Criminal Injustice
It isn't just happening to black people, although they are certainly taking the brunt of it. Much as occurred in Nazi Germany prior to World War II even white, middle class people are being targeted by the police. I should know. It happened to me. Three years ago I was accused of a minor misdemeanor (a charge later dismissed) and arrested on the spot. I was handcuffed behind my back, paraded past a terrified wife and daughter, marched past curious neighbors and onlookers, and thrown into the rear of a police car which had hard plastic 'seats' in back with no upholstery. There I was forced to sit on my hands (and those handcuffs) for 90 minutes, until finally booked into the county jail (by contract in another county). That was only the beginning. For starters, if you are ever arrested for any reason, you can forget about the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution, which has been all but deleted. You will be treated as a criminal until such time as you can prove your inno...