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By J. DeVoy Parents of Rochester, N.Y. probably are resting easier this weekend now that an alleged serial footlicker is behind bars.  Forty-nine-year-old Anthony Parri was arrested for removing a six-year-old’s shoes and rubbing her feet against his nose and mouth (source).  The victim’s mother and a library attendant witnessed Parri’s conduct and reported the abuse to law enforcement officers. (source)  Parri is believed to be involved in six other footlicking incidents that victimized girls between 5 and 10 years old within the Rochester metro area. (source) Outside the courthouse, Parri responded to the allegations by stating that “I am being set up by the President Barack Obama and the city and the federal government.”(source) In my several regretful years spent

Ask any lawyer. Pro bono clients are never in the middle of the spectrum. They are usually the biggest pain in the ass clients. When someone isn’t paying you, they feel (and they are right) that they are just as entitled to your time as your hourly clients – but they have no disincentive to keeping you on the phone for an hour. But, sometimes they are also the most rewarding clients. They are the ones who you meet on the phone, with the cracking voice, who say “I need help.” They are the ones that awaken your faded sense of altruism, that suppress your cynicism for a few minutes, and they wind up convincing (or conning) you into sending

-MJR A West Virginia coal activist hoped that she would be able to improve the environmental conditions for her neighbors by attending a house committee meeting in Washington, D.C. to present the story of her community. Instead, she was accused of attempting to show pornographic pictures of children. (Source) The water on Maria Gunnoe’s property is not potable. Because of her community’s proximity to a coal-mining source, the water has been contaminated by the coal industry’s retrieval process.  To illustrate this point, Gunnoe wanted to present a series of photos, one of which included a toddler taking a bath in a pool of orange-colored water.  The politicians present decided it was inappropriate and would not allow her to make her

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3KbNhvLCTw] A Rhode Island Cop, Edward Krawetz, kicked a handcuffed woman in the head as she sat on the ground. (source) Naturally, he claimed “self defense.” [His] fellow police officer … testified that Officer Krawetz never expressed concern for his own safety, never said he feared serious bodily injury, never yelled out that he was in pain and never sought medical attention. Even his own colleague testified that Krawetz never indicated that he was in danger of serious bodily injury from the seated and handcuffed woman. As a result, the right thing happened — Krawetz was convicted of felony battery and sentenced to 10 years in prison. Then, the judge suspended the sentence. (source) Now, this filthy pig (who has

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