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...result. His book offers an intensely personal perspective on the hopelessness of city life, revealed through his experiences with Baltimore drug traffickers, addicts, and police officers. In “Cop,” Moskos is able to take a real hard look at drug crime in America and find human beings in that hardscrabble world...
...destroy lives because they have no other options; police who won’t or can’t make a positive difference for those they serve. In the face of this failure, Moskos concludes, passionately, with an argument for the legalization of drugs, comparing the chaos and crime of modern drug-infested Baltimore to the speakeasies of 1930s Chicago. While Moskos may or may not fully convince you that drugs should be legalized and regulated, he nevertheless makes you aware of the destructiveness of the drug...
...sales have slowed in recent months as consumers cut back on discretionary spending, theft of the devices has continued to soar. According to the FBI, as of late April, 31,324 portable navigation devices had been reported stolen in the U.S. - a 12% increase since late February. The crime is particularly rampant in big cities - Houston saw such robberies triple last year to 1,303. "These thefts get reported every day," says Captain Don McKinney of the Houston Police Department...
...information. What's more, it's not the average consumer who would track down a criminal to get his TomTom or Mio back. But the fact that it could be tracked at all would serve as a powerful deterrent; it would also help authorities locate and bust larger-scale crime rings, which typically hawk stolen electronics in pawn shops, on street corners, and on websites like Craigslist and eBay. What's more, it would help authorities locate people in roadside emergencies or if they're reported missing, much like GM's OnStar service. "Two-way connectivity is definitely...
...less thing to do at the caucus. It would also provide them a list showing who is eligible to participate, reducing the possibility of fraud. Also, the parties need to consider uniform caucus tabulation systems and appeals and criminal penalties for falsifying caucus results, just as it is a crime to falsify primary election results.And states and parties should consider putting caucuses under the control of local election officials, just as voting is on primary day,which would assure that the process is impartial and consistent.Another change caucus states could adopt is one Maine allows: Voters who can?...