arresting, but it s also a racist government enterprise, operated in plain sight by local, state and yes, the federal government. police officers all over the country are incentivized to keep arrest numbers up to meet their quotas, and the easiest way for many of them to do that is to simply drive into black communities and stop and frisk black people, which they do in new york city as an official sanctioned policy of the department. there s money in those arrests, big money, federal money. the federal government has a program specifically directed at funding to enforce drug laws. all drug arrests, including misdemeanors, such as marijuana possession, must be reported to the federal government in order to receive the funds. in other words, the more arrests, the more money a police department gets from the feds. professor philip goff of ucla
arrest numbers up to meet their quotas, and the easiest way for many of them to do that is to simply drive into black communities and stop and frisk black people, which they do in new york city as an official sanctioned policy of the department. there s money in those arrests, big money, federal money. the federal government has a program specifically directed at funding to enforce drug laws. all drug arrests, including misdemeanors, such as marijuana possession, must be reported to the federal government in order to receive the funds. in other words, the more arrests, the more money a police department gets from the feds. professor philip goff of ucla told the new york times whenever federal agencies encourage law enforcement to meet numerical arrest goals instead of public safety goals, it will likely promote
0 choose someone that would be anti-democratic, he didn t do that. he split the difference. he will allow the public to speak and allow the voters to choose someone. but he doesn t want to be on the ballot with cory booker because all of his supporters may elect barbara bono. yeah, you can vote but then you have to vote again in three weeks. i think the newspaper had it right. it is his attempt to fatigue democratic voters. like okay, vote for a real contested election, which will be the senate seat, and then we re hoping few of you will show up a couple weeks later, we re hoping we have polls that indicate christie has a big lead, why bother showing up. sure. there s going to be voter fatigue. i would say may not be just self interest, though i think it plays a role. he could be looking at races in the state, trying to flip statehouses that are democratically controlled. sam, excuse me, that is self interest. self interest. but also interest of the state republicans, but yes,
the price tag on that, $24 million. essentially wasting $24 million. i will do whatever i need to do to make sure the costs are covered. it is wasting taxpayer money. i don t know what the cost is and i quite frankly don t have. now where do we go? president obama is under fire from republicans yet again. this is not about principled opposition. this time because he wants to do his job. this is about political obstruction. president obama all but dares republicans. daring senate republicans to block the nominees. to filibuster his appeals court nominees. my judicial nominees waited three times longer. nominations for federal bench, not including the supreme court. than those of my republican predecessor. they want to nullify obama s government by not letting him have a government. it is simple. it was all about politics. you speak the language of power, i speak american grass roots. developing news on the irs mess. conservative grou
it is wasting taxpayer money. i don t know what the cost is and i quite frankly don t have. now where do we go? president obama is under fire from republicans yet again. this is not about principled opposition. this time because he wants to do his job. this is about political obstruction. president obama all but dares republicans. daring senate republicans to block the nominees. to filibuster his appeals court nominees. my judicial nominees waited three times longer. nominations for federal bench, not including the supreme court. than those of my republican predecessor. they want to nullify obama s government by not letting him have a government. it is simple. it was all about politics. you speak the language of power, i speak american grass roots. developing news on the irs mess. conservative groups get their say about the irs targeting scandal. i am not here as a surf or vessel, it is not your right to assert an agenda. this story m