US: California Bill to Protect Youth Miranda Rights

The California state assembly is considering a bill that would require a consultation with a lawyer for anyone under the age of 18 before they can waive their Miranda rights and be questioned, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch released a video about a police interrogation of a child in a murder case and the need to provide children with extra legal protection to reduce the chance of coerced confessions.

Police documentary sneak peek 1: Speak Friend And Enter

A sneak peek of the police misconduct documentary Speak Friend and Enter, filmed and produced by Isiah Holmes. This is just one of three shorts which proceeded the releasing of the finial film.

Speak Friend And Enter investigates reports of misconduct committed by Wisconsin’s Wauwatosa Police Department, near Milwaukee. The film looks into the departments longstanding reputation for racial discrimination, it’s participation in several large scale teen drug use crackdowns, and the introduction of a policy of withholding arrest information, keeping the community in the dark. The fully re-edited film is available on YouTube as well as Sleeper Cells.

Police documentary sneak peek 2: Speak Friend And Enter

The film looks into the departments longstanding reputation for racial discrimination, it’s participation in several large scale teen drug use crackdowns, and the introduction of a policy of withholding arrest information, thus keeping the community in the dark.