A Hawaii cop was sent to prison after a surveillance video showed he’d lied about beating a suspect.
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Prison & Punishment for Crimes
Ex-Rikers Island inmates call for shutdown of infamous prison
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#Politics #Reform Tweets 10.5
What Donald Trump thinks we should do about school shootings: Nothing. http://t.co/U2cHsKqxH4 pic.twitter.com/3hmuzO5mes
— Slate (@Slate) October 4, 2015
8 of 14 recent mass gunmen LEGALLY bought guns in spite of criminal histories and documented mental health issues. pic.twitter.com/rtmsk4MzvJ
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) October 3, 2015
US special forces are carrying out a secret war in more than half the nations on the planet. http://t.co/yd34i8V0ip pic.twitter.com/2k4H4Qeo7b
— The Nation (@thenation) October 3, 2015
Jobs/housing for those with criminal records has only gotten worse since @ACLU published this in the 70s. @acholcomb pic.twitter.com/hOgNVneMqA
— Rafay-Burns Appeal (@RafayBurnsApp) October 2, 2015
Alabama passes strict voter ID law then closes ALL drivers license offices in black counties. http://t.co/0YN2kIj1Uq pic.twitter.com/NxGsqWmmYQ
— Q. Allan Brocka (@allanbrocka) October 1, 2015
If voting didn't matter, they wouldn't be trying to take it away. http://t.co/w54whbMRSt #Alabama #VoterSuppression
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) October 3, 2015
How a Senate bill could help Weldon Angelos, who's serving 55 years for dealing marijuana http://t.co/hl9sio4hEW pic.twitter.com/SP8Ao0jAuQ
— Vox (@voxdotcom) October 3, 2015
Hear final words of #KellyGissendaner
Kelly Gissendaner makes a final statement, apologizing for her crime and saying goodbye to her family, before being executed by lethal injection.
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U.S. culture created Kelly Gissendaner, then the U.S. killed Kelly Gissendaner.
#SayHerName
#PrisonReform Tweets 10.1
Why are kids in the US, as young as 11, held in solitary? Help stop this now. Sign your name http://t.co/u20qYZz6U1
https://t.co/S8Jdvd0FDW
— Fusion (@ThisIsFusion) September 29, 2015
Who Watches Inmate Executions in the U.S.? http://t.co/H0PjaT9EJq
— PrisonReformMovement (@PrisonReformMvt) September 29, 2015
NYC Bar Association Urges Reduction of #MassIncarceration in Report #FreeAmerica @acholcomb @LetsFreeAmerica http://t.co/wCJo3gZMQs
— Slingblade (@cbisp) September 30, 2015
#AlbertWoodfox had his convictions overturned TWICE … yet has Not been freed after 43 YRS in Solitary Confinement – http://t.co/BTSoiPA8Mr
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) October 1, 2015
.@blacksnob shares why it’s time to end practice of putting juveniles in solitary confinement http://t.co/r4hRnyk79M pic.twitter.com/1Twlr0Jinc
— The Root (@TheRoot) October 1, 2015
#FreeAlbertWoodfox Tweets 9.16
#FreeAlbertWoodfox
after his convictions overturned TWICE & being in Solitary Confinement 43 Yrs he's Still in jail!- http://t.co/HRHcscOi9l
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) September 16, 2015
Man Who Likened Himself To George Zimmerman Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder
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Twenty-nine year old Lukace Kendle is going to prison. Friday, he was convicted of second-degree murder with a firearm and attempted murder in the June 1, 2012, shooting that killed Kijuan Byrd, 29, and paralyzed Michael Smathers, 38. Kendle faces life behind bars.
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Guns in a racially biased U.S. is a bad idea.
Guns in the U.S. that does not provide universal mental health care is a bad idea.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
#BlackLivesMatter Tweets 9.7
HT @ChuckModi1
Should Be Opening Question of Syllabus in Every White School. #WhiteDenial #WhitePrivilege #WhiteSupremacy
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#BlackLivesMatter Tweets 9.7
Whole Foods' guard fired for bloody attack on customer who tried to pay with food stamps http://t.co/NIcy8XTwO3 pic.twitter.com/BAnKd4mBP8
— theGrio.com (@theGrio) September 5, 2015
#AlbertWoodfox has spent 43 Years in Solitary Confinement …
Plz Help –> http://t.co/7lqClUdgUR
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) September 6, 2015
#blacklivesmatter is about blacks being much more likely to die at the hands of the police http://t.co/bONLM5kFvb pic.twitter.com/rJUAWyLWmU
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) September 4, 2015
Should Be Opening Question of Syllabus in Every White School. #WhiteDenial #WhitePrivilege #WhiteSupremacy pic.twitter.com/3BBjk3sVic
— ChuckModi (@ChuckModi1) September 5, 2015
#PrisonReform Tweets 9.5
IMPORTANT READ: California Prisons Agree to Limit Solitary Confinement http://t.co/6mAPFkyzWm
— deray mckesson (@deray) September 1, 2015
Another way in which prisons spread death. #abolishprison https://t.co/lweFDTBblu
— Dorothy Roberts (@DorothyERoberts) September 4, 2015
Speakin of Outrage:
After 43 yrs in SOLITARY CONFINEMENT … #AlbertWoodfox is Still in prison ……….. http://t.co/7lqClUdgUR
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) September 1, 2015
ACLU slams Nebraska for allegedly buying lethal injection drugs from India http://t.co/XUZiETbjvU
— deray mckesson (@deray) August 21, 2015