Another example of racism pervading U.S. police departments: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/25/1914028/-Analysis-shows-unarmed-young-black-men-are-13-times-more-likely-to-be-victims-of-police-shootings
Archive for January, 2020
Analysis shows unarmed young black men are 13 times more likely to be victims of police shootings
Sunday, January 26th, 2020More than 50% of homeless families are black, government report finds
Sunday, January 26th, 2020Capitalism is systematically racist. https://abcnews.go.com/US/50-homeless-families-black-government-report-finds/story
The Lawyer Who Has Overturned 135 Death Row Convictions
Saturday, January 18th, 2020Bryan Stevenson is a lawyer who for the past 31 years has worked tirelessly toward freeing wrongfully convicted inmates from death row and reforming the criminal justice system in America. Just Mercy, a film about his tireless efforts, is now in playing in theaters. https://people.com/movies/all-about-just-mercys-bryan-stevenson-the-lawyer-who-has-overturned-135-death-row-convictions
Judge says US government can be sued for Flint water crisis
Saturday, January 18th, 2020The state of Michigan and the city of Flint are clearly guilty of racist targeting and poisoning. Hopefully, the trial will move forward and the evidence will be seen worldwide. https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/judge-us-government-sued-flint-water-crisis-62509213
Black men get longer prison sentences than white men for the same crime
Friday, January 10th, 2020A study proving that courts in the U.S. are racist: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/black-men-sentenced-time-white-men-crime-study/story
Wrongfully convicted Detroit man freed after 32 years
Tuesday, January 7th, 2020Once again, we have the police implicated in wrongful convictions. So, in addition to a large settlement from the City of Detroit, what we want to see is prosecution of the police involved in this crime. https://www.kron4.com/news/national/wrongfully-convicted-detroit-man-freed-after-32-years