Dianne Post

Dianne Post graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1969 with a BA in correctional administration, from California State University, San Jose in 1973 with an MS in psychology, and from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1979 with a J.D. She has worked in fields, in factories, in stores, and in a trucking company – the only thing she never did was waitressing, though she was a bartender! As a lawyer, she represented battered women and children for 18 years and then moved to international human rights doing gender-based violence work and representing the Roma to the current day. She was active in the LGBT movement for years until they lost their way. She is currently facilitator for the Central AZ National Lawyers Guild, treasurer for Central Phoenix Inez Casiano NOW, facilitator for Arizona Justice Alliance, legislative liaison for State NOW, and on the ERA Task Force AZ board. In her spare time, she grows organic vegetables and reads.

Can Women Ever Be Safe From Men? 

by

Women are not safe from men at home, on the street or even in prison.  An article on October 31, 2024 from the AP reported that they found cases in all 50 states of guards luring or forcing women into areas of the prison without cameras to rape them.  It is well known that at … Read more

AXON:  Can technology reduce shootings by police?

by

THE VISIT On October 30, 2024, I along with members of other community groups and state agencies, attended a 2.5-hour presentation at Axon regarding Tasers and other technological innovations.  The founder reported that he began the business 32 years ago after two friends were killed in Scottsdale in a road rage incident. What he didn’t mention … Read more

Raytheon Used Criminal Schemes to Defraud the U.S. government

by

Raytheon started in 1922, making vacuum tubes. The tube itself was called “Raytheon,” meaning “light from the gods” in a mashup of Old French and Greek. Today, the company is better known for defrauding the US military and paying bribes to secure military business with Qatar. In WWII, they moved to radar and, in 1947, … Read more

Murder without Consequences – Wear a Badge.

by

At a presentation I did this week, I said that police target the poor and vulnerable. A white woman in the audience took offense at that. She said it wasn’t fair and that police target crime.  But 150 years of stories and studies and research and statistics proves beyond doubt that police target the poor and … Read more