Prison Reform

#PrisonReform Tweets 9.5
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#PrisonReform Tweets 9.5

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Brothers McCollum 51, Brown 47, Finally Compensated after 30 years wrongfully incarcerated

Henry McCollum sits stunned as applause rings out in a Robeson County courtroom in Lumberton, N.C. Tuesday, September 2, 2014, after a judge has declared McCollum and his brother Leon Brown innocent of a brutal rape murder for which they have spent 30 years in prison. Behind him is Beverly Lake, Jr., founder of the Innocence Commission, who was vital in the process to free the men. Photo: Chuck Liddy/Raleigh News & Observer/MCT via Getty Images

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The knife pulled half way out kind of justice.

The knife pulled half way out kind of good news.

 

#AbolishPrisons

#Politics #HateCrime #Discrimination Tweets 8.22
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#Politics #HateCrime #Discrimination Tweets 8.22

#PrisonReform #MassIncarceration Tweets 7.28
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#PrisonReform #MassIncarceration Tweets 7.28

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Horrific Excessive Force on #RachelGraham

Surveillance video shows the jailer, Rachel Graham, slamming a handcuffed Wells to the floor face first on July 2, 2011.  Wells has filed an excessive force federal lawsuit against Graham and is now talking about the incident.

“That is not the way to correct a person that is in handcuffs with no self-defense. I didn’t even have my hands to break the fall. It could have been a lot worse. At one point, I thought I was going to die,” said Wells.

She says she was left unconscious, bleeding with her teeth knocked out.  Moments before she was dropped to the ground, Wells was being booked for a DWI arrest.  Cameras inside the booking area of the jail capture Wells step over the red line, which she had been instructed to stand behind.  The jailer reacts by extending her leg and slamming Wells to the ground.

 

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#MassIncarceration #POTUS Tweets 7.17
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#MassIncarceration #POTUS Tweets 7.17

#SocialJustice Tweets 6.29
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#SocialJustice Tweets 6.29

#PoliceBrutality #DeadlyForce #BlackLivesMatter Tweets 6.25
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#PoliceBrutality #DeadlyForce #BlackLivesMatter Tweets 6.25

#MassIncarceration #NewJimCrow Tweets 6.16
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#MassIncarceration #NewJimCrow Tweets 6.16