Arizona deputy who shot unarmed man in the back is back on the streets

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On today’s episode of Black Talk Radio News…

The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office has put another killer cop back on the streets a week after he shot an unarmed man in the back who was standing with his hands raised in the air.

The Obama administration announced steps it would take to free thousands of non-violent so called drug offenders from the federal prison plantation and the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee passed legislation that "reduces the federal prison population" and "decreases racial disparities", the National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys released a statement opposing the reform.

A Louisiana mother begged a judge not to sentence her son to life in prison for being a drug addict who was found with a empty bag that contain cocaine residue by police. The judge refused and sentenced the young man to natural life in prison.

Protests of the FIFA World Cup scheduled to be hosted by Brazil is still being met with protesters who say the event is being hosted at the expense of the poor in the country and protests have been ongoing. Over 100 people were arrested after some protesters battled with police who were accused of trying to stop the protest before it was scheduled to be over.

Ending the Drug War w/ Leonard Frieling

A new drug law has been signed by President Obama. The Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2012 closes a loophole that treated the use of ultralight aircraft to help with drug smuggling different from the use of other aircraft. Now, their use can bring a long jail sentence and stiff fines. Tonight I am joined by Leonard Frieling of Law Enforcement Against Prohibtion. Mr. Frieling says "If the government stopped creating and supporting the artificially high street price of illegal drugs, the drug-associated crime would disappear."

The United States Drug War Produces Dirty Cops, One Officer At A Time

In Maywood, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, a police officer who worked on a drug task force stands accused of robbing suspects of money found on their persons when he searched them.In other news out of the Chicago area, a retired narcotics officer, 54-year-old Glenn Lewellen, has been nabbed in an FBI sting and stands accused of working with his former drug informant in assisting a drug gang that used kidnapping and torture to keep their drug profits flowing.