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MAY DAY: The LAPD Lays It All Out……Sort Of
As I posted yesterday, the “Final Report on the MacArthur Park Incident”-–also...
Homeboy Poets in the LA Times
Today’s excellent LA Times Column One story by Erika Hayasaki is about my friend, novelist...
May Day Revealed…..??? – UPDATED
It’s been five months since the Monster May Day Mess occurred in MacArthur Park, and the...
Stopping the Spinning Doors
Every single year, 120,000 inmates —give or take—are released from California’s...
Peace Out, Man! …..Except If You’re Desmond Tutu
For four straight years, the well-regarded Justice and Peace Studies program at Saint Thomas...
“Silence is Unpatriotic”
If you didn’t see Bruce Springsteen on Sunday’s 60 Minutes…..Well, I’m just...
Been Taking the Weekend Off….
(NOTE: Above graphic shamelessly heisted from Ross Blog at NBC.com) I’ve been in a...
AMERICA the Jailor
The United States is incarcerating people at a rate never seen before in our history. The U.S. has...
The County Cops’ Creepy Collaring Contest Caper
And….this week’s silver medal for Olympic class bad judgment by a public servant or...