Study by Release and LSE argues that drug stop-and-search operations are extending racial inequality in justice system
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/21/ethnic-minorities-likely-charged-drug-possession?CMP=twt_fd
Stand Your Ground, Border Policing and the Mass Production of Corpses of Color
Trayvon Martin has been on my mind, and because he's been on my mind, José Antonio Elena Rodríguez has too. Both were young, unarmed boys of color (17 and 16 years old, respectively) gunned down in 2012 - Trayvon by neighborhood watch volunteer-cum-vigilante George Zimmerman on February 26 in Sanford, Florida, and José Antonio by at least one unnamed Border Patrol (BP) agent on October 10 in Nogales, Sonora.
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/17949-no-justice-in-sanford-no-peace-in-the-borderlands-stand-your-ground-border-policing-and-the-mass-production-of-corpses-of-color
The number of U.S. households with an unemployed parent and a child under 18 living at home soared from 2005 to 2011, a Census Bureau report says.
The report, titled "America's Families and Living Arrangements: 2012," says there were 2.4 million households in 2005 with an unemployed parent and at least one child under 18 in 2005. By 2011, that number had grown 33 percent to 3.2 million, the Census Bureau said Tuesday.
Read more: http://www.upi.com/Business_News/2013/08/27/Report-shows-how-recession-hit-US-families/UPI-42601377616317/#ixzz2dHfAdA00
http://www.upi.com/Business_News/2013/08/27/Report-shows-how-recession-hit-families/UPI-42601377616317/
The state's reliance on long-term solitary confinement is at the heart of a fast that could leave prisoners dead.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/08/50-days-california-prisons-hunger-strike-explainer
America's private prison companies have expanded across the globe
http://massprivatei.blogspot.mx/2013/08/americas-private-prison-companies-have.html
As we sit on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the magnificent March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (MOW), I am struck by a peculiar phenomenon: the Black Power phase of the African American struggle for liberation gets no love. Most of our remembrance and recognition of the MOW derives from the landmark Civil Rights (1964) and Voting Rights (1965) Acts that were passed in its wake. With the Supreme Court a few weeks ago invalidating key provisions of the Voting Rights Act, we are reminded of the brave sacrifices of those select civil rights soldiers who marched, sat, and confronted Jim Crow for critical rights.
http://indyreader.org/content/no-love-black-power-movement-misrepresenting-civil-rights-movement/
State and local governments have signed contracts that obligate them to keep a certain number of people in jail (with numbers around 96% occupancy) to bolster the profits of privately run prisons, a survey indicates.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36330.htm
Promotional materials for private spy companies show that mass surveillance technology is being sold to police departments as a way to monitor dissent
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/meet-the-private-companies-helping-cops-spy-on-protesters-20131024
"We been exposed to this type of surveillance since we got here," declared Kymone Freeman, director of the National Black LUV Fest as he emceed the historic rally against NSA surveillance in Washington, DC. He continued, "Drones is a form of surveillance. Racial profiling is a form of surveillance. Stop-and-frisk is a form of surveillance. We all black today!
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/19695-activists-of-color-at-forefront-of-anti-nsa-movement
Police officers are forcing people to choose between time behind bars or turning over their money and property -- all without ever making an arrest. Fight civil asset forfeiture abuse. www.aclu.org/policing-for-profit #prisonprofiteers
This video is part of the Prison Profiteers series produced by Brave New Foundation's Beyond Bars campaign in partnership with the ACLU and The Nation. Narration by Henry Rollins. Research help provided by Prison Legal News.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPDoiSP-XYs
For 3,278 people, it was nonviolent offenses like stealing a $159 jacket or serving as a middleman in the sale of $10 of marijuana. An estimated 65% of them are Black. Many of them were struggling with mental illness, drug dependency or financial desperation when they committed their crimes. None of them will ever come home to their parents and children. And taxpayers are spending billions to keep them behind bars.
https://www.aclu.org/living-death-sentenced-die-behind-bars-what
A stunning new report compiles extensive evidence showing how some of the worlds largest corporations have partnered with private intelligence firms and government intelligence agencies to spy on activist and nonprofit groups. Environmental activism is a prominent though not exclusive focus of these activities.
http://www.popularresistance.org/report-one-in-four-activists-may-be-corporate-spies/
Die Report :
http://www.corporatepolicy.org/spookybusiness.pdf
Es gibt ein Film über dieses Thema , The East
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_East
An investigation by El Universal has found that between the years 2000 and 2012, the U.S. government had an arrangement with Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel that allowed the organization to smuggle billions of dollars of drugs in exchange for information on rival cartels.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37366.htm