March2016

Mar. 29, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Hi folks, here’s what you need to know this morning: New audio and video evidence was released in the Seattle police shooting of Che Taylor in February. Officers maintain that Taylor,...

Mar. 28, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Colorado representative Ken Buck is very concerned about the health and well being of our nation’s police officers.  His concern for officer safety in a world that “hates cops” is...

Mar. 28, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Jian Ghomeshi, a former Canadian Broadcasting Corporation journalist and host, was found not guilty of five counts of sexual assault against three women in a high profile trial that just...

Mar. 28, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — A prosecutor’s duty is to do justice. Police officers are supposed to protect and serve. Together they hold the power over a life. With that power comes the responsibility to...

Mar. 28, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — For the first time ever, a federal appeals court has ruled that “habitual drunkards” are not inadmissible from the U.S. on the grounds of poor moral character.  From the LA...

Mar. 28, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Happy Monday folks. Your links today: The NYPD are conducting an internal investigation into an incident involving mailman Glen Grays and five plainclothes police officers earlier this month. Grays was approached...

Mar. 25, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Illma Gore, the artist behind the “Donald Trump Baby Dick” painting, has faced an uphill battle with Facebook to reactivate her account after persistently posting the aforementioned piece of art on...

Mar. 25, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — A squirrel fought the law and the squirrel won. That’s the easiest way to describe former Mountain City Police Officer Jody Putnam’s woes after U.S. Magistrate Judge Clifton Corker granted...

Mar. 25, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — When Iberia Parish, Louisiana deputies told people that they are about to have a “Come to Jesus” moment, they were serious. They have an old school way of communicating with...

Philly, the ACLU and the Fourth Amendment Mar. 25, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — The battle between the City of Brotherly Love and the Pennsylvania ACLU over reforming Philly’s troubled police department is set to heat up...