Rebecca Rivas, The St. Louis American Wesley J.C. Bell is assistant professor of criminal justice at STLCC – Florissant Valley. Photo by Wiley Price / St. Louis American, Featured Image [dropcap]The[/dropcap] white Ladue cop who shot a 33-year-old black woman in the Ladue Schnucks parking lot on April 23 has been charged with assault in […]
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A Racial Pattern So Obvious, Even the Supreme Court Might See It | The Atlantic
Flowers v. Mississippi reveals a rickety American legal system.
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Incarcerated Men Document Their ‘Hard Truth’ Via Film | Colorlines
Men incarcerated at Pendleton Correctional Facility in Indiana co-directed “It’s a Hard Truth Ain’t It,” which captures their education in documentary filmmaking.
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Kalief Browder’s Suicide Brought Changes to Rikers. Now It Has Led to a $3 Million Settlement. | The New York Times
New York City has agreed to pay $3.3 million to settle a lawsuit on behalf of the estate of Kalief Browder, the young Bronx man whose detention on Rikers Island became a symbol of the breakdown in criminal justice in New York and fueled the drive to ban solitary confinement for youths in the city’s jails.
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John Legend On The 120-Year-Old Law That Still Oppresses Black Louisianians | Colorlines
“Ending the 10-2 jury rule in Louisiana will not solve the issue of mass incarceration or dismantle White supremacy, but it will deal a significant blow to both.”
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Police Killings Have Harmed Mental Health in Black Communities, Study Finds | The New York Times
Activists for racial justice have long expressed concern that the rash of headline-grabbing police killings of black Americans was damaging the mental well-being of African-American communities.
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John Legend Explains How Cash Bail Traps People of Color | Colorlines
Narrated by Legend and illustrated by Molly Crabapple, a new video from Color of Change explains how bail practices fuel mass incarceration.
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National Black Mama’s Bail Out Seeks to Reunite Families for Mother’s Day | Colorlines
“We are committed to building a community-based movement to end pretrial detention and ultimately mass incarceration.”
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‘In the Dark’ Podcast Examines the 6 Trials of Curtis Flowers | Colorlines
The Black Mississippian maintained his innocence through six trials for capital murder. The Peabody Award-winning crime podcast revisits the case that put Flowers on death row.
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Donald Glover Is Watching You Watch Him | The Atlantic
Childish Gambino’s sensational “This Is America” video implicates the viewer in the misuse of black art.
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