The Criminal Justice System Is Broken...Let's Stop The Crazy!

MarkNeJameby Mark E. NeJame
Why do we have 5% of the world's population but yet 25% of the world's prison population...because the "get tough on crime", zero tolerance and "lock 'em up" philosophy which Trump supporters preach and has prevailed in this country for 30 years is a complete and abysmal failure.

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Police Brutality Discussed at the 2015 National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials Conference

RogerCaldwell 200By Roger Caldwell
The NBC-LEO is the National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials, which was started in 1970 to represent the interest of African American elected officials. Their mission is to ensure that policy and programs reflect African American concerns and benefit our community. The organization works with its members to inform them on African American issues, and devise ways to confront and address community objectives through legislation and direct action.

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Has Trayvon Martin's Family Attorney, Natalie Jackson Reached Her Last Straw Against Orlando's Leaders Ignoring Police Brutality?

police Brutilityby Attorney Natalie Jackson
The filing of charges against Noel Carter should be our last straw!
It is time for the current elected officials to prove to the people who elected them that 'BlackLlivesMatter' to them…if they can't do that then we need to vote them out of office.

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Within Their Ranks, When Police See Something, They Should Say Something

See Something Say Somethingby Attorney Camara Williams
Focusing on police brutality is only scratching the surface of the problem.
The true root of the problem is the culture of allowing such cancerous acts to survive by protection and cover up. If someone knew that despite their bad acts their fellow colleagues will back their "story" 110%. How can someone feel compelled to act right, if your never afraid of being called out by your peers?

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!!WHAT DID YOU SAY!! Responding To The Unexpected

Hearsayby Pastor Joe Flores
The unexpected often happens in our lives to reveal the depth of our real character, the person who we really are, our truest self. In a court of law there is a rule concerning "hearsay". It is referred to as the hearsay rule of law. The hearsay rule of law says that "hearsay" is not accepted or allowed as evidence in a court of law. You've probably heard a lawyer on some TV show object to some statement that is made in the court on the basis of it being "hearsay". The hearsay rule is a commonly known fact even by the average legal laymen.

What you may not know is that there is an exception to the hearsay rule. The exception to the hearsay rule in a court of law is called the "excited utterance" exception.

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The Sandra Bland Rule

sandrablandby Attorney Jerry Girley
Recently, I travelled the deep south on a civil rights tour. I had the privilege of visiting every major civl rights museum in the south such as: the Rosa Parks Museum in Montgomery, Alabama, National Park Center's information center at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, the Civil Rights Institute at Birmingham, Alabama, Little Rock Central High School and the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn.

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