From Raw Story: A Florida man is suing the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office over a violent arrest in December 2012 that the officer was not able to defend in court. First Coast News reported on Monday that Bobby Wingate was cited by an officer for “walking down the wrong side of…
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Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996) (9)
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† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at…
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† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at…
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Torture Chamber USA ~ The Prison Industrial Complex by Emory Douglas (16)
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Stop-and-Frisk Practice Violated Rights, Judge Rules, New York Times In a repudiation of a major element in the Bloomberg administration’s crime-fighting legacy, a federal judge has found that the stop-and-frisk tactics of the New York Police Department violated the constitutional rights of minorities in New York, and called for a…
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A cop done frisked my sister Nell, but Whitey’s on the phone… http://t.co/LnihuwvztK — Tommy Christopher (@tommyxtopher) August 10, 2013 This NSA Scandal Is A White People Problem by Tommy Christopher, Mediaite In case you hadn’t heard, the National Security Agency is Red-Wedding-ing Americans’ freedom by backing up phone records…
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U.S. Asks Court to Limit Texas on Ballot Rules The Obama administration on Thursday moved to protect minority voters after last month’s Supreme Court ruling striking down a central part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, with the Justice Department asking a court to require Texas to get permission…
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