This story is almost too bizarre to believe, but it’s apparently true. A judge in Smith County, Texas, apparently is ordering people charged with minor crimes to write Bible verses and get married as conditions of getting probation instead of jail time. I don’t see how that can possibly [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bad States’
October 30th, 2015 - 5:31 pm § in Misc.
Texas judge orders defendants to get married or face jail time
October 14th, 2015 - 9:31 am § in Uncategorized
Jogging while black
https://youtu.be/fUeV0fCuml4[...]
September 19th, 2015 - 3:13 pm § in Politics
Proof that (some) Republicans are racists
This “joke” was posted by the chairwoman of Montana’s Yellowstone County GOP organization.[...]
September 16th, 2015 - 10:43 am § in Schools & Colleges
Stupid Texas school officials arrest Muslim genius kid for inventing electronic clock
“IRVING, Texas — Police detained a 14-year-old Muslim boy after a teacher at his North Texas high school decided that a homemade clock he proudly brought to class looked like a bomb, according to school and police officials.” — CBS News “The boy makes his own radios, re[...]
August 17th, 2015 - 12:52 pm § in Misc.
Some states act against speed traps
More states are cracking down on small towns using speed traps to raise money for their town or police budgets. These laws typically impose caps on how much municipalities can keep from traffic fines, with any fine revenues over a specified percentage of the town’s total budget going to the s[...]
August 11th, 2015 - 11:09 am § in Misc.
Heartless Michigan prison officials believe hugging is “trivial”
A jury disagreed and awarded an inmate $1 compensatory damages and $1,250 punitive damages after a prison guard refused to let the inmate hug his wife during a prison visit in retaliation for his previous complaints against the guard. CBS News reported, “In court filings, the Corrections Depar[...]
August 7th, 2015 - 3:07 pm § in Uncategorized
South Carolina cops strive for racial equality in their policing practices
This time, the unarmed teen guilty of nothing more than a minor drug infraction shot dead by the police was a white kid. Read story here. [...]
August 2nd, 2015 - 8:20 pm § in Uncategorized
How St. Louis County municipalities rob poor black people
In Pagedale, Missouri, a St. Louis suburb like Ferguson, town officials raise money by slapping fines on poor black residents. Among Pagedale’s municipal ordinances, according to a local lawyer: “[Y]ou can’t have a hedge more than three feet high. You can’t have a basketbal[...]
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