Time For A Close Read On The Crime ‘Driving While Black’
If you really look at the excuses, you see why driving while black is such a pervasive 'crime.'
Non-Sequiturs: 01.07.16
* People in the United Nations are doing a lot of legal research on a very disturbing subject. [Vox] * David Schwimmer is playing the late Robert Kardashian in American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson -- but that doesn't mean he'll meet with the Kardashian sisters. [The Hollywood Reporter] * If, for some reason, you need yet another reminder that we have a terrible problem in this country with racism and police aggression, here is an eloquent reminder. [Black Debate Guy] * Does the public have a right to know if their legislators are sleeping with lobbyists? One Missouri lawmaker thinks they do. [Columbia Tribune] * Gerald Rosenberg (affiliate link) is still wrong that court victories derail activist movements. [Lawyers, Guns and Money] * Is it child endangerment to leave a sleeping baby alone? Is that a cultural thing? [Law and More]
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The View From Up North: Driving While Black
Does getting one gun off the street justify that police are three times more likely to stop blacks than whites in Toronto?
Non-Sequiturs: 12.09.14
* New Jersey's new tort liability ruling is an important first step to a real-life Hunger Games. [The Legal Blitz] * A holiday shopping guide to beer and wine involved in intellectual property disputes. Clever. [Trademark and Copyright Law Blog] * "There's an app for that!" Lawyers create "Driving While Black" app for your smartphone. [The Oregonian] * Speaking of Oregon, the University of Oregon is in the midst of a teaching strike that not only impacts its football team, but caused an immigration law issue when statements the school made were interpreted as threats to the immigration status of foreign teachers if they joined the strike. [Daily Nous] * According to Dean LeDuc, Thomas M. Cooley Law is sad that it failed to sell the Mason Temple building in downtown Lansing to the state senate. Except there's not really any mention that the state senate was ever interested. Perhaps their interest was reported by the same people behind the Cooley Rankings. [Lansing City Pulse] * If you liked Mark Hermann's rundown of business development tactics, here some other suggestions for what more lawyers and law students could be doing to develop business. [Law and More] * New OSHA rules a-comin'. [Lawyers, Guns & Money]
Crashing Your Car and Seeking Help While Black Is Apparently A Capital Offense
Another weekend, another unarmed black person gets shot to death by the police.