Clik here to view.
The Usage of SWAT Teams Revisited by SB
As Americans, we should be concerned with how fellow citizens are being treated by the police. It’s common knowledge that people of color in the United States are, too often, unfairly targeted by the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Buyer Beware: Faulty Lens Recall
When does a man on his bike end up almost tasered, and cuffed on the ground? It happens when police view him not as a man, but as a black man – a potential suspect. Through the lens of criminality a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Central Park Five by Ken Burns
This documentary tells the story of five teenagers who were imprisoned for a crime they did not commit, but confessed to committing. Years later, after most of them had already served their sentences,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What if the accused is also the victim? by SB
First and foremost, I am for a justice system that is just for all (e.g. men, women, people of color, immigrants, white people, etc.) who enter its doors. A recent case has caught my attention in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Will America’s Fear of Black Men Ever Go Away? by Jamelle Bouie
I’ve been following the details of the Ferrell case as it unfolds. I’m still baffled as to how a car crash victim seeking help ends up dead at the hands of police because it’s assumed rather than being...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pat Quinn, Alderman Float Potential For State Police To Help Combat Chicago...
As quoted on Huffington Post: ““The National Guard is not a policing force, they are a military force,” McCarthy said after a police graduation ceremony at Navy Pier Monday. “Let’s stop the hysteria.”"...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Marissa Alexander, Woman Sentenced To 20 Years For Firing Warning Shot, Gets...
Good news, but… “The judge threw out Alexander’s ‘stand your ground’ self-defense claim, noting that she could have run out of the house to escape her husband but instead got the gun and went back...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Miriam Carey: A mother in need or a criminal indeed? by SB
First and foremost, my condolences to all involved. This is a sad story in which there are no winners. “In a CNN interview on Monday morning, Eric Sanders, the lawyer representing the two sisters,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Florida Senate Panel Approves ‘Stand Your Ground’ Revisions by Amanda...
I truly feel the law as applied in the Trayvon Martin case let a murderer go free. My main issues are: 1) Neighborhood watch is for the purposes of watching for suspicious activity – period. For...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Trey Radel, GOP Congressman, Sentenced To 1-Year Probation For Cocaine...
There are cases where people have done time in jail for less, especially when discussing people of color in Washington D.C., or even in Florida for that matter. For example, Marissa Alexander got 20...
View Article
