January2016
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DOJ To Local Cops: The Forfeiture Party Is Over, For Now
Jan 5, 2016(Comments: 2)Jan. 5, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — The Department of Justice ended 2015 with possible good news for the nation’s victims of the highway robbery scheme called civil asset forfeiture. In ending what amounted to a commission-based... -
Jay Park Shows Us Cops Can Totally Get Fired
Jan 5, 2016(Comments: 15)Jan. 5, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — There aren’t many things that can get a police officer fired. A history of incompetence and the reckless killing of a 12 year-old boy, on video, didn’t do it. Choking a... -
The Collision Course: Cops And The Mentally Ill
Jan 5, 2016(Comments: 6)Jan. 5, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — A police officer’s job is a dangerous one. Other than that of a soldier’s, no other job description in the world holds the expectation that the employee face the potential... -
Their “Oops” Still Means You Go To Jail
Jan 5, 2016(Comments: 5)Jan. 5, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Accountability is something we discuss regularly here, and it’s something the average civilian faces on a regular basis. If we make mistakes, we have to suffer the consequences for them. ... -
What BigLaw Needs in 2016
Jan 5, 2016(Comments: 0)Jan. 5, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Mark Cohen, founder and CEO of Legal Mosaic, looks back on 2015 and talks about some of the things large law firms would like to see in the pipeline of... -
Fault Lines Links – Anita Alvarez Asks FBI To Investigate Chicago Police Double Shooting
Jan 4, 2016(Comments: 0)Jan. 4, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Welcome back folks, here’s what you missed: Cook County State Attorney Anita Alvarez has requested that the FBI join the investigation into the fatal shooting of Bettie Jones and Quintonio LeGrier by... -
The Oregon Standoff: It’s Not About the Hammonds
Jan 4, 2016(Comments: 17)Jan. 4, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — The impending (re)-imprisoning of two Oregon ranchers, Dwight and Steven Hammond, has led anti-government protesters to occupy the administration building of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Among the occupiers are... -
The Numbers Don’t Lie. The Police Do.
Jan 4, 2016(Comments: 2)Jan. 4, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Last year, we were inundated with headlines that warned of a slip back into the old days of criminals running our city like they did in the old days. The... -
Those We Hate Should Be Protected Too
Jan 4, 2016(Comments: 0)Jan. 4, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Former Marksville Police Department officer and City Marshall Derrick Stafford spent New Year’s Day in a jail cell, unable to post his $1 million bond and unable to convince District... -
When Prosecutors Have “The Innate Intellect Of A Fifth-Grader”
Jan 4, 2016(Comments: 4)Jan. 4, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — In 2009, Maria Uriostegui was stabbed in the stomach and elsewhere at least nine times, in Denton, Texas. Her estranged husband, Silvano Uriostegui, was arrested and charged with Aggravated Assault...