Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Criminal Justice and Racism links 122419



The Smithsonian unveils a portrait of Henrietta Lacks, the black farmer whose cells led to medical miracles

Ex-cop details NYPD ‘collar quotas’ — arrest black and Hispanic men, ‘no cuffs on soft targets’ of Jews, Asians, whites: court docs

Trump Blocks US From Appointing Anyone to UN Committee on Racism

Civil War (w/ lyrics) - Immortal Technique feat. Killer Mike, Brother Ali & Chuck D

In Search Of The Next "Trump's African-American"

Cheerleader who was punished for taking a knee during football game wins $145K settlement

'Profoundly Disturbing': William Barr Says Communities That Do Not 'Respect' Police Could Lose Protections.  Civil rights advocates viewed the attorney general's comments as a threat against communities of color that have protested police brutality and killings.

William Barr is shockingly clear about his authoritarianism

Murder trial to start after Army lieutenant stabbed to death allegedly for refusing to 'step left'

Dozens of West Virginia corrections officers face termination after Nazi salute graduation photo

Man strangled and killed Chicago college student because she ignored his catcalls, police say

Hundreds of Louisiana cases possibly sullied by ex-sheriff's alleged 'n----r knockin' norm

State lawyers say judge's ruling will nullify Florida law restoring ex-felons' voting rights

Formerly incarcerated Norris Henderson a 'beacon' for criminal justice reform in Louisiana

Unarmed man driving his own car dies after being pulled over for stolen vehicle

TRUMP GOES FULL ANTI-SEMITE IN ROOM FULL OF JEWISH PEOPLE: “You’re brutal killers, not nice people at all.”

‘A Black Vote for Trump Is Mental Illness’: Alabama Pastor Unapologetic About Anti-Trump Church Sign

Assignment asks middle schoolers 'How many slaves would equal 4 white people?'

The WWII Incarceration of Japanese Americans Stretched Beyond U.S. Borders

More than 100 graves defaced in Jewish cemetery in France

The less comfortable side of North’s history with slavery: "Far and away the most uncomfortable part of recognizing this history is the long-lived effect it all still has."

Op-Ed: One of Three, Not One of a Million

Kentucky governor restores voting rights for 100,000 nonviolent felons

Michelle Obama snubbed on Forbes’ list of the ‘World’s 100 Most Powerful Women’

Fox News is normalizing anti-Semitism even as violence against Jews surges: When elected leaders and media personalities spew these tropes, it empowers bigots to act with greater regularity and force.

Two Officers Arrested for Molesting Children While Working as Pastors at Church

Elijah Cummings Took On the Powerful: The civil rights movement veteran, who was a stalwart champion of unions, challenged abusive presidents, and called out Scott Walker for lying to Congress, died Thursday at 68.

An Ongoing Battle: Ta-Nehisi Coates’s narratives of freedom.

A Fuller Freedom: The lost promise of Pan-Africanism.

The Apparatchik: The rise of Clarence Thomas.

Color Blind: Thomas Chatterton Williams’s argument against race.

What Life on the Margins Feels Like: A recent uproar on my campus reveals the pain young people of color feel at being treated like “others.”

The need for prison and criminal justice reform is great

We Can’t Hug Away Injustice

Republicans Mistreat Native Americans

Iowa woman intentionally ran over 14-year-old girl with car because she was 'a Mexican': Police
Judge revokes grazing permit for ranchers pardoned by Trump

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy restores voting rights for 80,000 on probation or parole: NJ Gov. Murphy signed two bills on Wednesday morning to create a "clean slate."

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