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"The Whole System Relies on These Arrests": The NYPD's Racist Marijuana Arrest Crusade And Its National Implications

Alexander Zaitchik, American Independent News Network. May 15, 2012.

New York’s marijuana arrests, says a growing chorus of critics, are a prime example of how the nation’s drug laws disproportionately impact black and Latino communities.

Drug War Disaster: Student Busted for Pot Abandoned in Cell, Forced to Drink Own Urine to Survive

Staff, AFP. May 3, 2012.

After getting arrested for smoking marijuana on 4/20, 23-year-old Daniel Chong was forgotten in his cell for days, leaving him forced to drink his own urine.

Historic 4/20: Colorado Voters Have Chance to End Marijuana Prohibition

Art Way, AlterNet. April 17, 2012.

It’s time to end nearly a century of Colorado's marijuana prohibition, a policy that failed as badly as alcohol prohibition. The common sense solution: regulation.

Drug Czar Says African Americans Are More Affected by the 'Drug Problem' -- Here's Why That's Propaganda

Tony Newman, AlterNet. November 28, 2011.

Ignoring the disproportionate racial impact of drug law enforcement while focusing on the disproportionate racial impact of the drug problem is simply Orwellian.

Flex Your Rights: 3 Things To Do in Every Police Encounter

Stephen C. Webster, Raw Story. November 14, 2011.

Law enforcements experts share tips for smartly dealing with cops and avoiding life-altering consequences.

Making Safer Spaces: Occupy Wall Street Addresses Questions of Security at Zuccotti Park

Melissa Gira Grant, AlterNet. November 6, 2011.

The question of how safe Liberty Plaza is – and for whom – has consumed occupiers and critics for weeks.

Cops Blame Occupy Wall Street for Surge in Shootings But City Wastes Money Policing Nonviolent Protesters

Nick Turse, AlterNet. October 27, 2011.

NYPD floods Wall Street with cops to pen in protesters, then blames Occupy Wall Street for diverting resources as gun violence spikes across the city.

Occupy Wall Street Protester, Arrested and Jailed for 30 Hours, Tells Her Story for the First Time

Barbara Schneider Reilly, AlterNet. October 26, 2011.

An AlterNet exclusive: Manhandled, arrested, cuffed, searched, and locked away in the Tombs, this is her uncensored story, in her own words.

Marijuana Arrests Driving America’s ‘Drug War,’ Latest FBI Report Shows

Paul Armentano, AlterNet. September 21, 2011.

Marijuana arrests now comprise more than one-half (52 percent) of all drug arrests in the United States.

8 Years In Prison for a Harmless Prank? Handcuffed for Doodling? The Increasing Criminalization of Students

Rania Khalek, AlterNet. August 8, 2011.

Young people are being suspended, expelled and charged with criminal offenses for behavior as innocuous as doodling on a desk.

Winds of Change: Is Chicago About to Stop Jailing Marijuana Users?

Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. August 2, 2011.

Facing a huge budget shortfall, Chicago may switch to issuing fines for marijuana.

Come Dance with Me -- Jefferson Would Want You to

Medea Benjamin, AlterNet. June 2, 2011.

This Saturday, we’ll be dancing in reverence to Thomas Jefferson’s spirit of resistance in DC.

Over 2,600 Protesters Arrested in the US Since January 2009

Bill Quigley, AlterNet. May 24, 2011.

Resistance to the injustices in and committed by the US is alive and well.

Bush Cancels Trip for Fear of Prosecution, Mass Protests

AFPFebruary 6, 2011.

A planned visit to Switzerland by former president George W. Bush to attend a fund-raising gala is not to be.

10 Ways to Outfox Cops That Are Abusing Their Powers to Trick You

Neill Franklin, LEAP. November 17, 2010.

What few people understand, but police know all too well, is that your constitutional rights only apply if you understand and assert them.

Lawyers' Advice on What Marijuana Suspects Should Say to a Cop: Keep Your Mouth Tightly Zipped

Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. September 10, 2010.

Panel of marijuana criminal defense attorneys on the opening day of NORML's 39th Annual National Conference in Portland unanimously suggest: exercise your right to remain silent.

Fox's Chief Legal Analyst: Bush and Cheney Should Have Been Indicted for "Torturing, for Spying, for Arresting Without Warrant"

David Edwards, Raw Story. July 12, 2010.

Fox News' senior judicial analyst made some surprising remarks Saturday that may go against the grain at his conservative network.

Pot Crusader Marc Emery Jailed in Canada Pending Extradition to US

Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. October 2, 2009.

Emery is in jail in Vancouver, awaiting extradition to the US to accept a five-year plea bargain for selling marijuana seeds to US customers.

Mitchell & Jessen - The Guys Who Came Up With The Torture Program: The Young Turks

Beta Tester, AlterNet. August 13, 2009.

Surprise! Behind the torture program, a shocking story of profit and scandal.

Conservatives Packing Heat at Town Hall Meetings

Beta Tester, AlterNet. August 11, 2009.

Two separate incidents of armed Tea Baggers infiltrating town hall meetings have occurred this week. Should we be worried for our lives?

Bush Visits Canada: Will He Be Arrested for War Crimes?

Garrett Zehr, The Tyee. March 17, 2009.

Bush's diplomatic immunity is gone. Protesters are calling for his arrest as he visits Calgary to deliver a speech.

(Nothing Better to Do?) Cops Arrest 'Hope' Artist Shepard Fairey

Lisa Derrick, Firedoglake. February 8, 2009.

He was charged with two counts of damage to property, i.e. graffiti--the art form for which he is best known.

Blagojevich Compares his Arrest to Attack on Pearl Harbor

Paul the Spud, Shakesville. January 23, 2009.

At what point does chutzpah outweigh ego?

California Republican Arrested for Voter Fraud

Brad Friedman, Brad Blog. October 19, 2008.

Another report of Republican-related voter registration problems surfaces in California.

Woman Arrested at McCain Event for "McCain=Bush" Sign

Lindsay Beyerstein, Majikthise. July 7, 2008.

61-year-old librarian single-handedly proves that McCain=Bush.