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RE: Racist Dog Murdering LRPD Arsonist Cop Joel "Creepy Todd" Payne

RE: Racist Dog Murdering LRPD Arsonist Cop Joel "Creepy Todd" Payne Post by Ean Lee Bordeaux . READ ABOUT:  Little Rock's Newest Corrupt Police Chief Kenton Buckner

McDonnell: GUILTY on 11 counts-Corruption

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McDonnell: GUILTY on 11 counts-Corruption Jury reaches verdict in federal corruption case of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell [The jury has convicted former Governor Bob McDonnell (R-VA) and his wife Maureen on 11 counts in their corruption trial.] After 17 and a half hours of  deliberations, the jurors in the McDonnell trial have reached a verdict. The verdict is expected to be read in court shortly. The decision will bring to a close a trial that seemed to grip the nation since it began in July with the shocking revelation by defense attorneys that the McDonnells’ marriage was shattered, and that would be a core element of their attempt to beat the charges. Maureen McDonnell, wife of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, also found guilty of obstruction of justice in corruption case.

Ferguson and the Modern Debtor’s Prison

Post by Ean Lee Bordeaux . How does a stop for jaywalking turn into a homicide and how does that turn into an American town essentially coming under military control with snipers, tear gas, and a no-fly zone? We don’t yet know exactly what happened between the two individuals on the day in question but events like this don’t happen without a deeper context. Part of the context is the return of debtor’s prisons that I wrote about in 2012: Debtor’s prisons are supposed to be illegal in the United States  but today poor people who fail to pay even small criminal justice fees are routinely being imprisoned. The problem has gotten worse recently because strapped states have dramatically increased the number of criminal justice fees….Failure to pay criminal justice fees can result in revocation of an individual’s drivers license, arrest and imprisonment. Individuals with revoked licenses who drive (say to work to earn money to pay their fees) and are apprehended ca