Walter Rhett: The Justice Crisis

[DemocratsForProgress]

We have a justice crisis. It is growing.

It begins with the massive abuse of police powers. The old guidelines are being gamed to permit greater use of firearms. Police are spraying shots at routine traffic stops, on sidewalks with unsuspecting innocents, inside of homes with elderly residents, for the tiniest of things.

The justice crisis has infiltrated the streets and the courts. It is acted out and often ruled justified. It can kill your kids. And maim you. Or leave everybody stumped at the reasons for your death. It can give your killers a pass.

Last week, a drug task force with the Ross County sheriff’s department executed a search warrant on a trailer in Chillicothe, Ohio. They expected to find a large cache of weapons and drugs...

More at: http://www.democratsforprogress.com/2013/12/18/the-justice-crisis/