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Monday, October 14, 2013
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Wednesday, October 09, 2013
Wisconsin Prisons Incarcerate Most Black Men In U.S. : Code Switch : NPR
The United States prison population is still the world's highest, with more than 1.5 million people behind bars. Black men are more likely to be sent to prison than white men, and often on drug offenses. A study from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee looked at that state's incarceration rates and found they were the highest in the country for black men.
Wisconsin Prisons Incarcerate Most Black Men In U.S. : Code Switch : NPR
Wisconsin Prisons Incarcerate Most Black Men In U.S. : Code Switch : NPR
Tuesday, October 08, 2013
Sunday, October 06, 2013
Another Story In The American System of Injustice
The movement for human rights and justice mourns the loss of Herman Wallace, a former prisoner of the Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola prison) who was held in solitary confinement for forty-one years before having his conviction and sentence for murder vacated by a judge this week.
Saturday, October 05, 2013
Friday, October 04, 2013
Thursday, October 03, 2013
Family says SUV driver in biker clash was 'placed in grave danger' by mob
The wife of an SUV driver who police say was beaten after a clash with a swarm of bikers on a New York City highway said Thursday that her husband was “placed in grave danger by a mob of reckless and violent motorcyclists.”
In a statement released through a law firm on behalf of the family, the wife of the driver, Alexian Lien, said that her husband “was forced under the circumstances to take the actions that he did in order to protect the lives of our entire family.”
“We know in our hearts that we could not have done anything differently,” she said.
The highway clash, on Sunday, was recorded and has been viewed about 6 million times on YouTube. Police have said that the bikers chased Lien for 50 blocks before cornering him, smashing his windows, yanking him out and beating him in front of his wife and child.
One of the motorcyclists, Edwin “Jay” Mieses, was run over during the clash. He is in critical condition with a crushed spine and two broken legs and may be paralyzed. He has hired a media-savvy lawyer, Gloria Allred.
In a statement released through a law firm on behalf of the family, the wife of the driver, Alexian Lien, said that her husband “was forced under the circumstances to take the actions that he did in order to protect the lives of our entire family.”
“We know in our hearts that we could not have done anything differently,” she said.
The highway clash, on Sunday, was recorded and has been viewed about 6 million times on YouTube. Police have said that the bikers chased Lien for 50 blocks before cornering him, smashing his windows, yanking him out and beating him in front of his wife and child.
One of the motorcyclists, Edwin “Jay” Mieses, was run over during the clash. He is in critical condition with a crushed spine and two broken legs and may be paralyzed. He has hired a media-savvy lawyer, Gloria Allred.
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