Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice
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Video Shows White Texas Deputy Laying on Black Teen as She Screams ‘I Can’t Breathe’
The video is disturbing, and the fact that this kind of thing keeps happening to young Black people is even more disturbing.
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Michigan Prosecutors: No More Searches Without Probable Cause in Routine Traffic Stops. Police Association: Whaaaaah?
If you’re a cop and you’re upset you can’t search vehicles for no reason, maybe you shouldn’t be a cop.
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Aurora, Colo., Cop Faces Felony Charges, Accused of Beating Black Man With Pistol and Choking Him in Violent Arrest
Apparently, all the anti-police violence protests in the world won’t prevent more cases of police violence.
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Drug Enforcement Agent Becomes 1st Federal Officer Arrested for Participating in Capitol Riot
Apparently, he was there to promote a podcast and cigar brand he was thinking about launching.
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Joshua Jackson Says Jodie Turner-Smith’s Home Birth Was Due to U.S. Healthcare’s ‘Horrendous Track Record With Black Women’
The actor discussed his wife’s birth plan and interracial marriage in the context of COVID, the Black maternal health crisis and 2020’s racial justice movement.
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Florida Man Becomes First Person Sentenced on Felony Charges for Role in Capitol Riot
Paul Allard Hodgkins was sentenced to only 8 months, further proving whiteness always protects whiteness.
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California to Pay Reparations to Victims of Forced Sterilization in State Prisons
The nation known as the ‘land of the free’ once had a sanctioned eugenics program that inspired Nazi Germany. Imagine that.
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Virginia Sheriff’s Deputy Indicted in Shooting of Another Unarmed Black Man Whose Cell Phone Was Not a Gun
Too many cops have a shoot first, ask questions later mentality when dealing with Black people. This needs to stop.
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Black Women Bear the Brunt of Criminalized Pregnancy and Motherhood. Here’s Why We Can’t Afford to Ignore It
No one should be forced to undergo the threat of arrest and incarceration because of any pregnancy outcome.
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Former St. Louis Cop Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Beating Black Undercover Cop at Protest
Two other former officers are awaiting sentencing for their role in the assault.