Selma remembered
By US Representative John Lewis. Read his entire Twitter stream for photographs and memories. I thought I saw death. I thought I was going to die. #Selma50 pic.twitter.com/AhM8ujpsYi — John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) March 7, 2015
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Alabama probate judges hoist on Roy Moore’s ego
Today Federal judge Callie V.S. Granade ordered the probate judge in Mobile County to begin issuing marriage licenses to every couple who asks for one, no matter whether the couple is same-sex or opposite-sex. “If Plaintiffs take all steps that are required in the normal course of business as a prerequisite to issuing a marriage …
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Him again?
A federal court judge has told Alabama that it can’t block same-sex marriages; its law banning them is unconstitutional. A federal appeals court has refused to allow the state to delay that order. The Supreme Court of the United States weighed in today, refusing to allow a stay of the lower court’s order. Game, set …
Song of the Day
Curtis Mayfield’s classic song of social change.
How did Ferguson become Ferguson?
The Economic Policy Institute has a partial history. White flight was involved, but there was a lot of governmental action at all three levels which influenced its demographic shifts over the past century. White flight certainly existed, and racial prejudice was certainly behind it, but not racial prejudice alone. Government policies turned black neighborhoods into …
Ferguson law enforcement’s misbehavior
From one of the Today Show’s Legal Analyst Lisa Bloom’s tweets while reading Ferguson Grand Jury transcripts: 1st GJ witness, medical-legal investigator, name redacted. Didn't take crime scene photos because camera batteries were dead. — Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) November 25, 2014 What the hell kind of investigation is it that says “Oops, camera batteries dead. …
This is not clever
Governor Jay Nixon, seemingly a timorous man who’s willing to let law enforcement tell him how to govern his state,
Again, St. Louis?
There are conflicting reports as to whether the victim was armed or not, but a white cop has once again shot a black kid in the St. Louis area, near the town of Ferguson where Michael Brown was killed a month or two ago. The cops’ version of the incident has the kid as a …
Small towns: they ain’t all Mayberry
This is appalling. It’s a blatant misuse of the criminal justice system designed to keep small towns afloat and paying their public employees. Radley Balko of the Post has done yeoman’s work outlining just how poorly governed the citizens in St. Louis County are and have been. Moreover, he’s explained the history behind it, describing …
Ferguson anything but calm
I was under the impression that when Missouri Governor Nixon named Captain Ron Johnson of the Highway Patrol to be in charge of the scene in Ferguson, he’d be in charge. On the night he was named (Thursday) the town appeared to be pretty peaceful and all the military hardware and heavy weaponry was out …