#DefendDurm (Episode 23)

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When it comes to Nazis, President Trump has more flip-flops than a hipster-infested beach on Independence Day. Durham’s Confederate participation trophy is removed by protestors, Maryland can’t find prison guards who aren’t criminals, and Tennessee runs an entire criminal justice system without judges or defense attorneys. And in this week’s #Law140 segment, we take a look at the mechanics of felony charges against those #DefendDurm protestors.

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CORRECTION (08/22/17): Folks on Twitter informed us that Clark County is in Washington, not Oregon. We’ve corrected the show notes below – thanks for the heads up!

Show Notes:

• Steve Bannon is out (CNN)
• The Kimchi Klansman condemns Nazis… (CNN)
• …before un-condemning them (ABC News)
• And the Nacho Nazi’s enablers in Congress don’t know what to do (NY Magazine)
• Durham had an interesting Friday (Durham Herald-Sun)
• A surprising court ruling on warrants (DC Circuit)
• Man can sue after being wrongly imprisoned 23 years (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
• Charlotte School of Law is closed (Above the Law)
• Judges allow junk science when they shouldn’t (AP)
  • Our #Law140 on scientific evidence (Fsck #12)
• Equal justice requires a fat bank account (CBS News)
• White-on-black homicides are routinely justified (NY Times)
• The Misplaced Arguments on BLM (The Economist)
• A thought-provoking piece on violent criminals (Slate)
• Apple’s iOS 11 may protect you from unreasonable searches (The Verge)
• CALIFORNIA: Alameda County Sheriff RTs a Nazi press conference (East Bay Express)
• CALIFORNIA: CA police killed 157 in 2016, a third in LA County (LA Times)
• CALIFORNIA: Orange County judge sanctions the DA for corruption (OC Weekly)
• CALIFORNIA: Orange County considers appeal of $2.25M rape-by-cop verdict (Reason)
• FLORIDA: 3 ex-prison guards in the KKK convicted of conspiring to kill black inmate (Washington Post)
• GEORGIA: Judge suspended for Charlottesville remarks (NY Daily News)
• MARYLAND: Debtors prisons are apparently a thing? (Baltimore Sun)
• MARYLAND: Potential prison guards scared away by polygraphs (Washington Post)
• MASSACHUSETTS: Springfield cop gives Charlottesville thoughts (Mass Live)
• MASSACHUSETTS: Northeastern University police think all black people look alike… (Boston Globe)
  • …of course it’s caught on video (Facebook)
• MINNESOTA: Minneapolis cop watched security guard beat a handcuffed man (MPR News)
• NEW YORK: 100 NYPD officers support Colin Kaeparnick (Twitter)
• NEW YORK: The NYC SBA announces “blue racism” (Twitter)
• NORTH CAROLINA: Man leaves his kids with babysitter, charged with child abuse (ABC 11)
• OHIO: Dashcam exposes Euclid police as liars (AP)
  • Last week’s episode on this Euclid case (Fsck #22)
• TENNESSEE: No judge? No defense lawyer? No problem! (ProPublica)
• TEXAS: Police officer pitches death penalty for monument defacing (Raw Story)
• WASHINGTON: Jail deputy Christopher North fired for ejaculating on a detained woman (Oregon Live)
• CANADA: Ottawa police show the danger of Big Data Policing (Metro News)
• The Fourth Amendment (LII)
• NC’s riot statutes (NC General Assembly)
• Illinois v. Gates (Oyez)
• In re Winship (Oyez)
• Victor v. Nebraska (Oyez)