NEW JERSEY — A disturbing video has surfaced showing officers pounding an innocent man in his face while yelling “Stop resisting!” Police originally claimed that Marcus Jeter of Bloomfield, NJ was trying to “escape” from them when they pulled him over. They also claimed that he was “resisting” and trying to “assault” them. It turns … Read more
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) has released a new study showing that at least 51% of the reported sexual assaults in prison involve guards and staff. The guards and staff involved in the reports are rarely if ever prosecuted. Only 1% of the staff responsible for the sexual misconduct has been convicted. The majority … Read more
Alternet | by Aviva Stahl Ojore Lutalo, a Black Liberation activist who had formerly spent nearly three decades in prison, was traveling on an Amtrak train back to his home in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The woman sitting in front of Lutalo, who was eavesdropping on his conversation, reported hearing alarming remarks to train staff. When the … Read more
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA: A major new study has revealed disturbing insights into how many young American males are now being arrested across the nation. According to the study, nearly half of black males and 40% of white males in the United States are arrested by age 23. Just one arrest can ruin someone’s life, … Read more
UPDATE: Cops File Restraining Order Against Coroner, Prevent Further Investigation into Hanging Death Zachary Goldson was called “trash” by police and found to be hanged to death in their custody. Before his death by hanging, police were also heard saying “Yeah, this motherfucker is getting a welcome party when we get to jail.” Dr. Judith … Read more
BOSTON — The Annie Dookhan deception continues to unfold. Dookhan was a government chemist who tampered with thousands of cases, creating fake “evidence” that caused the imprisonment of countless innocent Americans. These innocent men and women were rounded up and locked in prison cages while prosecutors scored successful “convictions” because of Dookhan’s fake evidence. Many lost … Read more
UPDATE 1/3/16 – Multiple Victims Don’t Know They Were Affected by the Fake Lab Results Years after government chemist Annie Dookhan faked evidence against thousands of Americans, there is still a long trail of lives she destroyed, and the government is evidently not cleaning up the mess. Disturbingly, there are still numerous innocent people locked in … Read more
“Law enforcement officers now are part of the revenue gathering system. The ranks of cops are in competition with one another and intra-departmentally. It becomes a game. Policing isn’t about keeping streets safe, it’s about statistical success. The question for them is, ‘Who can put the most people in jail?’” Friends, those are the words … Read more
2013/11/22 “You just took over three years of my life.” NEW YORK — A young teenager spent three years in the infamously violent Rikers Island prison complex without ever being convicted of a crime, according to RT. Kalief Browder was on his way home from school on May 14, 2010. He never expected his life … Read more
If sitting in a prison cell was a job, it would be one of the most common jobs in the United States. In 2012, there were some 1,570,000 inmates in state and federal prisons in the U.S., according to data from the Justice Department. By contrast, there were about 1,530,000 engineers in America last year, 815,000 construction … Read more