Criminal Justice and Racism links 060619

Badass of the Week: Joe Medicine Crow

https://www.military.com/army-birthday/badass-of-the-week-joe-medicine-crow.html?ESRC=navy_190507.nl

Criminal justice reform must focus on women who are incarcerated

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2019/05/06/criminal-justice-reform-must-focus-women-who-are-incarcerated/O9CpVv0lhdF6amQUZ05r9K/story.html?et_rid=707087590&s_campaign=todayinopinion:newsletter

Madonna’s latest persona: anti-ageist warrior

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2019/05/07/madonna-latest-persona-anti-ageist-warrior/qvALDvMWXV7cPZgcHMa9EK/story.html?et_rid=707087590&s_campaign=todayinopinion:newsletter

Judith Clark, radical leftist and getaway driver in deadly Brink’s heist, freed from prison

https://nypost.com/2019/05/10/judith-clark-radical-leftist-and-getaway-driver-in-deadly-brinks-heist-freed-from-prison/?fbclid=IwAR2rMY-SKlND-RKTpjCYIqfKNQIxQyH4gxmlLdvWdTPaTOE-lliPivfviPc

Body of black man found hanging from a tree in Mississippi

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/body-of-black-man-found-hanging-from-a-tree-in-mississippi/?fbclid=IwAR1aWRVK8tw9Uj-XjnSYhgxJ3hX_lLqsIEK4lKANpzHM_l-tRiCJsf6DFdM

Racist discrimination isn't Christian. It's time to resign.

https://act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/hoschton?akid=s129475..kEERJl&fbclid=IwAR0Vi8o08dDrSpP88R69dXYtvAYY6sLwUQwtQUubYO6chMaTpcXHzmHx2_8

Pope makes first good step on Catholic church rules for clergy sexual abuse

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2019/05/11/pope-makes-first-good-step-catholic-church-rules-for-clergy-sexual-abuse/Sr6uTr3kczatgv0j9IoIvI/story.html?et_rid=707087590&s_campaign=todayinopinion:newsletter

The war against black Democratic voters

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/5/12/1855758/-The-war-against-black-Democratic-voters?detail=emaildkre&fbclid=IwAR34qi3BnfTCKQreQUxA1VwdLB7XNwJEsybbO_u6jCxsNgH_lvolpfj9NK8

State of Black America

http://soba.iamempowered.com/2019-report?fbclid=IwAR24jT0pbWcLnGfJyhZnJ6ND9hEZlCk7lh6gBfQH2TEQ7QmTJvghrbccobY

Trump’s pardon sends disturbing message

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2019/05/10/trump-pardon-sends-disturbing-message/iDe6koVpSAfaiqhILW2vUI/story.html?et_rid=707087590&s_campaign=todayinopinion:newsletter

Let's talk about what picking a color can teach us about gender....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijooHoBoey8&feature=share

NYPD Lieutenant Texted ‘Not a Big Deal’ After Eric Garner Death

https://www.thedailybeast.com/eric-garner-nypd-lieutenant-texted-not-a-big-deal-after-chokehold-death?fbclid=IwAR2P-IwTSJahfPK6sJBDz6xb_YjQkxx3lIkdRSUfTbXUjLNeXWaodaeMwq4

SCI Phoenix: New boss, late fixes as Pa.'s $400M prison nears opening

https://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inq-phillydeals/pa-prisons-sci-phoenix-graterford-warden-tammy-ferguson-cynthia-link-john-wetzel-skippack-construction-violation-delay-penalties-20180322.html

Meet the newest member of the Orphans’ Court and state of the Orphans’ Court Division

https://berkelderlaw.com/pdfs/NewMemberOrphansCourtDivision.pdf

Marjorie G. Jones is a graduate of Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts, and the Rutgers School of Law.

http://www.marjoriegjones.com/about_the_author.html

Marjorie G. Jones: Daring Spiritual Adventures

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg7uAsc-1hk

Villanova University Social Justice Documentary “The Mayor of Graterford” to Premiere May 5.  Film Follows the Stories of Current and Former Inmates at Pennsylvania’s Graterford State Correctional Institution to Examine Issues Surrounding Life without Parole Sentencing

https://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/media/pressreleases/2018/0502.html

Trailer for “The Mayor of Graterford”

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16pJkJ2XC-3IPY4_BdAyxzAHpndanp4Tv/view

The Mayor of Graterford (2018)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8271128/

Missouri teen threatens to lynch students of color, says it's a 'privilege' to go to 'our school'

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/5/15/1857856/-Missouri-teen-threatens-to-lynch-students-of-color-says-it-s-a-privilege-to-go-to-our-school?detail=emaildkre

The murder of another defenseless black woman. JusticeForPamela #BLM

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/5/17/1856851/-The-murder-of-another-defenseless-black-woman-JusticeForPamela-BLM?detail=emaildkre

Fewer Births Than Deaths Among Whites in Majority of U.S. States

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/us/white-minority-population.html?fbclid=IwAR2yBHe8F2a0D-C-QvgLdiYph9yg5vn1obsDyL6gDXhKKqzflaG1g-Mpxj4

Proposed cuts to Michigan AG’s budget seek to ‘tie her hands’ on hate crimes unit, other protections

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/5/24/1860172/-Proposed-cuts-to-Michigan-AG-s-budget-seek-to-tie-her-hands-on-hate-crimes-unit-other-protections?detail=emaildkre

The Genocide Convention

https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/genocide-convention.shtml

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/documents/atrocity-crimes/Doc.1_Convention%20on%20the%20Prevention%20and%20Punishment%20of%20the%20Crime%20of%20Genocide.pdf

A Memorial Day message from VA Secretary Wilkie

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/60584/memorial-day-message-va-secretary-wilkie/

Not a pretty picture at the MFA

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/letters/2019/05/26/not-pretty-picture-mfa/xWw14wvPUv8Q9jnSWgMiPK/story.html?et_rid=707087590&s_campaign=todayinopinion:newsletter

Racist jibes must become a teaching moment for MFA and the city as a whole

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2019/05/24/racist-jibes-must-become-teaching-moment-for-mfa-and-city-whole/dkGi8ecVPKPrwbc2AuGteP/story.html?et_rid=707087590&s_campaign=todayinopinion:newsletter

O’Keefe jumps jurisdictions with charges against Rollins: Cape DA unloads on Boston’s new prosecutor

https://commonwealthmagazine.org/criminal-justice/okeefe-jumps-jurisdictions-with-charges-against-rollins/

Fighting neighborhood segregation one voucher at a time

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2019/05/27/fighting-neighborhood-segregation-one-voucher-time/PdEzHtO5tP1yUVYWddoE2J/story.html?et_rid=707087590&s_campaign=todayinopinion:newsletter

Let's talk about the Russian plan, undertows, and national security....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x9cflMxahQ

Let's talk about the problem with young women....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt7lT1Vo3xg

FBI warns parents 'sextortion' cases involving children on the rise

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/fbi-warns-parents-sextortion-cases-involving-children-rise-194114108.html

Responding to Providence Bishop’s anti-LGBTQ tweet

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/letters/2019/06/04/responding-providence-bishop-anti-lgbtq-tweet/BCylIZMPpIooWwttC3cR7K/story.html?et_rid=707087590&s_campaign=todayinopinion:newsletter