Crime, the NAACP, and the Tea Party: Jason Riley in the WSJ opines that the NAACP has its priorities misplaced, obsessing about the Tea Party. "Blacks are 13% of the population but comprise 38% of prison or jail inmates in the U.S., and black-on-black violent crime is the norm. Blacks commit 52% of all murders and make up 49% of all murder victims--90% of them are killed by other blacks. Is this problem perhaps a little more pressing than supposed racial overtones in Michele Bachmann speeches?"
Mental Health Courts: Lee Romney reports for the LA Times on San Francisco's "Behavioral Health Court," another innovation in the "drug court" model.
Some Immigrants Face Deportation, Despite Service: The U.S. Armed Forces enlists nearly 8,000 non-citizens every year. Rohan Coombs, 43, was born in Jamaica and immigrated to the U.S. legally as a child. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and served for at least 6 years. But because of his past criminal convictions, many for drug charges, Coombs is facing deportation and is currently locked up at an immigration detention center. Supporters of non-citizen servicemen and women are trying to change a 1996 law that expanded the list of crimes that qualify a non-citizen for deportation. Attorneys are taking cases, like Coombs' to court, arguing that an individual who serves in the Armed Forces should be considered a U.S. national and protected from deportation, regardless if that individual is an immigrant or not. Juliana Barbassa of the San Francisco Chronicle has more on the story here.
Manhunt in Missouri After 3 Convicts Escape Jail: Three inmates, including a convicted murderer, successfully escape a northwest Missouri jail by simply crawling under a fence. Of the three fugitives, one was convicted of murdering a fellow roommate with a hammer, another was jailed for a previous attempt to escape from prison, and the third was convicted in an assault case. Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers have joined forces with sheriffs deputies from different law enforcement agencies to track down the escapees. CBS News has more on the story here.
Mental Health Courts: Lee Romney reports for the LA Times on San Francisco's "Behavioral Health Court," another innovation in the "drug court" model.
Some Immigrants Face Deportation, Despite Service: The U.S. Armed Forces enlists nearly 8,000 non-citizens every year. Rohan Coombs, 43, was born in Jamaica and immigrated to the U.S. legally as a child. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and served for at least 6 years. But because of his past criminal convictions, many for drug charges, Coombs is facing deportation and is currently locked up at an immigration detention center. Supporters of non-citizen servicemen and women are trying to change a 1996 law that expanded the list of crimes that qualify a non-citizen for deportation. Attorneys are taking cases, like Coombs' to court, arguing that an individual who serves in the Armed Forces should be considered a U.S. national and protected from deportation, regardless if that individual is an immigrant or not. Juliana Barbassa of the San Francisco Chronicle has more on the story here.
Manhunt in Missouri After 3 Convicts Escape Jail: Three inmates, including a convicted murderer, successfully escape a northwest Missouri jail by simply crawling under a fence. Of the three fugitives, one was convicted of murdering a fellow roommate with a hammer, another was jailed for a previous attempt to escape from prison, and the third was convicted in an assault case. Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers have joined forces with sheriffs deputies from different law enforcement agencies to track down the escapees. CBS News has more on the story here.
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