December2015
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Fault Lines Wishes you Happy Holidays and A Fabulous New Year
Dec 25, 2015(Comments: 2)Dec. 25, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — Fault Lines will be taking a holiday breather, returning on January 4, 2016, so that our writers can enjoy time doing things that truly matter, like being with their families.... -
‘Twas The Night Before Lynchmas
Dec 24, 2015(Comments: 6)Dec. 24, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — In the spirit of the holiday season, I would like to do something a little different today. Something a little lighter. I know that there is massive injustice in the... -
Yes Cassandra, There Is Accountability
Dec 24, 2015(Comments: 0)Dec. 24, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — Cassandra Feuerstein is headed into the holidays with $875,000 courtesy of the Village of Skokie, Illinois. That gift comes after two years, a DUI plea, and extensive reconstructive surgery after... -
This Is Who We Are
Dec 24, 2015(Comments: 1)Dec. 24, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — The Chief Justice of Massachusetts, Ralph Gants, gave a beautiful speech to the Islamic Society of Boston. It’s worth reading the whole thing, but here are the best parts: The... -
Fault Lines Links – San Diego Releases Video of Cops Killing Fridoon Rawshad Nehad
Dec 23, 2015(Comments: 0)Dec. 23, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — Morning folks, your links today: Authorities in San Diego released some gruesome surveillance footage of the police shooting death of unarmed Fridoon Rawshan Nehad. San Diego Officer Neal Browder shot and killed Nehad in April... -
Mom Leaves Pot Brownie On Sink, Spends Christmas Without Kid
Dec 23, 2015(Comments: 6)Dec. 23, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — Small children have a tendency to eat things they’re not supposed to touch. Sometimes ingestion of that particular item or substance can have adverse consequences. In the case of Vanessa... -
Cross: Murray Newman, The Prosecution Eventually Rests
Dec 23, 2015(Comments: 6)Dec. 23, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — Ed. Note: Scott Greenfield crosses Houston criminal defense lawyer, former prosecutor-for-life and Fault Lines contributor, Murray Newman. Q. You interned with the Brazos County District Attorney in college, and went... -
On Maistre and Microwaves
Dec 23, 2015(Comments: 6)Dec. 23, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — Read the following please: All grandeur, all power, and all subordination to authority rests on the executioner: he is the horror and the bond of human association. Remove this incomprehensible... -
The Opposite of Solving the Homelessness Problem
Dec 23, 2015(Comments: 0)Dec. 23, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — When authorities discovered that someone had constructed a super awesome cave dwelling behind the Fairfax, Virginia police department, they did exactly what you’d expect them to do. They arrested the... -
Remember the Alamo (When Texans Could Fight?)
Dec 23, 2015(Comments: 0)Dec. 23, 2015 (Mimesis Law) — A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about Robert Leslie Roberson, III, a guy the Great State of Texas hopes to be putting to death one day soon. That’s the...