True State of USA Wealth Inequality

True State of USA Wealth Inequality

March 10, 2013 MEDIA ROOTS — The top 1% hold 40% of the nation’s wealth. But the bottom 80% hold only 7% of the nation’s wealth. This infographics video provides an arresting presentation of widening wealth inequality in the USA. It also compares and contrasts our perceptions with actual reality. A notable segment is a graph [...]

Rookie Cop Reportedly Berated, Called ‘A Rat’ For Arresting Off-Duty Officer

  (David Schepp)   Toronto police officer Andrew Vanderburgh felt he was doing the right thing more than two years ago when he arrested an off-duty fellow officer for drunk driving. But after the Nov. 28, 2009 arrest, Vanderburgh was “harassed and berated” by fellow officers for seemingly violating an unwritten code among officers to remain [...]

Police Defend Handcuffing, Arresting Six-Year-Old for Alleged Temper Tantrum

Madison Ruppert | Salecia Johnson, a kindergartener, was taken away from her small Georgia school in steel handcuffs after being accused of tearing items off the walls and throwing books in an outburst at Creekside Elementary in Milledgeville and now the school system and the police are both defending how they handled the incident.   [...]

Bill Black @ #occupywallstreet on Arresting Banksters

Bill Black @ #occupywallstreet on Arresting Banksters

Who is Bill Black http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_K._Black