Thursday, March 14
12:10 p.m.
Room 109
“The Militarization of America's Police”
This event will feature a discussion that will analyze how government has become increasingly willing to use more force to enforce nonviolent laws, from the drug laws, to white collar crime, to regulatory law, to the neighborhood poker game.
Mr. Balko is currently a senior writer for Huffington Post where he does investigative reporting on civil liberties and the criminal justice system. Formerly he was a Contributing Editor at Reason Magazine, where he wrote award-winning investigative journalism features and weekly columns on civil liberties. He also previously worked as a policy analyst for Cato Institute, where he covered civil liberties and the drug war. From 2002-2009 he was a biweekly columnist with FoxNews.com. He's been published everywhere from Playboy to the Wall Street Journal. Here is a resume of his from last year: http://www.theagitator.com/resume/
Davinci’s and drinks will be provided for all those who RSVP to Ryan McIntosh at ryan.k.mcintosh@gmail.com by Tuesday, March 12th at 5:00 p.m.
All are welcome and encouraged to attend this event.
Federalist Society is an association of conservative and libertarian law students whose political viewpoints may differ on specific issues but who all share the concern that the law is sometimes used to destroy individual rights and liberties rather than to preserve them. The purpose of the organization is to provide like-minded individuals with an opportunity to interact and to promote an awareness of common beliefs.