Yet another instance of the police responding with an inappropriate level of force, and as a consequence, Eric Garner, a 43 year old man from Staten Island, New York is dead. In this instance, from everything I can gather this was not even a situation where any escalated level of force was warranted. The New
Let’s file this one under ludicrous and unbelievable. Fifty year old Kavin Jarman, an alleged shoplifter who broke his ankle while getting arrested by the NYPD, was awarded $510,000 for his injury. What makes this story even more incredible is that this is not the first, or even the second time that he has sued
Rosemary Lehmberg, Travis County’s infamous hard drinking District Attorney has been sued by Steve Brand, a former top prosecutor from the DA’s office since 2006. DA Lehmberg alleging fired Brand after he triggered a Texas Rangers review of her actions when he reported that she tried to pressure him into protecting an Austin police homicide
Officials with the Texas Department of Corrections reject the notion that the recent addition of cooling fans that look transplanted straight from the sidelines of an NFL game are in response to numerous lawsuits and inmate deaths due to heat exposure. Yeah, right. The cooling equipment employs a large fan inside about a 6-foot-by-6-foot box.
