Around the Net and Back

I’d just thought it would be a good time to take a look at what’s going on around the blogosphere and some miscellaneous site stuff too…

First, I’d really like to thank the people who’ve been so helpful this month. Those of you who have sent me links to articles and stories, I truly appreciate it even when I’ve already covered that story, so please don’t be discouraged and keep those links coming!

Also, I’d truly like to thank the person who donated $10 to the site this month, you have no idea how much that means to me. What I’m doing here isn’t fun, it’s not easy, and it’s definitely not popular or generating any income whatsoever (it’s not like anyone would advertise here anyway)… so the little bit of support I do have I appreciate more than I can express… so thank you!

Now, let’s take a look around…

Attorney Rick Horowitz has been putting out some amazing content at his Probable Cause blog, but two come to mind recently. One describes the birth and death of the 4th Amendment while giving you the blow by blow account of how each aspect of it’s demise has come about. The second gives us insight into just how expert a gang cop really is when he testifies testilies as an “expert” witness during trial.

Karl Mansoor over at Blue Must Be True has a great piece on his site that even got the attention of the ever-curmudgeonly Scott Greenfield. It’s a response to a piece by a cop who puts up a list of “nevers” that you should do when encountering the cops. Karl suggested a list of his own that cops should never do when dealing with the public… and many have joined in to give their own amendments as well. So go take a look, and maybe suggest your own never too!

The Atlantic Magazine did a five-part interview with Radley Balko of The Agitator to get his insight into the state of law enforcement and criminal justice in the US and he gave some very interesting and useful insight not only into the problems themselves but some workable solutions to many of the problems I address here… It’s a good read if you’ve not really kept up with what he writes.

The Asshat Lawyer of the DayYear awards happened not too long ago… I missed out, but Mark Bennet at Defending People quickly turns back around and explains why that award might be better suited for delivery to the attorney’s marketing super-genius instead of the attorney himself for his dunderheaded megafail of a blog seeking to market his services from the rear end of a chased ambulance… Yes, only ever so tenuously related to police misconduct… ok, not really at all… but it’s a good read.

Finally, in the Twittersphere, there are two people who should really get a bit more of a following than they have, especially if you’ve been following the @InjusticeNews police misconduct news feed. One is @prettytoes who not only helps me out tremendously by sending me links to stories she finds, but also does an amazing job of tracking stories of abuses in jails and prisons across the US, (I hope to convince her to write a few posts for me here soon).

Another one to follow is @cloudwriter who has her own blog as well where she follows stories of domestic violence involving police officers. It’s a serious problem in the US since domestic violence rates among law enforcement are significantly higher than in the general population, so definitely an issue that deserves much more attention than it gets.

Anyway, that’s about it for now… if you know of a site I should be following more closely or that needs to be included in my list of links to the left, please do make a suggestion to me at news@injusticeeverywhere.com.

Thanks for reading… and happy fathers day.