A Tale of Two Police

Apologies in advance: more profanity than usual this week! Join us as we talk about President Trump’s comments regarding the Ninth Circuit and his non-understanding of the law and HBCUs, a compare-and-contrast on how police in Balch Springs Texas conducted themselves in the Jordan Edwards execution compared to a detective with the Raleigh Police terrorizing a BBQ restaurant, and in the #Law140 segment we do an overview of federal sentencing and how it will play out in the Michael Slager plea for executing Walter Scott. Show Notes: * Donald Trump’s first and second comments about the Ninth Circuit (Twitter) * The President’s signing statement about HBCU funding (The White House) * Police execute unarmed 15yo Jordan Edwards in Balch Springs Texas (The Dallas Morning News) * Raleigh PD Detective Matt Cooper terrorizes a local BBQ restaurant (The News & Observer) * Screenshots of the shifting stories from the Raleigh Police Protective Association, now all deleted (Twitter) * F*ck the Police by NWA (YouTube) * Michael Slager pleads guilty in the execution of Walter Scott (CNN) * The text of Michael Slager’s guilty plea (CNN) * #Law140 thread on federal sentencing and the Michael Slager plea (Twitter) * The 2016 Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manual (US Sentencing Commission) * Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 US 466 (2000) (Oyez) * Blakely v. Washington, 542 US 296 (2004) (Oyez) * United States v. Booker, 543 US 220 (2005) (Oyez)