Everblight posted:

Reminder that 6 cops who literally shot at black people like zombies in Dawn of the Dead won't go to jail.

zoux posted:

Grouchio posted:

Well Chris Matthews (amongst many Liberals I'm sure) is pissed how Netanyahu tried to takeover US foreign policy.

Deadulus posted:

What is an occupancy permit?

Do they have to tell the city who lives at their house in Ferguson?

chitoryu12 posted:

I found a little info on residential occupancy permits from their website. However, I can't find a copy of the permit itself. It does say that an inspection is required in case of a change in occupancy and/or ownership, so they may consider someone not on the permit living in the house to be a violation. Of course the cops wouldn't give a poo poo because they're Ferguson cops, and could just say "Welp, I think the boyfriend is living here" and arrest the person.

They don't give a poo poo about convictions, because that's not the point of competing to see who can get the most citations and arrests. The purpose is to keep everyone rolling in cash by piling on fines and fees (and preying on the poor who will suffer "I can't pay the fine" fines that roll over in a constant feedback loop) and to keep the populace downtrodden and under their thumb through frivolous arrests.

ComradeCosmobot posted:

Larry Klayman vows to make the Hillary e-mail scandal a thing which will dog her for months.

Deadulus posted:

What is an occupancy permit?

Do they have to tell the city who lives at their house in Ferguson?

Deadulus posted:

What is an occupancy permit?

Do they have to tell the city who lives at their house in Ferguson?

ComradeCosmobot posted:

Larry Klayman vows to make the Hillary e-mail scandal a thing which will dog her for months.

JT Jag posted:

He has a terrifying resume, that's for sure.

quote:

Following Klayman's behavior in a 1992 trial in California federal court, Judge William Keller barred Klayman from his courtroom for life; five years later, in a separate case in New York, Klayman's behavior led then district judge Denny Chin to issue a lifetime ban on the attorney practicing law before him.[34]

hobbesmaster posted:

...because their conviction was overturned due to misconduct by the USA?

I mean unless you think the prosecutor intentionally sabotaged his career by throwing this case?

Von Sloneker posted:

Guilty Spork posted:

Obligatory reminder that that's a photo of a guy throwing a tear gas canister back so that it doesn't hurt children.

UFOTofuTacoCat posted:

Sounds like a rad dude.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Klayman

ComradeCosmobot posted:

Another item from the 114th Congress Bingo Card: The White House has issued a veto threat against a bill that would prohibit the EPA from using "secret science" in its rule making (i.e. scientific studies with confidential patient information withheld for privacy reasons). The new bill also limits EPA funding for making such information public to $1 million per year, effectively forcing the EPA to halve the number of studies it performs per year.

A related bill which would loosen regulations on industry scientists serving on EPA advisory boards while restricting academic scientists from using unpublished science on the same and mandating such boards respond to all public comments (regardless of quantity or quality) has also been issued a veto threat.

Nonsense posted:

This is the hill they'll win on.

site posted:

You think they'll get enough votes to override vetoes on both?

Nonsense posted:

Conservatives rightly noted how close the vote was on this veto-override. They'll win on the EPA, it's bad for business, hurting it is good for business.

The Iran-Deal is hosed up of them though, they'll lose on that.

CommieGIR posted:

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/southasia/2015/03/ambassador-attacked-south-korea-150304232100655.html

Ambassador Mark Lippert was attacked in South Korea.

The attacker previously attacked the Japanese Ambassador in 2010

Good Citizen posted:

I was pretty dismissive of the Hilary email thing at first but how much power does the Benghazi panel have to access that email account now? The crossroads of a personal/professional email and a witch hunt congressional investigation could be a seriously big deal.

Von Sloneker posted:

I dipped into a Hot Air comments section to see what the consensus is. There are three reactions:
1) It's Holder's DOJ thus lies.
2) Black people are criminals naturally.
3) A deliberate misreading: "The population heavily skews African American, of course they will comprise most of the arrests!"

I can't help but note there isn't a lot of conservative commentary yet, at least not on the "professional" level, meaning outside of comments sections. This I suppose is that buffer of time during which they get their talking points aligned.

e:

Joementum posted:

Prediction: she will comply with the subpoena by sending a printed stack of all the emails referencing Benghazi to the panel, which will be a sub-set of the emails she's already provided to the government for review.

Joementum posted:

Prediction: she will comply with the subpoena by sending a printed stack of all the emails referencing Benghazi to the panel, which will be a sub-set of the emails she's already provided to the government for review.

Shageletic posted:

A lawsuit, perhaps? I know that places like Las Vegas has received this sort of same report, and enacted DOJ's recommendations. There has to be an incentive there.

Samurai Sanders posted:

Reading articles about the DOJ's decision about the Ferguson police, I can't figure out concretely what the crucial "or what" part of their instructions for improvements is.

I learned early on as a teacher that without an "or what", instructions, advice and rules are all meaningless. One article even says "Eric Holder calls on..." which I understand as code for there not being an "or what".

Trabisnikof posted:

A consent decree is usually the most the DoJ can pull off.

Samurai Sanders posted:

Looking up "consent decree", it means the police would not have to admit they did wrong? What is THIS poo poo?

quote:

The 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, passed following the savage 1991 beating of African American motorist Rodney King by four LAPD officers and the catastrophic Los Angeles Riots a year later, gave the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice an extraordinary mandate.

One of the law’s provisions empowered the government to sue police agencies anywhere in the country if they exhibited a “pattern and practice” of using excessive force and/or violating people’s civil rights—and compel them, under what’s known as a “consent decree,” to change those practices.

Since the law came into effect 20 years ago, two things have become apparent: how resistant many police departments remain to fundamental reform; and how critical, therefore, the consent decree has been—first, in forcing police departments to jettison their often brutal racist, and unaccountable warrior-cop cultures; and second, in transforming them into organizations committed to policing constitutionally and with legitimacy among the populations they serve.

Currently about 20 cities have entered into consent decrees or “memos of understanding” with the Department of Justice (DOJ), usually under threat of civil rights lawsuits filed by the DOJ if they refused.

The departments and police agencies vary widely: they have included Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Cincinnati, Oakland, New Orleans, Portland, Oregon, Cleveland, New York City, Detroit, the New Jersey State Police, the Virgin Islands PD, and, most recently, departments in Seattle, Albuquerque, NM and Newark, NJ.

Samurai Sanders posted:

Ah okay, so Ferguson will just be joining into an agreement with the DOJ that has benefitted (though I doubt they look at it that way) many other police departments before? I guess that's good.