{"id":10347,"date":"2016-04-05T21:12:27","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T01:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/?p=10347"},"modified":"2016-04-05T21:12:27","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T01:12:27","slug":"virginias-drunk-on-power-detroit-is-getting-some-sunshine-and-three-more-links-from-a-criminal-justice-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2016\/04\/virginias-drunk-on-power-detroit-is-getting-some-sunshine-and-three-more-links-from-a-criminal-justice-system.html","title":{"rendered":"Virginia’s Drunk on Power, Detroit Is Getting Some Sunshine, And Three More Links from a Criminal Justice System"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

In the continuing saga of am I the only person who remembers the \u201990s, seriously people, am I going crazy?<\/em>, let\u2019s look at Hillary Clinton in her historical context:<\/p>\n

\u2026The word \u201csuperpredator\u201d is part of the long lineage of language used to strip black people of their humanity in order to justify treating them inhumanely. It became popular because it put a clever name to what was already in the air, and this dehumanization has had real, material consequences. It is why black children are seen as inherently guilty, why police officers are more likely to use violent force against black children<\/a> if they are accused of a crime, why people are more willing to condone police violence<\/a> if it is against black bodies. It is this stripping of humanity from black bodies, the stripping of childhood from black children, that leads to police officers looking at a 12-year-old with a toy and seeing the threat<\/a> of an adult \u201cactive shooter,\u201d and it is that same dehumanization that saw this as reasonable and allowed those police officers to walk free. \u2026<\/p>\n

It is fair to be angry at the Clintons for their actions, but if we attempt to make them our sacrificial scapegoats, we run the risk of underplaying how deeply the roots of mass incarceration run, and how hard we will have to work to rip them out. Because the Clintons, despite their best efforts, did not usher in some new era of the American prison state. The ugly truth of mass incarceration is that it\u2019s not a top-down phenomenon \u2014 that is, not primarily governed at the federal level. The instruments of our prison state are more intimate than that. They operate at a local level, at community meetings and town halls, in schools and state legislatures.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

more<\/a><\/p>\n

In the continuing saga of who will save us from our solutions?<\/em>, some skepticism about \u201cFair Chance Hiring\u201d laws aka ban-the-box:<\/p>\n

\u2026First, the ordinance does not do anything to benefit the applicant. While it does forbid inquiring about the applicant\u2019s criminal history prior to the employer making a conditional offer, it cannot stop the employer from performing their own criminal history search before extending the offer. Were the employer to extend an offer and rescind it upon seeing an applicant\u2019s criminal history, this would open them to litigation and possible criminal penalties.<\/p>\n

Under the ordinance, it would be simpler for the employer not to extend a job offer until the candidate was vetted by the employer through public records searches, giving candidates with any criminal history no chance to explain their case. This is in large part why Goodwill, the only organization appearing before the council that actually works to reintegrate ex-offenders into the economy, testified in opposition of the ordinance.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

more<\/a> (and bonus link which I think shows the urgency of the problem: one judge\u2019s attempt to craft a \u201ccertificate of rehabilitation<\/a>\u201d in a federal system where punishment seems endless)<\/p>\n

In the continuing saga of won\u2019t something ever work, though?, two possibilities:<\/p>\n

\u201cDetroit to Add Complaints Against Cops to Crime Data<\/strong>\u201c:<\/p>\n

The U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office began monitoring the Detroit Police Department in 2003 after it was accused of covering up use of excessive force by cops. Now, as the oversight ends, that information will soon be available to everyone.<\/p>\n

Within the next 30 days, the department plans to launch a program that will allow unprecedented public access to department data online, including complaints against officers and police runs to problem areas.<\/p>\n

Officers\u2019 names won\u2019t be made public, but the nature of each complaint by precinct will be available.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

more<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cShould Hard-Line Prosecutors Be Nervous?\u201d<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Voters delivered two big upsets in local Democratic primaries Tuesday night: in Cook County, Ill. they ousted state\u2019s attorney Anita Alvarez. And in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, incumbent county prosecutor Timothy McGinty lost his re-election bid. Both prosecutors lost in part due to criticism that they failed to hold police accountable for high-profile shootings of young blacks.<\/p>\n

The results were especially surprising given that incumbent prosecutors are often a shoo-in in such low-turnout, low-information races.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

more<\/a> (suspect this is your \u201cif you only read one\u201d link)<\/p>\n

And last:<\/p>\n

Virginia cops and prosecutors in four counties are using a bizarre legal code to secretly blacklist and outright ban residents deemed \u201chabitual drunkards\u201d from purchasing alcohol, a Daily Beast<\/em> report<\/a> on a class-action lawsuit filed by the Legal Aid Justice Center claims. The penalties can range from huge fines to jail time.<\/p>\n

By prohibiting \u201chabitual drunkards\u201d from buying, consuming, or being near alcohol, the blacklist\u2014which appears to target homeless people\u2014sweeps poor residents, many of them with alcohol problems, off the streets and into jails where no one has to look at them.\u00a0Cops are reportedly\u00a0making arrests over the mere scent<\/em> of booze, without even using a breathalyzer to detect consumption.\u00a0These \u201cdrunkards,\u201d the Daily Beast<\/em> says, \u201ccan\u2019t even go into 7-Eleven without suspicion.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

and charge them for it<\/a> I know I should link to the original reporting but I wanted you to check out The Influence; so here\u2019s some stuff from a local news report:<\/p>\n

\u2026Attorneys say homeless people are not provided an attorney at the initial hearing when they are declared a \u201chabitual drunkard,\u201d and often are not even present at the trial and can\u2019t provide witnesses to help their case.<\/p>\n

One of the center\u2019s clients was ruled a habitual alcoholic, and has since been convicted more than 30 times for the past six years for alcohol-related offenses.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you look at his criminal record, you know, no violent history anything like that. It\u2019s all about being homeless and being an alcoholic,\u201d said Amy Walters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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In the continuing saga of am I the only person who remembers the \u201990s, seriously people, am I going crazy?, let\u2019s look at Hillary Clinton in her historical context: \u2026The word \u201csuperpredator\u201d is part of the long lineage of language used to strip black people of their humanity in order to justify treating them inhumanely. 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