Sunday, August 11, 2019

Criminal Justice and Racism links 081119



How progressive prosecutors can transform criminal justice

Scams & Fraud

With racism in America, there is never a teachable moment

George Will's startling assessment of Donald Trump

Behind Trump’s go back demand is a long history of rejecting different Americans

George Conway: Trump is a racist president

White identity politics drives Trump and the Republican Party under him

White Identity Politics (Cambridge Studies in Public Opinion and Political Psychology)

Looking to the Future, Public Sees an America in Decline on Many Fronts: Majorities predict a weaker economy, a growing income divide, a degraded environment and a broken political system

Trump’s incendiary rhetoric is met with fading resistance from Republican and corporate leaders

Trump’s Aides, Not Eager to Defend His Tweets, Also Don’t Condemn Them

Melania Trump silent as her husband attacks congresswomen by implying they aren't US citizens

‘1950’s racism straight from the White House’: Trump’s tweets revolt politicians around the world

Attorney General speaks out against anti-Semitism and racism

A Racist in the White House

Trump Goes All In on Racism: The president’s tweets are an invitation to a racial conflict that pits citizen against citizen, under the calculation that racism itself is a winning political strategy.

Four more years of an authentically racist Trump?

Ben Carson Tries To Use A Black Church To Defend Trump’s Racism And Gets Kicked Off The Property

Do Americans favor capital punishment? That depends on whether murder rates rise or fall

Your racist uncle was never funny

This is the America we are, unfortunately

'Too bad!': Trump reacts to break-in at Cummings' Baltimore home. Cummings said he "scared the intruder away by yelling" before the person got into the residential part of the house.

A looming civil rights fight could shift political power away from Philly and North Jersey: Philly would lose at least one state House seat, and the suburbs would lose another

U.S. Law Enforcement Failed to See the Threat of White Nationalism. Now They Don’t Know How to Stop It.  For two decades, domestic counterterrorism strategy has ignored the rising danger of far-right extremism. In the atmosphere of willful indifference, a virulent movement has grown and metastasized.

You've Got To Be Carefully Taught - John Pizzarelli

Raging white man gets knocked out — twice — after attacking black father at community pool

Nashville cop resigns in disgrace after being caught slamming black woman into a car over expired tags

‘This is insane!’ Fox panelist unloads as co-hosts twist themselves into knots to excuse Trump’s racism

Trump’s attack on CNN’s Don Lemon quickly backfires after everyone points out it makes him look even more racist

Ohio editorial begs Trump fans not to embarrass state at tonight’s Trump rally

Daughter of segregationist George Wallace: ‘Never seen anything’ like Trump — not even my father

Fox hosts shout down colleague Juan Williams when he notes that Trump's racism is a fact.  Greg Gutfeld: “That's called an opinion Juan, it's not a fact. I could keep saying it, he won't listen”

As Pa. prisons ban tobacco, new informal currencies arise: chips, ice cream tickets, ramen

Inmate deaths at state prisons are unconscionable

My Dad Taught Me How to Build Things. Now I’m Doing It in Prison.  “What neither of us knew was that coming to prison would create new worlds for me to build.”

We Are All Executioners Now: Attorney General Bill Barr announced that the government will put five prisoners to death in six months, ending a 16-year hiatus.

Ten prisoners died in Dauphin County in past 5 years

Prison Heat: Part of Delco Prison goes without air-conditioning during 100-degree heat waveatures

Prisoners go without air conditioning in Camp Hill during central Pa. heat wave

Behind bars, they beg for medical attention from a giant government contractor. For some, help doesn’t come – or it comes too late. A CNN investigation exposes preventable deaths and dangerous care that government agencies have failed to stop.

States have millions of $ to help victims of crime, but seven ban aid for people with criminal records. A close look at two states shows how this hurts black families the most.

I’m 31. I’m a Lawyer. And I’m Still Getting Stopped by the Police.  “Despite everything I have accomplished, this is still happening to me.”

PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY

GRATERFRIENDS archives

GRATERFRIENDS

Gov. Wolf commutes life prison term for man convicted in 1968 Harrisburg bank robbery-murder

Last death-row inmate at Eastern State returns after 50 years in prison

Life Without Murder: The Decline and Promise of Society can be best gauged by entering it's Prisons. This is a story about an innocent Man unlawfully ... since the Civil Rights Movement in the 60's.

In 2019, thousands of community members are returning home from federal prison under the First Step Act. Passing this bill was only our first step – our next is making sure those returning home are #ReentryReady to make their return home a supported and successful one.

Opinion: Why Brandon Flood, freed from prison nine years ago, is right choice for Pennsylvania’s pardon board

HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS

Welcome to Prison Legal News!

Prison Living Magazine

Traits and Emotions of a Salvageable Soul: A Conversation with a Touch of Class: Volume 1 Kindle Edition

The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row

Ghetto Prophecy 7Th Street: The Untold Story

Solitary

Sequence of Protocol

Why Are So Many Black Men In Prison? A Comprehensive Account Of How And Why The Prison Industry Has Become A Predatory Entity In The Lives Of African American ... The Largest Prison System In The World

GETTING OUT & STAYING OUT: A Black Man's Guide to Success After Prison

Letters to My Younger Self: An Anthology of Writings by Incarcerated Men at S.C.I. Graterford and a Writing Workbook

Julián Castro answers CNN's most racist question of the night and it's pretty magical

Gilroy terror underscores how deep the tide of white nationalist hate and violence has become

The infuriating, heartbreaking facts of the preventable Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting

Audio surfaces of conservative patron saint Ronald Reagan being a raging racist

We need to punish the GOP for embracing Trump's racist attacks on a black congressman. Here's how

Eddie Glaude

FBI agents are reluctant to pursue white nationalist extremists because they don't want to target Trump's base, former counterterrorism official says

Obama urges Americans to reject racist language from top

McCollister says GOP, his party, is enabling white supremacy; Ricketts disagrees

Obama calls on Americans to reject leaders who feed 'climate of fear and hatred'

Seeing Color in Green Spaces: How to Increase Diversity in Conservation.  Black Americans are underrepresented in conservation and outdoor retail careers. To change that, White employers need to apply their liberal values to the workplace.

Decarcerate PA is a grassroots campaign working to end mass incarceration in Pennsylvania.  We demand that PA stop building prisons, reduce the prison population, and reinvest money in our communities.

El Paso congresswoman to Trump: Don't come here

The Black Vests Fight For France's African Undocumented Migrants

Regular Session 2019-2020 PA Senate Bill 135 - An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in authorized disposition of offenders, further providing for sentence of persons under the age of 18 for murder, murder of an unborn child and murder of a law enforcement officer; in sentencing, further providing for sentences for second and subsequent offenses; in miscellaneous provisions, establishing the Life with Parole Reinvestment Fund; and, in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, further providing for parole power.

Regular Session 2019-2020 PA House Bill 135 - An Act amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses), 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) and 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in authorized disposition of offenders, further providing for sentence of persons under the age of 18 for murder, murder of an unborn child and murder of a law enforcement officer; in sentencing, further providing for sentences for second and subsequent offenses; in miscellaneous provisions, establishing the Life with Parole Reinvestment Fund; and, in Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, further providing for parole power.

How can we fight white nationalist terror when press won't even call Trump racist?

Texas police lead black man down street on end of rope: Police chief apologises for ‘unnecessary embarrassment’ of arrested man in Galveston

"Agent Orange" Original Song

Learn More About Compassionate Release in The First Step Act

My Black Mentee Is Embarrassed by My Whiteness. What Should I Do?
Another reader asks, “How can I gain my girlfriend’s respect?”

SEX TRAFFICKING PROSECUTIONS PLUMMET UNDER TRUMP.

COLUMN: Trump's brand of racism is nothing new; but it's still ugly

Weapons of the Weak: Americans are used to arguments about identity. But one of the most common coping mechanisms of impacted people is to remain silent.

The Real Race Card: “Racist” can be a problematic word. It is badly misunderstood and can be overused. It lacks definition and has come to mean, for many, hatred for the other.

We must address the mixed messages our country is sending to women and girls

Liz Cheney Goes All-In on Trump’s Racism: Meet the Future of the GOP

Trump’s racist behavior is infamous and longstanding

President Trump Redefines ‘White House’

Socialists of Color to the Front: LeftRoots, a socialist group with majorities of women and people of color, is strategizing to win.

FIRST PERSON | Dehumanized and Still Holding onto Jesus

INSIDE THE WALLS | Reform 2.0: Love and Money

HUMANISM 101 | End Cash Bail

Professor Breaks Down U.S. Racism, Trump’s ‘Ugliness’ In 3 Powerful Minutes: Trump is “a manifestation of the ugliness that’s in us,” Princeton’s Eddie Glaude Jr. told MSNBC.

Court Sentences 77-Year-Old Disabled Veteran To Die In Prison For Treating Illness With Marijuana

Rantin' Randy's Rant 8-10-19

Smoking Gun: Politicians Say the Most Racist Things. Examples of things said by office-holders and aspirants around the country.

The Triumph of Their Will: White nationalists are building political power from within the Republican Party.

How the Alt-Right Plans to Take Over: Their ‘war of position’ will unfold on cultural terrain.

Inside the Hive Mind: After several years submerged in violent prison racism, I became a fascist.

Receiving Our Inheritance: A legendary civil rights organization comes face-to-face with white supremacy—again.

The Long Southern Strategy: How Chasing White Voters in the South Changed American Politics

Negin Farsad: A highly scientific taxonomy of haters

Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, awaiting sex trafficking charges, dead of apparent suicide

‘A Nazi travels to Palestine’: A swastika and Star of David on one coin. The unique, juxtaposing coin, sold in a recent Israeli auction, contains the remarkable story about an unlikely friendship between two Germans—a Jew and a Nazi—and about the forgotten moment in history when it might have still been possible to save the Jews of Europe from extermination.

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