The U.S. Department of Justice has been investigating whether individuals and entities involved in toxic, collateralized mortgage-backed securities can be charged with crimes. But, as yet, there have been no criminal convictions of high-level corporate officials directly linked to the practice. Michael Greenberger, former director of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of…
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The Good News About Race And Crime In America
Civil rights leaders and progressive activists have cited Zimmermans acquittal and the proliferation of robust self-defense laws as evidence of a “war on black men” — or, similarly, that its now “open season on black men.” Meanwhile, Zimmerman supporters and many on the political right have used the case to bring up old discussions of…
Rick Scott Vetoes Bill Sending Non-Violent Drug Offenders To Rehab After Serving Half Sentence In Jail
“He said it was a ‘public safety’ issue. No it’s not,” said bill sponsor Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff (R-Fort Lauderdale) according to the Miami Herald. “These are non-violent drug offenders.” The bill, a rare common sense favorite during a legislative season that saw Scott approve dying animals and Jay-Z lyrics debated on the House floor, was…
White-on-White Crime: It Goes Against the False Media Narrative
Bill O’Reilly, the Fox News host and one-man propaganda machine, recently interviewed Columbia University professor Marc Lamont Hill to discuss similar claims from Wall Street Journal contributor Shelby Steele, who wrote in “The Exploitation of Trayvon Martin” that “black teenagers are afraid of other black teenagers, not whites.” O’Reilly vehemently defended Steele’s premise that the…
New Study Finds That There Is Actually Less Crime Near Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
A new study from the Rand Corporation finds that there is actually less crime near medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles as opposed to other areas of the city, where the researchers conducted a rigorous examination of crime trends. via New Study Finds That There Is Actually Less Crime Near Medical Marijuana Dispensaries |…