07/05/18 Overnight Links

Boing Boing: Church cages Jesus, Mary, and Joseph to protest ICE immigrant abuseEd: Important to protest government abuse of children, but where are all these people when children die from our government’s endless foreign wars? What about the thousands of children starving to death in Yemen? I understand the sentiment, but too many people act like this is the first, or worst, crime against children by our government. It’s not even close.

Reason: Legal or illegal, fireworks are more available than ever

Also Reason: L.A. mayor’s warning about the dangers of fireworks blows up in his face

Techdirt: Cops are telling paramedics to inject arrestees with ketamine. Worse, EMS crews are actually doing it.

RYAN MCMAKEN: The fact that you can vote doesn’t make government abuse OK

The American Conservative: Selective moral outrage cheapens authentic protest

High Times: The industries that oppose marijuana legalization

Author: S. Smith