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Derek Chauvin Agreed to 10-Year Prison Sentence for George Floyd's Murder Before the Plea Deal Was Quashed. Here's Why That's Interesting

On Wednesday, the New York Times published a piece chronicling the case of George Floyd and the upcoming trial for the ex-Minneapolis police officer accused of killing him, Derek Chauvin. Mostly, the story by the Times was a recap of things that have already been reported regarding the case, but the report did reveal one…

By

Zack Linly

Published

February 11, 2021
Politics

Trump Warned Not to Pardon Republican Lawmakers Connected to Capitol Coup

Presidential Shitstain, who just won’t stop trying to run his administration like a communist regime, apparently had to be warned that pardoning Republican lawmakers connected to the mayonnaise mobsters who stormed the goddamned U.S. Capitol would be frowned upon by those Republicans who didn’t agree with it. According to CNN, legal advisers had to gather…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

January 19, 2021
News

Brandon Bernard Dies by Lethal Injection: 'I Wish I Could Take It All Back'

Brandon Bernard died by lethal injection last night at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind., becoming the ninth person on federal death row to be killed by the U.S. government since the Trump administration resumed federal executions last year. His death came after his defense team made one final effort to halt the execution…

By

Anne Branigin

Published

December 11, 2020
News

Trump Administration Fast Tracking Executions and Trying to Bring Back Firing Squads Before Biden's Inauguration

Donald Trump’s presidency has been one long nightmare come to life, in part because the administration he built has appeared hellbent on showing they are villains. From kidnapping immigrant children from their parents, to going to court over and over again to make it harder for people to access affordable healthcare in America, their operating…

By

Ishena Robinson

Published

November 28, 2020
News

The Justice Department Has Stopped the Civil Rights Probe Into Tamir Rice's Killing, but Didn't Bother To Notify His Family

In case we needed any more evidence that the Trump administration is working overtime to protect police officers in this country from facing any repercussions for killing Black people, news has now come to light that the Justice Department has deliberately blocked a federal inquiry into the killing of Tamir Rice. Rice, as you’ll remember,…

By

Ishena Robinson

Published

October 31, 2020
Politics

Judge Finds That Trump’s Federal Law Enforcement Commission Is Fugazi Since It Only Includes Police

Only the president and America’s most crooked top cop could’ve thought that it was legal to launch a law enforcement commission that only included police and wasn’t open to the public. Well, all that’s going to have to change as Senior U.S. District Court Judge John D. Bates in Washington, D.C., found that President Trump…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

October 1, 2020
Law Enforcement, News

Federal Charges for Black Lives Matter Protesters Even More Appalling in Light of Breonna Taylor Indictment

In light of the charges filed against former Louisville Metro police officer Brett Hankison in Kentucky last week, civil liberties advocates and news outlets have taken a harder look at how police and prosecutors’ offices have been charging Black Lives Matter protesters arrested during nationwide demonstrations this year. Among them is the news website Insider,…

By

Anne Branigin

Published

September 28, 2020
Politics

New York City, Portland, Ore., and Seattle Declared 'Anarchist Jurisdictions' by Department of Justice

The United States Department of Justice has declared New York City, Portland, Ore., and Seattle “anarchist jurisdictions,” setting the stage for federal funds to be withheld from those locales until they comply with the wishes of Donald Trump. NBC New York reports the Justice Department cited “New York City’s rising gun violence, cuts to the…

By

Monique Judge

Published

September 21, 2020
Politics

Democrats to Bill Barr: Keep John Lewis’ Good Name Out of Your Mouth

When Attorney General Evil Fred Flintstone, aka Bill Barr, agreed to testify in front of the House Judiciary Committee, he knew he was going to face some fire. Evil John Goodman has been Trump’s body man since being appointed America’s top cop. He’s made no bones about pushing Trump’s agenda, including freeing Trump’s cronies from…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

July 29, 2020
Politics

House Hearing on Bill Barr Quickly Turns Into Petty Version of Romper Room

They couldn’t even make it out of the opening statements before a Republican lawmaker went full older brother finger-in-your-face-but-I’m-not-touching-you levels of petty. According to Yahoo News, Wednesday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing was supposed to be an opportunity for former Department of Justice workers to fully explain the level of terror Attorney General William Barr, aka…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

June 25, 2020