‘You can’t become known as a gangster. Once you’re known you’re finished. The old-timers understood that.’
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Baltimore Residents Blame Record-High Murder Rate On Lower Police Presence | NPR
For the third year in a row, Baltimore, Md., has had more than 300 murders, reaching a new record of murders per number of residents in 2017.
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THIS WAY FORWARD: Helping Women Rebuild Lives and Family after Prison | Good Black News
“We’re creating throwaway people,” says Susan Burton. She should know. She used to be one.
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Why Celebrities Are Rallying Behind Cyntoia Brown, a Woman Spending Life in Prison | The New York Times
Cyntoia Brown, who has spent the past 13 years in prison, had no idea that she would suddenly gain the public support of an A-list parade of celebrities on Tuesday.
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Baltimore Rising: HBO Documentary Chronicles A City Trying To Heal After Freddie Gray’s Death | Essence
When Freddie Gray died in police custody in April 2015, Baltimore was thrust into the glare of a harsh spotlight.
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The Rise of Incarceration in Los Angeles: An Interview with Kelly Lytle Hernandez | Black Perspectives, AAIHS
In today’s post, Erica Sterling, a PhD student in the Department of History at Harvard University, interviews Kelly Lytle Hernandez about her new book City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles (University of North Carolina Press, 2017).
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Five Arrested in Georgia in ‘Heinous’ 1983 Killing of Black Man | The New York Times
“If the crime happened today, it would be prosecuted as a hate crime…”
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After Freddie Gray, Marilyn Mosby Intends to Keep on Fighting the Good Fight | The Root
Marilyn Mosby is fighting new battles. She’s used to that.
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From Prison to Ph.D.: The Redemption and Rejection of Michelle Jones | The New York Times
Michelle Jones was released last month after serving more than two decades in an Indiana prison for the murder of her 4-year-old son. The very next day, she arrived at New York University, a promising Ph.D. student in American studies.
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DOJ Won’t Prosecute Baltimore Officers In Freddie Gray Case | NPR
The Department of Justice will not bring civil rights charges against six Baltimore police involved in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray, the young black man whose death caused widespread violent protest in that city in 2015.
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