http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2009/07/altered-states-america
Happy Friday. Here’s a history of the Drug War.
- From: Mother Jones magazine on Tumblr
motherjones- Origin: Mother Jones magazine on Tumblr
Showing posts with 'the system is broken' tag.
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BLOGGING via TYPEWRITER.: Justice in this country.
- Set up webcam in your roommate’s dorm in the hopes of catching him in the act of having intimate relations with a man, then telling your friends all about it in a “Eeeew, look, he’s GAY!” manner, leading your roommate to kill himself by jumping off a bridge: sentenced to 30 days in jail.
- Stalk…
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inothernews- Origin: BLOGGING via TYPEWRITER.
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sweet florida -_- Land of injustice, we salute you. racist justice system is fucking messed up. and people say justice will be served on those who deserve it. haha, fuck that, it ain’t true. zimmerman: protected by the stand your ground law, when it has been established that he provoked the conflict by following trayvon and going up to him after being told by police to stay away alexander: denied all protection via stand your ground even though she had to retreat to a garage to avoid her attacker and realized there was no way out but the front door (judge said ‘it doesnt make sense you felt like you were being attacked or else you wouldnt have come back into the house’)
- From: Stfu Assholes
stfueverything- Origin: watermelondria
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shallowjokesandbrokenthoughts: The educational system in one image. Ahh this is clever. “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will spend the rest of its life thinking it’s an idiot.” -Albert Einstein MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE THEORY Oh, damn. …Sadly, all too accurate… I love this image okay. (Source: vitundarvakning)
- From: The Thundering Thaumaturge
thethunderingthaumaturge- Origin: Vitundarvakning
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Uncompromising Photos Expose Juvenile Detention in America
On any given night in the U.S., there are approximately 60,500 youth confined in juvenile correctional facilities or other residential programs. Photographer Richard Ross has spent the past five years criss-crossing the country photographing the architecture, cells, classrooms and inhabitants of these detention sites.The resulting photo-survey, Juvenile-In-Justice, documents 350 facilities in over 30 states. It’s more than a peek into unseen worlds — it is a call to action and care.
“I grew up in a world where you solve problems, you don’t destroy a population,” says Ross. “To me it is an affront when I see the way some of these kids are dealt with.”
The U.S. locks up children at more than six times the rate of all other developed nations. The over 60,000 average daily juvenile lockups, a figure estimated by the Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF), are also disproportionately young people of color. With an average cost of $80,000 per year to lock up a child, the U.S. spends more than $5 billion annually on youth detention. On top of the cost, in its recent report No Place for Kids, the AECF presents evidence to show that youth incarceration does not reduce recidivism rates, does not benefit public safety and exposes those imprisoned to further abuse and violence. Ross thinks his images of juvenile lock-ups can, and should, be “ammunition” for the ongoing policy and funding debates between reformers, staff, management and law-makers.
we, us, this country… are so broken. more love, please. this doesn’t even make any sense.
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- From: STFU, Conservatives
stfuconservatives- Origin: Sunshine Recorder
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https://www.change.org/petitions/reverse-decision-to-try-12-yo-cristian-fernandez-as-an-adult
(Photo) Save Cristian Fernandez » This was a horrifying case before Trayvon Martin was killed. Now it is as clear a sign of the hypocrisy and racism of our system as one could find. In Florida, the state where Trayvon’s killer walks free, they are trying a 12-year old as an adult and attempting to sentence him to life in prison. There were clear signs of the hypocrisy and racism in our system way before these things happened, though, so… Either way, this is despicable. Okay, I’m in tears, it’s time to get off the internet now. I hate everything. LIFE in prison. A 12 year old boy. Jesus fucking Christ. This is goddamn ridiculous. He is a fucking child.
- From: We are the blog. Resistance is futile.
corinnajune- Origin: Socialism Art Nature
