Criminal Justice and Racism related links 050716

Gynnya McMillen Restrained in Detention Center Altercation Before Her Death, State Says

http://act.colorofchange.org/go/6005?t=6&akid=5582.1790070.3BWUJu

 

Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Department Press Conference: GynnyaMcMillen http://act.colorofchange.org/go/6008?t=8&akid=5582.1790070.3BWUJu

 

Audio: CPR started 11 minutes after staff found Gynnya McMillen

http://act.colorofchange.org/go/5802?t=10&akid=5582.1790070.3BWUJu

 

Sen. Westerfield plans push for additional juvenile justice reform, synthetic drug legislation

http://act.colorofchange.org/go/6059?t=12&akid=5582.1790070.3BWUJu

 

Official: Detention staff used martial arts on Gynnya McMillen

http://act.colorofchange.org/go/5803?t=14&akid=5582.1790070.3BWUJu

 

No Charges Against Police Officers in Jamar Clark Shooting Death

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/36051-no-charges-against-police-officers-in-jamar-clark-shooting-death

 

Global Citizen 365

http://globalcitizen365.org/

 

‘Please don’t shoot me': Man pleads for life moments before being killed by police officer

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/03/31/please-dont-shoot-me-man-pleads-for-life-moments-before-being-killed-by-arizona-police-officer/?wpisrc=nl_az_most

 

Marijuana And Your Brain, … Not All Weed Gets You High

http://www.ewao.com/a/marijuana-brain-not-weed-gets-high/?utm_source=EWAO+Networks%3A+Master+List&utm_campaign=5a88af933e-RSS_EWAO_News_Daily_Campaign&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8d65d3de3e-5a88af933e-160128573

 

Shoplifter Steals For His Family, And Receives Job Offer Instead Of Jail Time

http://www.ewao.com/a/shoplifter-steals-family-receives-job-offer-instead-jail-time/?utm_source=EWAO+Networks%3A+Master+List&utm_campaign=5a88af933e-RSS_EWAO_News_Daily_Campaign&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8d65d3de3e-5a88af933e-160128573

 

What life is like after police ransack your house and take ‘every belonging’ — then the charges are dropped

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/03/30/what-life-is-like-after-police-ransack-your-house-and-take-every-belonging-then-the-charges-are-dropped/?wpisrc=nl_az_most

 

Crime and Punishment, Christopher Wheeldon, Bubba

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/crime-and-punishment-christopher-wheeldon-bubba/

 

Yoga in prison? Germany's "5-star slammer"

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-overtime-yoga-in-prison-germany-5-star-slammer/

 

The disturbing reason some African American patients may be undertreated for pain

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/04/04/do-blacks-feel-less-pain-than-whites-their-doctors-may-think-so/?wpisrc=nl_az_most

 

Joe Medicine Crow, a war chief, historian and the last link to the Battle of Little Big Horn, dies at 102

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/04/04/joe-medicine-crow-a-war-chief-historian-and-the-last-link-to-the-battle-of-little-big-horn-dies-at-102/?wpisrc=nl_az_most

 

Former U.S. tax judge and her husband charged with ... $1,000,000 worth of tax fraud

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/4/6/1511338/-Former-U-S-tax-judge-and-her-husband-charged-with-1-000-000-worth-of-tax-fraud?detail=facebook

 

America’s Overdose Crisis Is Being Fueled By A Drug 50 Times More Potent Than Heroin

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2016/04/06/3766556/fentanyl-explainer/

 

Racism Accidentally Prevents Pain Killer Addiction From Hurting Black Communities

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2016/04/06/racism-pain-killer-prescription-addiction/

 

Sailor jailed for raping woman and murdering her husband 33 YEARS ago is cleared by new DNA evidence that points to his old crewmate

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3529309/Sailor-cleared-raping-woman-murdering-husband-spending-33-YEARS-prison-crimes.html

 

Prosecutor wants man to serve 20 years for stealing $31 worth of candy

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/4/5/1510904/-Prosecutor-wants-man-to-serve-20-years-for-stealing-31-worth-of-candy?detail=email&link_id=14&can_id=1a9e433eecdfbcb08ba0bc8b0fc752a4&source=email-the-most-hated-man-in-the-senate-comes-asking-for-his-colleagues-help-2&email_referrer=the-most-hated-man-in-the-senate-comes-asking-for-his-colleagues-help-2&email_subject=the-most-hated-man-in-the-senate-comes-asking-for-his-colleagues-help

 

Married couple evicted from Mississippi RV park for being an interracial family

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/4/4/1510138/-Married-couple-evicted-from-Mississippi-RV-park-for-being-an-interracial-family?detail=emailclassic&link_id=7&can_id=1a9e433eecdfbcb08ba0bc8b0fc752a4&source=email-target-retail-space-explains-trump-very-clearly&email_referrer=target-retail-space-explains-trump-very-clearly&email_subject=target-retail-space-explains-trump-very-clearly

 

Black Women’s Roundtable 2016 report features research by EPI’s Valerie Wilson

https://bwrvoterguide2016.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/5black-women-in-the-us-2016.pdf?utm_source=Economic+Policy+Institute&utm_campaign=c5fe958ce0-EPI_News_04_15_164_15_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e7c5826c50-c5fe958ce0-58250973

 

Charles Manson follower, killer Leslie Van Houten, approved for parole

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/04/15/charles-manson-follower-killer-leslie-van-houten-approved-for-parole/?wpisrc=nl_az_most

 

Rev. William Barber removed from American Airlines flight

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/4/18/1516880/-Rev-William-Barber-taken-off-American-Airlines-flight?detail=email&link_id=1&can_id=1a9e433eecdfbcb08ba0bc8b0fc752a4&source=email-rev-william-barber-removed-from-american-airlines-flight&email_referrer=rev-william-barber-removed-from-american-airlines-flight&email_subject=rev-william-barber-removed-from-american-airlines-flight

 

GA lawmaker arrested—nearly 2x speed limit, 3x alcohol limit, 4 juveniles in car, .45 gun on hip

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/4/18/1517042/-Georgia-lawmaker-arrested-2x-speed-limit-3x-over-alcohol-limit-4-juveniles-in-car-45-gun-on-hip?detail=email&link_id=6&can_id=1a9e433eecdfbcb08ba0bc8b0fc752a4&source=email-rev-william-barber-removed-from-american-airlines-flight&email_referrer=rev-william-barber-removed-from-american-airlines-flight&email_subject=rev-william-barber-removed-from-american-airlines-flight

 

Unarmed man paralyzed by police awarded $32M, sheriff wants settlement dismissed because of 'race'

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/04/18/1517047/-Unarmed-man-paralyzed-by-police-awarded-32M-sheriff-wants-settlement-dismissed-because-of-race?detail=email&link_id=8&can_id=1a9e433eecdfbcb08ba0bc8b0fc752a4&source=email-rev-william-barber-removed-from-american-airlines-flight&email_referrer=rev-william-barber-removed-from-american-airlines-flight&email_subject=rev-william-barber-removed-from-american-airlines-flight

 

THE FIGHT 2 TO SAVE OUR YOUTH

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/4/17/1516002/-THE-FIGHT-2-TO-SAVE-OUR-YOUTH?detail=email&link_id=9&can_id=1a9e433eecdfbcb08ba0bc8b0fc752a4&source=email-rev-william-barber-removed-from-american-airlines-flight&email_referrer=rev-william-barber-removed-from-american-airlines-flight&email_subject=rev-william-barber-removed-from-american-airlines-flight

 

Two Juvenile Detention Center Employees Indicted On Misdemeanor Charges In Gynnya McMillen Case

http://kycir.org/2016/03/18/two-juvenile-detention-center-employees-indicted-on-misdemeanor-charges-in-gynnya-mcmillen-case/

 

Dying To Be Free: There’s A Treatment For Heroin Addiction That Actually Works. Why Aren’t We Using It?

http://projects.huffingtonpost.com/dying-to-be-free-heroin-treatment?link_id=0&can_id=&source=email-were-finalists-for-a-pulitzer&email_referrer=were-finalists-for-a-pulitzer&email_subject=were-finalists-for-a-pulitzer

 

Police torment paralyzed Black veteran by putting water out of reach—as he lay dying (VIDEO)

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/4/20/1517474/-Black-veteran-suffering-from-mental-illness-was-tormented-and-tortured-as-he-lay-dying-in-Tulsa-cell?detail=email&link_id=1&can_id=1a9e433eecdfbcb08ba0bc8b0fc752a4&source=email-police-torment-paralyzed-black-veteran-by-putting-water-out-of-reachas-he-lay-dying-video&email_referrer=police-torment-paralyzed-black-veteran-by-putting-water-out-of-reachas-he-lay-dying-video___60915&email_subject=how-accurate-are-those-538-primary-forecasts-anyway

 

Obama counsels Black Lives Matter activists: ‘You can’t just keep on yelling’

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/04/23/obama-counsels-black-lives-matter-activists-you-cant-just-keep-on-yelling/?wpisrc=nl_az_most

 

NC cops claim they smelled marijuana, entered a home and tased, handcuffed everyone in front of kids

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/5/2/1522328/-NC-cops-claim-they-smelled-marijuana-entered-a-home-and-beat-handcuffed-everyone-in-front-of-kids?detail=email&link_id=5&can_id=1a9e433eecdfbcb08ba0bc8b0fc752a4&source=email-barbra-streisand-sums-up-the-alleged-hillarygoldman-sachs-conspiracy-theoryin-one-tweet&email_referrer=barbra-streisand-sums-up-the-alleged-hillarygoldman-sachs-conspiracy-theoryin-one-tweet&email_subject=barbra-streisand-sums-up-the-alleged-hillarygoldman-sachs-conspiracy-theory-in-one-tweet

 

JUSTICE. IT STARTS WITH YOU.

http://www.organizefor.org/?source=RRMailing

 

Uniformed Services Justice & Advocacy Group’s (USJAG)

http://www.usjag.org/

 

Equal Justice Foundation

http://www.ejfi.org/

 

National Military and Veterans Alliance

http://nmva.us/