Signs of how things are trending in the US: Balko’s links

Take a look at them. Here just the first four:

• One story that really sums up the problems in St. Louis County.

• A deaf immigrant spent six weeks in jail without access to an interpreter. He was accused of stealing an iPad that the owner later found.

• San Diego police respond to the wrong house, kill the owner’s service dog. [Police seem to have an informal competition on shooting dogs when they visit a house. – LG]

• Man gets full-on SWAT raid, felony charges for running an openly advertised NCAA tournament pool.

There are more at the link.

The US is not headed in a good direction.