POLICE BRUTALITY! POLICE BRUTALITY! POLICE BRUTALITY! IS TECHNOLOGY EXPOSING THE UGLY TRUTH OF WHAT BLACKS HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING ALL ALONG?

Shocking footage of police officer assaulting a family.

Trigger happy cops putting in work!

More police brutality caught on tape. The question is, “IS THERE MORE POLICE BRUTALITY OCCURRING OR IS TECHNOLOGY EXPOSING THE UGLY UNDER BELLY OF WHAT BLACKS HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING ALL ALONG?

POLICE BRUTALITY! POLICE BRUTALITY! POLICE BRUTALITY! The sad fact that there isn’t enough time in a day for

ANOTHER LIFE TAKEN BY THE MEN APPOINTED TO SERVE

me to post ALL of the Police Brutality cases popping up all over the country is a damn shame!  For lack of a better word, I am PISSED OFF! We have criminals wearing police uniforms terrorizing the streets. With your permission I am going to free-style on this one. So please excuse me if I don’t use references or draw on statistics. This is raw footage and want to play it unedited. This is Maestro and I pray this post is not taken out of context. But with the way things are unfolding in this country, IT IS WHAT IT IS! For a long time in the early 80’s after the “War on Drugs” was declared, any young African American male driving an expensive car fit the description of a “Drug Dealer”. I remember friends and family members being pulled over in the hood for “Driving Black”. Law enforcement were debriefed and told what to look for as suspicious activity and the 4th Amendment was tossed out the window. As a result, hundreds of thousands of young black African Americans were illegally targets and no one cared.

After the horrific events of 911 unfolded, politicians worked diligently to find someone to point the blame and make public enemy number one. No long thereafter “HOME LAND SECURITY” was sanctioned and with it, profiling Middle Easterners traveling in and out of the United States. One thing the United States is good at is creating a monster to justify implementing their force and domination. What good is having the best arsenal and not having a cause to engage?  There is a saying, Not all Arab’s are terrorist but all known terrorist are Middle Easterners. This is the mentality that has festered in our society for too damn long and it’s time for reform.

POLICE BRUTALITY MUST END!

Your probably asking yourself, “Maestro what does any of this have to do with all of the Police Brutality going on in our cities?” PROFILING, that’s what. This is to demonstrate how prejudice our system is and that it is in serious need of an overhaul. Police are attacking citizens in practically every state and the first thing the media says is, “You can’t judge all cops by the action of a few.” I beg to differ. What we have here is a double standard. If a citizen breaks the law, he/she has a target on their backs along with studies to support recidivism.  In our current society a felon can’t catch a break, yet the cops who go out of their way to wrongfully convict individuals make it extremely difficult to have any confidence in law enforcement.

 

Here in American we live in a civil society. The populace in general are law abiding citizens. Most of the people residing in

WHO IS LEFT TO PROTECT US?

the boarders of the United States would stop if a police car signals to them and cooperate to the fullest with authorities. So why then are cops so pissed off and abusive? Is it that they are over worked and under paid? If that be the case, they should quit and find new employment. But the simple fact the office which vest the power in these unstable men, won’t handle these cases swiftly and impartially gives these offender cops a pass to act out on emotions rather than experience.

What if the citizens follow suit and start profiling officers? What would we look for…Officer’s wearing a police uniform? Guys dressed up and cruising around in police cars? Regardless of how bias this system is I am not stupid enough to think ALL police officers are bad people. But what do you think about if you’re pulled over one night on a dark and lonely road and out of nowhere police lights appear in your rear-view mirror?  With the current state of emergency at hand, the coin appears to have heads on both sides.

THE INNOCENCE PROJECT IS ON OF MANY FOUNDATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO ENSURING JUSTICE IS ADHERED TO IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

WAITING ON DEATH ROW

Currently there have been 317 people exonerated since the approval of DNA-Testing in 1989.  As a result of the DNA-Testing  the true suspects  or perpetrators of approximately 154  exonerated case have been brought to justice and as a result the necessary criminal was apprehended and brought to justice. “…[P]ost-conviction DNA testing, more often than not, provides either inconclusive results or, in many cases, confirms the guilt of the prisoner seeking testing.   In addition, DNA testing is costly, time-consuming, and provides an additional administrative burden on already over-extended state criminal justice systems.”Keep in mind, “THE DEATH PENALTY” is still a form of justice in this country and we are finding innocent people being caught-up in the dragnet of what we consider “THE BEST LEGAL SYSTEM IN THE WORLD”.  The Innocence Project;  (www.innocenceproject.org),  is one organization out there dedicated to ensuring there is balance to the equation. There are other organizations fighting in the struggle to make sure that justice is served:

1. PEOPLE AGAINST WRONGFUL CONVICTION (www.facebook.com/pawc4justice)
2. THE CENTER/WRONGFUL CONVICTION BLOG (www.wrongfulconvictionsblog.org)
3. ADVOCATES FOR WRONGFULLY CONVICTED (www.a4wc.org/opportunities.html)
4. ORGANIZATIONS-SERVING FALSELY ACCUSED (www.spenceforensics.com)
5. FIRST CHOICE ADVOCACY GROUP (www.firstchoiceadvocacygroup.com)
6. CENTER ON WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS/NORTHERN UNIVERSITY (www.law.northwestern.edc/)

ALAN CROTZER EXONERATED BY DNA TESTING

“The era of DNA testing has not ushered in a fool-proof criminal justice system.  It is not true that the problems of wrongful convictions are in the past and will not happen anymore because technology can now precisely determine guilt.  Nor is it true that the death penalty can proceed unchecked under the assumption that all the inmates on death row have had ample opportunity for DNA testing…

DNA exonerations represent only 12% of the total list of 116 cases.  In 88% of the cases, attorneys and courts had to rely on other forms of evidence…

Many states have not passed legislation guaranteeing the right to DNA testing.  Even where this right is protected by statute, such as in Texas, there are stringent limits on its use and inmates have been refused testing where the results might have affected the death sentence, even if not the determination of their guilt.

…Shouldn’t DNA testing ensure that only the guilty are being convicted and sentenced to death?  This is not the case because most murders do not involve the exchange of bodily materials containing DNA evidence…Wrongful convictions will continue to occur as long as our criminal justice system utilizes human actors.

When newly tested DNA evidence is presented after an inmate has been convicted and sentenced to death, it is usually checked and rechecked before that inmate is ever set free. However, it appears that the same reliability cannot be attributed to the pre-trial DNA testing that can often result in a conviction and a death sentence.  Recent scandals from crime labs in many parts of the country have exposed the risk of wrongful convictions that shoddy forensic work can bring.

The performance of pre-trial DNA testing is not always a reliable source of forensic information.  If evidence is

PATRICK WALLER
EXONERATED BY DNA TESTING

contaminated at the scene of the crime, if the police are not skilled in the collection of such evidence, if the police lab that performs the testing is unqualified to render reliable results, or if the state’s expert is incompetent or dishonest, then evidence presented under the veil of scientific certainty becomes the very source of misinformation leading to mistake.”

I don’t know about you but the last thing in the world I want to do is to be judged my twelve in a system where the freedom of a man rest entirely on the depth of the attorney you hire rather than your innocence.  This is Maestro and as long as there are people out there being wrongly accused, I’ll be here lobbying for STREET JUSTICE!

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A RE-CAP OF 2013

2013 been a ground breaking year for Street Justice. It released a ton of ideas, concepts and good old fashion common sense.

Now that the year is about over, we decided to take a look back at what we think were the top 10 news items for the past 12 months. There was a lot to choose from and it’s likely that your top 10 list might differ from ours. Feel free to debate and discuss our list in the news comments.

 

10. ObamaCare 2013 Moving Forward

Almost 50 million Americans still lack health coverage despite the fact that ObamaCare continues to help provide an increasing amount of Americans with access to affordable, quality health insurance. Although the bulk of the law’s provisions in the law don’t go into place until 2014, 2013 will be one of the most important years in ObamaCare’s history. There is a lot on the table and a lot at stake. ObamaCare’s 2013 will be the year we get our first good look at how Medicaid Expansion and the ObamaCare Insurance Marketplaces will work (two health care reform’s biggest programs.

9  Senate Immigration Reform Bill Passes With Strong Majority

The Senate passed a politically fraught immigration reform bill on Thursday that would give a path to citizenship to some of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S., bringing them out of the shadows and preventing continued record deportations that have separated hundreds of thousands of families.

The bill passed 68 to 32, picking up all Democrats and 14 Republicans.

8 The entirety of Boston was put on lockdown after two youths plotted acts of terror against the city.

While 2013 had many things to look back at with optimistic nostalgia, the year did have its moments that merit a more solemn recollection. In the latest installment of Yearbook13, RSVLTS has compiled a list of the most shocking stories of 2013—tales that require a more serious look back on what transpired during the year.

7 THE BENGHAZI COVERUP

6 Hello baby! Florida Woman gives birth to 14 POUND boy just in time for Christmas

5 West Virginia judge arrested for allegedly attempting to frame ex-lover’s husband

4 George Zimmerman found not guilty in the murdering trial involving  Trayvon Martin, leaves a nation divided.

 

3 .Brooklyn jury acquits man of murder 24 years after he was jailed for the crime.

 

2. Economic Upswing and the Mortgage Market

Recent economic reports have revealed indications that the market may be back on track for recovery, following the Federal Reserve’s October decision to maintain its current rate of stimulus.

 

1. The Passing of a Prince

Freedom fighter, prisoner, moral compass and South Africa’s symbol of the struggle against racial oppression. That was Nelson Mandela, who emerged from prison after 27 years to lead his country out of decades of apartheid. He died this year at the age of 95.