I'd have a hard time making reparations to black men for all the injustices levied against them.
A pet peeve I have here is the way our military has used black americans as so many expendable infantry men. Secondly I'll never forget the chain gangs that built I-95 (& so many other highways)...
U.S. government statistics confirm that the drug war is being waged in a racist manner ("Young black men need help," Opinion * Commentary, Dec. 24). According to the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, only 15 percent of the nation's drug users are black. But...
A sad sad course of (in)justice.......no doubt the 'color of his skin' would be the main factor in his sentencing by that judge.
I always thought that when probation is revoked for a violation that the sentence imposed was not to be greater than the original suspended sentence. In his case...
I go w/ this take on the subject, add the death of yout grandpa, perhaps some pre-existing depression or anxiety disorder that your mj use had been making tolerable.....there you have an explanation of your current feelings. Best of luck and my thoughts are with you......
Tyrone Brown, 33, is serving a life sentence for testing positive for marijuana while on probation for a $2 stickup committed when he was 17.
No one involved seems able to explain the severe penalty. Brown's victim in the holdup said he rarely thinks about the incident, but points out that he...
Suzanne Pfeil was asleep in her assisted living hospice, the Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM), when more than 20 armed federal agents stormed into the facility and held an assault rifle to her head.
Pfeil suffers from post-polio syndrome and is paraplegic. The police officers...