A person's life can turn on a dime, for better or for worse. One action or one happenstance can forevermore change a life's direction, and doors that you never knew existed can swing open -- or in the tragic...
Lady Karma is a bitch and so am I. I was taught as a girl that one should never gloat over the misfortunes of others, even enemies, but that lesson never took. I love it when bad things happen...
A lawyer friend of mine told me years ago, "There are two criminal justice systems in America, one for the rich and one for the poor. Never doubt that for a minute." I had another friend, a co-worker who...
I can't help it, I just have this warm, almost holiday like glow in my chest. For tonight, for the first time in 21 months, Ahmad Arbery can finally rest in peace. And tonight, for the first time in...
The police are in a bad way if they're losing the likes of ultra conservative right-winger Pat Robertson. This is an eye opener. Take careful note, you're not going to see a woke Pat Robertson every day. https://twitter.com/ZTPetrizzo/status/1382727213448056836 “You can feel...
This is one of the most disturbing events I have witnessed in a long time. A few days ago, I wrote a piece on the Republican congresspeople who refused to vote on a bill to protect senior citizens from scammers....
This is a real feel good story. This is the best thing that has happened since Derek Chauvin got convicted. Last April a 73-year-old woman with dementia and sensory aphasia, which impairs her ability to understand and communicate, was...
Lady Justice is a tough old broad and she reaffirmed today that she's still in the game and her system works. The justice system works. That may seem like a strange lede, but in a day and age where...
I simply could not bring myself to watch either one of the two brutal videos that dropped today, despairing of what each of them has to say about the crippled wreck of the soul of my country, and the...
I'm sorry, but I honestly believe the title to be true. Modern policing cannot be changed substantially, only modified. Because when you attempt to make systemic change, that logically means that you are going to change the system itself. After decades of...

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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. In fact, it's the only thing that ever has.

— Margaret Mead