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Category Archives: Law Enforcement
Lamb Interview – Podcast April 8, 2019
Murdered And Missing Native American Women: Unsolved, Unreported and Ignored. The Democratic Perspective hosts welcome Brianna Lamb of the University of Montana. A member of the Nez Perce nation from Missoula, she is a domestic abuse survivor and a major … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Violence, Human Rights, Interviews, Justice System, Law Enforcement, Mass Media, Native American Issues, Policing, Racial Discrimination, Women's Issues
Tagged Domestic Violence, Legal Jurisdiction, Missing Women, Murdered Women, Senator John Tester, Violence Against Women
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January Contreras Interview – Podcast February 5, 2018
Ending A Culture Of Corruption: January Contreras Is Running For Arizona Attorney General. Democratic Perspective welcomes January Contreras to discuss her campaign to unseat the Republican incumbent. Citing a Harvard study that named Arizona the number one state for corruption, she … Continue reading
Posted in Arizona Politics, Corruption, Ethics, Government, Interviews, Justice System, Law Enforcement, Legal Issues, Political Candidacy
Tagged Arizona Attorney General, January Contreras
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Scott Thomas Anderson Interview — Podcast October 2, 2017
The Cutting Four-Piece: Scott Thomas Anderson, Investigative Reporter, On the Crime and Tragedy of Prison Overcrowding. Mike Cosentino interviews Scott Thomas Anderson, crime reporter for the Sacramento News and Review. His book, The Cutting Four-Piece, offers an illuminating tour through the … Continue reading
Posted in Corrections Policy, Criminal Justice Reform, Digital Revolution, Interviews, Investigative Journalism, Journalism, Judicial System, Justice System, Law Enforcement, Mass Incarceration, National Politics, Penology, Podcasts, Policing, Private Prisons, Public Accountability, War On Drugs
Tagged Corrections Corporation of America, Geo Group, Law Enforcement Action Partnership, LEAP, Literary Journalism, Public Safety Realignment initiative, Sacramento News and Review, Scott Thomas Anderson
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Alessandra Soler Interview — Podcast December 19, 2016
Now More Than Ever, the ACLU Is At the Forefront In the Defense of Our Civil Liberties, As It Has Been Since 1920: Alessandra Soler, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, returns to Democratic Perspective for a discussion of the state … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Gay Discrimination, Arizona Law Enforcement, Arizona Politics, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Constitutional Issues, Corrections Policy, Education Policy, Immigration, Interviews, Judicial System, Law Enforcement, National Politics, Podcasts
Tagged ACLU, Alessandra Soler, American Civil Liberties Union, Charter Schools, Deportation, Donald Trump, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Supreme Court Cases, Supreme Court of the United States
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Legalizing Marijuana in Arizona: The Pros and Cons of Ballot Proposition 205 — Podcast September 19, 2016
First Do No Harm: How Will the De-Criminalization and Regulation of Marijuana Affect Arizona’s Public Health and Safety? Democratic Perspective hosts a debate on the merits of Arizona’s Proposition 205, and whether or not its proposed decriminalization of marijuana sale and use — within certain legally … Continue reading
Posted in Arizona Politics, Criminal Justice Reform, Drug Trafficking, Health Care, Interviews, Judicial System, Justice System, Law Enforcement, Mass Incarceration, Podcasts, Policing, Public Health Policy, Taxation, War On Drugs
Tagged Adam Kinsey, Arizona CD 4, Arizona Proposition 205, Ed Gogek MD, Marijuana Legaliziation, Mikel Weisser, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, NORML, Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol
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The Justice Department Is Phasing Out Its Use of Private Prisons: Will the States Follow Suit? — Podcast August 29, 2016
Has the Justice Department Just Struck the First Significant Blow In the Battle Against Rent-Seeking In Our Correctional Systems? Democratic Perspective hosts Mike Cosentino, Gary LaMaster, and Steve Williamson review the Justice Department’s announcement that some federal contracts with private prison corporations are being phased out. This … Continue reading
Posted in Arizona Law Enforcement, Arizona Politics, Corrections Policy, Corruption, Criminal Justice Reform, Justice System, Law Enforcement, National Politics, Penology, Podcasts, Private Prisons, Privatization
Tagged Corrections Corporation of America, Doug Ducey, Federal Crime Eate, Geo Group, Involuntary Servitude, Jan Brewer, Management and Training Corporation, Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, Recidivism and Rehabilitation, Recidivism Rates, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, U.S. Department of Justice
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Tay Wiles Interview — Podcast July 18, 2016
The Sagebrush Insurgency: Is the Developing Alliance Between the Land Transfer and Militia Movements in the West Increasing the Threat of Violence Against Federal Agency Employees? Tay Wiles, reporter and online editor for the High Country News, joins Democratic Perspective hosts Mike Cosentino … Continue reading
Posted in Bureau of Land Management, Department of Homeland Security, Department of the Interior, Domestic Extremism, Domestic Terrorism, Environment, Environmental Issues, Federal Lands, Interviews, Law Enforcement, National Politics, Podcasts, Public Lands, U.S. Forest Service
Tagged Ammon Bundy, Cliven Bundy, High Country News, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Militia Groups, Sagebrush Insurgency, Sagebrush Rebellion, Tay Wiles
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A Not-So-Magnificent Obsession: The History, Psychology, and Politics of Gun Ownership in America — Podcast November 9, 2015
Unfinished Business: The Second Amendment, the NRA, the Arms Industry, and 30,000+ Shooting Deaths per Year in the U.S.: Is Anyone EVER Going to Connect These Dots? Democratic Perspective’s Mike Cosentino, Gary LaMaster, and Steve Williamson try to make some sense of the controversy over … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Federalism, Arizona Politics, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Child Protection, Constitutional Issues, Criminology, Domestic Terrorism, Firearms and Explosives, Firearms Legislation, Founding Fathers, Gun Control, Law Enforcement, Podcasts, Policing, Political Polarization, States' Rights
Tagged Gun Fetishists, Mass Shootings, National Rifle Association, NRA, Open Carry, Second Amendment
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Matt Capalby Interview — Podcast August 24, 2015
Arizona: the State of the State, the State of State Politics. Democratic Perspective’s intrepid investigative staff interviews Matt Capalby — Kingman native, Arizona Democratic Party stalwart, and highly regarded political consultant — about the state of play in Arizona politics as the 2016 race … Continue reading
Posted in Arizona Economy, Arizona Politics, Campaign Finance, Citizens United, Dark Money, Education Policy, Elections, Energy Policy, Environmental Issues, Immigration, Income Inequality, Interviews, Jobs and Employment, Journalism, Justice System, Law Enforcement, Local Politics, Mass Media, Media Campaigns, Podcasts, Polling, Public Education, Public Lands, Taxation, Water Policy
Tagged Ann Kirkpatrick, Arizona Democratic Party, Arizona LD 1, Arizona LD 6, Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, AZ LD 1, AZ LD 6, John McCain, Matt Capalby, Tom O'Halleran, US Congressional Races, US Senate Race
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What We Do Know About Police Brutality Is Bad: What We Don’t Know May Be Worse — Podcast May 4, 2015
Police Violence: a Statistical Black Hole. Democratic Perspective’s Mike Cosentino, Gary LaMaster and Steve Williamson review the shocking lack of statistical information on the frequency of unprovoked police violence against a citizenry they’re sworn to protect and to serve. Our cellphone cameras have now given … Continue reading
Posted in Bigotry, Civil Rights, Government, Law Enforcement, Podcasts, Policing, Racial Discrimination, Racism
Tagged Akai Gurley, Antonio Zambrano-Montes, Baltimore, Crime Statistics, Eric Garner, Ferguson MO, Freddy Gray, Michael Brown, Oscar Grant, Police Brutality, Policing Statistics, Tamir RIce, Tony Robinson, Walter Scott
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