The Dirty Underbelly of Probation (Episode 6)

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If you ever want to know how much crazy sh*t can happen in a week, start a podcast! This week we cover Pumpkin Pinochet’s week-long disaster of a trip abroad, Montana’s new journalist-slamming Congresscritter, police abusing the young and the old, and for this week’s #Law140 we take a look at probation and how Ramad Chatman will be serving time for a crime he didn’t commit.

Show Notes:

• Naranjillo Nixon arms the Saudis’ war in Yemen (CNBC)
• Memes of his Orb of Doom photo-op (Mashable)
• Upside: Steve Bannon had fun (Observer)
• Watch the facepalm from the guy on the right (Slate)
• Dorito Duterte confirms it was Israel’s info he disclosed (Business Insider)
• Then pushes the Prime Minister of Montenegro (The Sun)
• Just before whining about NATO (CNN)
• And insulting the Germans (NY Times)
• At which point Merkel said YOLO (NY Times)
• First Kid Kushner wanted secret communication with the Soviets (Washington Post)
• Greg “Journo-Slammer” Gianforte becomes Montana’s newest Congresscritter (The Guardian)
• SCOTUS takes no position on NC’s Voter ID law (NY Times)
• But does invalidate 2 of our Congressional districts (NY Times)
• CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles police beat a 76-year-old black woman for sport (CBS Los Angeles)
• GEORGIA: Ramad Chatman was acquitted, then sent to jail anyway (NBC 11)
• TEXAS: San Antonio police beat a 14-year-old Hispanic girl for sport (The Root)
• Morrisey v. Brewer (Oyez)
• North Carolina v. Greer (Casetext)
• North Carolina v. Debnam (Casetext)
• Johnson v. Georgia (Justia)
• A great primer on North Carolina probation revocations (UNC School of Government)