08/13/18 Overnight Links

KFOR: Next meeting for medical marijuana task force will include presentations from law enforcement

The American Conservative: Throwing children away: The school-to-prison pipeline Ed: Essential reading for parents. The “school cop” trend is alarming, cops have no place near our children. A highly-trained security guard from a private firm, who stays far away from the kids themselves? Maybe. But no one hiding behind the corrupting power that a badge confers belongs near children.

Trump’s $400 billion weapons sale to Saudi Arabia is the biggest arms deal in history

Reason: American aluminum manufacturer seeks relief from tariffs meant to help American aluminum manufacturers

The Free Thought Project: UPS workers inadvertently make instructions on how police should deal with dogs WITHOUT killing them

Activist Post: The Idiot’s Guide to the Internet of Things: With an almost 75% failure rate, security experts suggest only idiots would want to hook up every appliance to the internet

FEE: Which countries have the best record in protecting property rights?

Civilized: “I’m not joking when I say medical marijuana is like a miracle”: multiple sclerosis patient

WSWS: America’s unending reign of police terror