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I "learn" at the expense of the accused. Am I even learning? I really don't know. I feel like I know more. But does it help?

R. Kelly is a genius. This is one line from Best Friend from his latest album Double Up:

[Polow Da Don:]Man i been havin trouble wit my car, Besides it's to far, price of gas, man it's hard, and on da real, shit man they be trippin up at that Wal-Mart,feel me?

People can't get to court because they don't have transportation. People, and by people I mean people of color, African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Latin Americans, black people, brown people, Asians, blacks y boricuas and white people too be gettin' totally hassled when they're just out mindin' their own fuckin' business. They pick up some bullshit charge and guess what? You've got a record. And the door that really wasn't too open to begin with closes just a little bit. But I guess their business is our white business. Its our business to remind you that we control you and what little freedom you might have can be reduced and even obliterated at the drop of a hat. Up against the wall!! At the mall, at the club, on the street, random searches, random frisks, random thisses and random thats and at fuckin' Wal-Mart too. Jesus I wouldn't be surprised to hear that those fuckheads had someone arrested, brought into the store and pressed into service at like thirty-five cents an hour.

Today one of the district attorneys took me to task for not moving cases fast enough. Basically she wants me to make deals and, in my opinion, force people to take pleas. Whatever. People, including me, don't know what is happening. Therefore, I have to teach myself, which really doesn't happen, and then tell the defendants what is happening. That takes time. What happens if things start getting backed up?

What do you call a company that goes into people's homes and looks for suspicious behavior and when it sees some reports it to the police? Time-Warner. And the local gas and electric company. People I represent have been telling me that clubs keep lists of people with warrants. When they swipe their ID cards to show their age, they check the name on the list and call the cops if the names match. These are public-private partnerships. Privatization of security. The next step will be huge parts of the population that will not have access to services provided by these companies. Which is fine, but for all the wrong reasons. Its not like we actually need the crap they supply. Including this blog.