This Poem Moved Me to Tears...

...And it was a good feeling. Screw happiness. (Reposted)

http://jezebel.com/5535538/happiness-really-isnt-thathappy

This Happens in America

If you don't think that women are at risk of hard-nose tactics, consider this: Just two years ago Juana Villegas was arrested for a routine traffic violation in Nashville after leaving a clinic for a pre-natal visit and detained when she was unable to produce a license. Despite the fact that driving without a license is a misdemeanor in Tennessee that generally leads to a citation, Ms. Villegas was taken into custody due to suspicions about her immigration status.

Ms. Villegas was jailed for six days, during which time she gave birth to a little boy while shackled to a bed under the watchful eye of the sheriff's officer. Barred from speaking to her husband, her baby was taken from her upon birth, leading to a number of health repercussions for both mother and baby. Local police stood by their actions, calling Nashville "a friendly and open city to our new legal residents." In a chilling display of Nashville's "friendliness," local police also confiscated Villegas' breast pump.