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Category Archives: Race
Fed Court Rules on Racist Crack Law- SCOTUS on Deck
After decades of public agitating that the federal sentencing laws are creating racist results, Congress famously lowered the 100-to-1 weight ratio (cocaine powder to crack) down to 18-to-1 with the Fair Sentencing Act in 2010. A significant remaining question is … Continue reading
Posted in Drug Policy, Race
Tagged 100 to 1, Blewett, Blewit, Cocaine, Congress, Crack, disparity, Dorsey, Equal Protection Clause, Fair Sentencing Act, retroactivity, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. v. Blewett, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, US Supreme Court
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Do Colleges Encourage Racial and Class Superiority?
What’s wrong with the picture above? Most won’t see it, even if they read the entire paper- which is why most people “just don’t get it.” Where corporate media reinforces stereotypes and racial/class divisions, universities are supposed to be bastions … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Employment, Race
Tagged Andrew Fastow, employment practices, New Orleans, Rape culture, Sodexo, Tulane, Tulane Hullabaloo, White-collar crime
Part Four: Is Campaign Finance Driven By Cops, Courts, and Corrections?
Mayor Bloomberg is term-limited, thus the city will lose its primary supporter of the Stop & Frisk policy in 2013. Whereas many Democrats participated in the Silent March of over 10,000 people last summer, some Republicans have suggested that NYPD … Continue reading
Posted in Courts, Police, Politics, Race
Tagged Campaign finance, corrections, Court, courts, donations, Floyd, Michael Bloomberg, New York City Police Department, NYPD, police, police union donations
Part Three: Comparing the Precincts- Is Crime Reduced by Stop-and-Frisk?
As the Floyd v. New York trial continues in federal court, we hear various rationales about why the policy’s effectiveness trumps the widespread erosion (if not clear violation) of civil rights. The primary excuse for wholesale stopping of pedestrians, frequently … Continue reading
Posted in Courts, Police, Race
Tagged crime data, crime rate, Frisk, Michael Bloomberg, new york, New York City Police Department, NYPD, precinct, safety
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In the Floyd case, the NYPD faces tough scrutiny of Stop-and-Frisk tactics
This article was originally written for The Guardian, here. The New York Police Department is on trial in Floyd v City of New York, and the public is watching. It is ironic that the policy of recording “stops, questions, and frisks” originated with the 1999 … Continue reading
Posted in Courts, Police, Race
Tagged Abner Louima, diallo, Frisk, Michael Bloomberg, New York City, New York City Police Department, NYPD, stop and frisk
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Crashing the System with Stop and Frisk
The Floyd v. New York class action suit, to hold the city accountable for hundreds of thousands of baseless harassments by the NYPD, is the affordable option for NYC taxpayers and the court system. If each plaintiff were to bring a … Continue reading
Posted in Courts, Police, prison economics, Race
Tagged budget, CCR, Court, crash the system, Floyd, Floyd v. New York City, harassment, Michael Bloomberg, New York City, New York City Police Department, NYC, NYPD, stop and frisk, trial
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Scaling Back Voting During Black History Month?
Today the Supreme Court heard a case about the Voting Rights Act, Shelby County v. Holder- specifically, whether we still need special protections in “Covered” jurisdictions- places where the legacy of racism and voting rights is so deep it requires … Continue reading
FAU and GEO: Expecting Black Men to Play In Stadium Named After Prison
I highly doubt any of the 99 players of the Florida Atlantic Owls were consulted about playing in The GEO Group Stadium next year, named after the world’s largest prison-owning corporation. I also doubt I need to illustrate the percentage … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Private Prison, Race
Tagged Florida Atlantic Owls, Florida Atlantic University, football stadium, GEO, GEOGroup, George Zoley, immigrants
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Is Racism Really This Blind?
UPDATE: 10 members of Congress call on the team to change their name. U.S. trademark law says that there is no commercial protection for a disparaging term or symbol. In 1992, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board agreed that “Redskins” … Continue reading →