Tag Archives: justice system
UPDATE: Trayvon Martin’s Family Seeks Justice
The family of the 17-year-old high school junior is calling on the FBI to investigate
News of the killing of an unarmed 17-year-old Florida high school student has garnered national…
By Sade K. Muhammad
March 19, 2012
Tags: George Zimmerman, justice system, police brutality, Tracey Martin, Trayvon Martin
Are There Really More Blacks In Prison Than Were In Slavery?
Well, yes—and no. It's another example of how facts about black people, without context, can be dangerously misleading
Author Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness cites…
By Alfred Edmond, Jr.
October 28, 2011
Tags: Andreas hale, criminal justice, Jim Crow, justice system, media bias, Michelle Alexander, prison industrial complex, prison reform, slavery, social justice, The Well Versed
Why Twitter Couldn’t Save Troy Davis
It's what you do once you've signed off and engaged the real world that is the true measure of your activism.
I cared about Troy Davis—not just him, but the millions of others like him behind…
By Alfred Edmond, Jr.
September 22, 2011
Tags: Amnesty International, Big Boi, capital punishment, Casey Anthony, criminal justice, death penalty, Facebook, justice system, Mark MacPhail, Off My Chest, Outkast, Penny Freezeman, Social media, Troy Anthony Davis, Troy Davis, Twitter, Will Packer
