caps, W, War on Terror, Writing, Writing Residency
Obama Backs Off Release of Torture Photos
• May 14, 2009 • Comments Off on Obama Backs Off Release of Torture PhotosPosted in American Politics, Crime, History, Obama Administration, The Iraq War II, Torture, War Crimes
Tags: Condoleezza Rice, Dick Cheney, Harsh Interrogation Techniques, Human Rights, National Security, Rendition, Terrorism, The Justice Department, The Supreme Court, The Taliban, Torture, Wanda Sykes, War Criminal
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Condi Loves Torture
• April 24, 2009 • 3 CommentsPosted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Crime, History, Hurricanes, Obama Administration, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: Abu Zubaydah, al Qaeda, Alberto Gonzales, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Elizabeth Cheney, Emptywheel, Eric Holder, Filipinos, George W. Bush, Jay Bybee, John Ashcroft, John Boehner, John Yoo, Keith Olbermann, Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, Marcy Wheeler, Philip Zelikow, Rachel Maddow, Saddam Hussein, Second World War, Spain, Spanish American War, Special Comment April 16, Steven Bradbury, The CIA, The Justice Department, Torture, Viet Cong, Vietnam War, Vietnamese, Waterboarding