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No Animosity, No Violence, Only Respect. Officer Shows What it Means to be a Good Cop
Elgin, IL — Respect and compassion are ingrained in our beings. While some people never fully develop these qualities, others embrace them as a daily ritual.
Even in a profession characterized by brutality and disrespect of civil rights, individuals can buck the norm. In a video uploaded to Facebook, Sergeant Erickson, of the Elgin Police Department, demonstrates this with a refreshing display of civility, becoming a role model for police-citizen interactions.
A large group of young adults was hanging out and talking about cars at a parking …read more

This New York Times story says Governor Scott Walker is about to drop out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Thanks to Political Wire for the link. …read more

Casey Seiler has this interesting analysis of the legal problems of the Women’s Equality Party, in the Albany, New York Times Union. Seiler suggests that the Attorney General and the Comptroller both have motives for their refusal to sign any documents that would give the Women’s Equality Party a legitimate set of state party officers. …read more

Rialto, CA – A family is in mourning and a community grieving after losing a beloved young man. This recent high school graduate and former football player tragically lost his life at the hands of a negligent police officer.
On Sunday, September 13th, 19-year-old Anthony Camacho was crossing the street at the intersection of Rosewood Street and Cactus Avenue shortly before 9 pm when he was fatally struck by the vehicle of an inattentive police officer. The officer was reportedly responding to an unrelated call of a suspicious person at an apartment complex when he came barreling through the neighborhood, without …read more

Glen Ellyn, IL – In an infuriating video, two students at the College of DuPage, a public university, were on campus exercising their First Amendment rights by passing out pocket Constitutions and fliers that read “America is a free speech zone,” when approached by a police officer and threatened with arrest.
Filmed ironically only one day after “Constitution Day,” the footage show the officer infringe on the students’ right to freely express their political opinions by threatening to kidnap and throw them in a cage, claiming they are “soliciting.”
The officer tells the students that they need to get a permit and …read more

Canada is holding a national election on October 19. Although the Green Party leader, Elizabeth May, has been included in some televised debates, she has been or will be excluded in certain other debates. According to this story, the Green Party is about to sue the sponsors of the debates that are exclusionary.
The Green Party is one of four Canadian parties that has candidates for House of Commons in a majority of the districts. The other three such parties are being included in all debates. …read more

On September 22 a Pennsylvania State Senate Committee will hear testimony on SB 495, the ballot access bill. Pennsylvania legislators accept written testimony in advance of legislative hearings. Here is the written testimony of James Clymer, a Pennsylvanian and the former national chair of the Constitution Party.kk …read more

Asotin County, WA — Washington state was one of the first places in the country to legalize marijuana, but many have complained that their regulations are nearly as bad as prohibition.
One serious problem with Washington’s new marijuana laws is the fact that teenagers caught with the plant can be charged with felonies, and face up to five years in prison. This sentence makes no sense considering that marijuana is legal in this area. This would be the equivalent of throwing a 17 or 18-year-old in prison for 5 years for drinking a beer.
This week, it was reported that a prosecutor …read more

Detroit, MI – In a city that is rife with unemployment and poverty, many residents of Detroit, Michigan have struggled to provide their children with backpacks and school supplies. Not having the proper tools for school can make learning a more difficult endeavor.
One man, Mike Morse, has stepped up to this challenge, providing every child in the Detroit elementary public school system with a backpack filled with school supplies like markers, erasers, folders, pencils, notebooks, and other educational goods.
The selfless act, by the Mike Morse Law Firm, which invested nearly half a million dollars into the project, provides a model …read more