It was 50 years ago today that racial protests, which turned into riots began to break out in New Jersey’s largest city. It all started with fake news that a black cab driver had been killed by the police.
When it was over, dozens were dead, hundreds were injured, and city blocks were razed by fire.
50 years after Newark riots, city leaders chart path ahead http://s.nj.com/cYL1DqB
All the Predisent’s Men https://www.vox.com/vox-sentences/2017/6/15/15810976/vox-sentences-trum…
US Special Counsel Robert Mueller is reportedly investigating whether Trump tried to Obstruct Justice by firing the former FBI director last month, placing the Trump administration in a legally perilous situation less than six months into office. Special counsel is investigating Trump for possible obstruction of justice, officials say http://wapo.st/2rxfvRZ?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.b7c1cead07c8
As global fans celebrate the 50th anniversary of a groundbreaking recording of The Beatles, SGT. PEPPER’S MUSICAL REVOLUTION, The Federal Bureau of Investigation has decided to re-group and bring the investigating band back together. Sgt. Pepper’s Musical Revolution. http://www.pbs.org/video/3001103801/
He's back, Barack Hussein Obama II. The former President chose the University of Chicago in his first public appearance since leaving The White House. As expected, he handled himself like a pro.
President Obama said warned that political gerrymandering is preventing the country from tackling problems like economic inequality, a broken criminal justice system and climate change.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?427383-1/former-president-obama-makes-fir…
President Trump and DOJ Topper Sessions have fired a warning shot about the imminent danger posed by the so-called rising crime rate. Their fear factors will chill bipartisan attempts to reduce incarceration at the federal, state, and local levels. This scare administration tactic calls into question the trans-partisan nature of decades-long efforts.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions told Customs and Border Patrol personnel at the United States-Mexico border in Nogales, Arizona that he has issued the attached memo to United States Attorneys that mandates the prioritization of criminal immigration enforcement. The memo directs federal prosecutors to focus on particular offenses that, if aggressively charged and prosecuted, can help prevent and deter illegal immigration.
We Don't Need No Stinking... Forensic Science Commission. The people require independent research.
Junked by the Justice Department as not necessary. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has announced the discontinuance of the National Commission on Forensic Science. The group is an independent panel of experts chartered to raise evidentiary standards in criminal cases.
Sessions also announced the suspension of a review of FBI testimony about forensic techniques. An internal Justice Department review now will evaluate those techniques.
The US Department of Justice has ordered a review of federal agreements with law enforcement agencies that reflect President Trump’s emphasis on law and order and the fears are that it could lead to a retreat on consent decrees with troubled police departments nationwide.
A consent decree is an agreement or settlement that resolves a dispute between two parties without admission of guilt in a criminal case or liability in a civil case.
The US Supreme Court has dealt a legal pushback and a big blow to racial bias in criminal cases, making it easier to unwind all convictions of defendants whose jurors show personal prejudices during their deliberations.
Justice Anthony Kennedy joined the court’s four liberal members in limiting the scope of Colorado’s “no impeachment rule,” which is designed to protect the finality of verdicts and the secrecy of deliberations.
It's a Chelsea mourning, as pushback increases after President Obama commuted the 35-year federal sentence of Chelsea Manning. He is the Army analyst convicted of leaking secret intelligence documents.
The high-profile prisoner, who announced he was transgender following his sentencing in 2013, is set to be freed in May.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/17/us/politics/obama-commutes-bulk-of-c…