News Updates | Austin SEVEN Innocence Project - Part 25RSS

Lying Is a Fundamental Part of American Police Culture

Whether it’s attacking minorities or protecting drug trafficking, predominately white police administrators and their troops routinely lie to the courts, which in turn use this as an excuse to protect police crimes. https://www.alternet.org/human-rights/lying-fundamental-part-american-police-culture ... Read more

No charges to be filed against officers in Alton Sterling death, Louisiana attorney general says

This has been going on for hundreds of years. This is just one more example of murder and collusion by the “law.” This, too, will be subject to Nuremberg II. https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/27/us/alton-sterling-investigation/index.html ... Read more

Unarmed black man shot to death in own backyard after police mistake cell phone for weapon

As usual, the police claim that something–a cell phone, a stick, or some imaginary object–looked like a gun. To hammers, everything looks like a nail. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/unarmed-black-man-shot-death-backyard-article-1.3886562 ... Read more

False Confessions, Mistaken Witnesses, Corrupt Investigators: Why 139 Innocent People Went to Jail

How government is used to promote racism. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/14/us/convict-exonerations-2017.html ... Read more

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