The militarization of law enforcement in the United States began in earnest in 1990 when Congress enacted Section 1208 of the National Defense Authorization A(“Act”) which authorized the nation’s Defense Department to transfer surplus military equipment (such as small arms…
Category: Police Misconduct
2018
Category: Appeals | Criminal Justice Reform | Police Misconduct
There are several indisputable core facts about the case of Susan Mellen.
First, the burned body of Rick Daly was found near a dumpster in San Pedro, California on July 21, 1997. Anonymous tips to the Los Angeles…
2018
Category: Criminal Law | Drug Trafficking | Police Misconduct
A “fog line” is a white (usually bright) line painted on the right side of a roadway separating the roadway from what is known as an “improved shoulder.”
Under Texas law, Transportation Code § 545.058(a), an operator of a…
2018
Category: Police Misconduct
When two or more police officers are involved in a confrontational situation and someone is recording the confrontation with a cell phone, there will be inevitable anger, shouts, and weapons drawn.
That’s exactly what happened in the early morning…
2010
86 Year Federal Sentence Handed to the Gray Lady of Bagram Greater Than Necessary, Cruel and Unusual
Depending on who you believe, Dr. Aafia Siddiqui is either an American-educated Pakistani neuroscientist kidnapped in Pakistan in 2003 and tortured by Americans…