( January has been declared National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month by the U.S. government. Human trafficking can take many forms, from forced servitude to sexual exploitation of children, and the FBI…
Category: Other Voices
Conscientious Objector
Other Voices is an opinion column that provides a criminal justice forum where different viewpoints can be expressed by people from all political, socio-economic, ethnic and cultural backgrounds. By Armando Vazquez My…
Chaos and the Science of Mass Criminalization In Oxnard, California
Other Voices is an opinion column that provides a forum where different viewpoints can be expressed by people from all political, socio-economic, ethnic and cultural backgrounds. By Armando Vazquez In his best…
Paying It Forward With The Gift of a College Education
Other Voices is an opinion column that provides a forum where different viewpoints can be expressed by people from all political, socio-economic, ethnic and cultural backgrounds. BY ARMANDO VAZQUEZ Legend has…
1960’s? Nope. Berkeley 2014
Other Voices is an opinion column that provides a forum where different viewpoints can be expressed by people from all political, socio-economic, ethnic and cultural backgrounds. BY ARMANDO VAZQUEZ The young brother…
The “Chicken” Chokehold As a Policing Tool – Then and Now
By: Armando Vazquez In the mid-1970’s I was hired as a Deputy Probation Officer with the Los Angeles County Probation Department. Affirmative action was the scraps de jour of the time…
The 1% Cacique Democracy
Owner of Café on A / Acuña Gallery and Cultural Center in Oxnard, California The Café on A has had a historical presence in the Ventura County art scene for 15 years…
Ferguson: Mistrust in criminal justice system formed by long history of discrimination
By Richard Cohen President Southern Poverty Law Center Should a state grand jury have indicted Officer Darren Wilson for killing Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, on Aug. 9? What’s publicly known, of…
Cancer Doctor Admits Making False Diagnosis to Send Patients to Chemotherapy
FBI STORY CRIME: (Nov. 6, 2014) “Imagine receiving a diagnosis of cancer and then having to go through chemotherapy or other intensive treatments. Then imagine finding out that you never had…
FBI: Virtual Kidnapping – U.S. Citizen Threatened by Mexican Extortion Scheme
“For criminals, the success of any type of virtual kidnapping depends on speed and fear. They know they only have a short time to exact a ransom payment before the victims and…
It’s Hard to Keep Caring
Recent article in American Police Beat by Lt. Daniel Furseth who is an officer with the DeForest, Wisconsin Police Department: Today, I stopped caring about my fellow man. I stopped caring about my community, my neighbors, and those I serve….
Other Voices: Color of Law – FBI Agent Exposes Civil Rights Crimes in Alabama Prison
The fatal death of a 24-year-old inmate accused by a female guard of “inappropriate behavior” didn’t make sense. So FBI Agent Susan Hanson was given the task of investigating how the inmate…