Link Me Up, Scotty

Emily Bazelon speaks about what she's learned about calling the police after passing the Bar Exam and covering the law for 20 years as a professional journalist. Hint: When it comes to incidents involving people of color, the answer is often, "Don't."
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Here's 37 pieces of advice from dying people.
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Here's an essay entitled I'm a cop. If you don't want to get hurt, don't challenge me. This piece of thuggery was written by a highly educated LAPD officer named Sunil Dutta. Dr. Dutta believes that the simple fact of his position in Law Enforcement entitles him to tell anyone, at any time, in any circumstance what they must do or be prepared to have violence visited upon them. James Joyner over at Outside the Beltway and Ken White  over at Popehat examine Dr. Dutta's arguments with predictable results.

Dr. Dutta's arguments (and the assumption that police officers can do no wrong, and even if they do, they won't be held accountable so just practice being servile for my enjoyment) make me APOPLECTIC WITH RAGE.
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This heartbreaking photo essay entitled A Mother's Journey gives those of us who have not experienced long term illness and death in a child some insight into their lives and deaths. No wonder it won a Pulitzer.
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Video of the Week: Somehow I missed the 224th Anniversary of the Coast Guard on August 4, 2014. Enjoy this tribute video to my Coast Guard shippies.