Criminal Justice

Black Lives Matter Minneapolis organizer Miski Noor argues that the White victim of police violence was afforded a benefit of the doubt that is withheld from Black, Latino, Indigenous and other marginalized people who are disproportionately the targets of state sanctioned violence.

The “Atlanta” star portrays Colin Warner, a Trinidadian-American teen falsely convicted of murder and seeking exoneration for his two-decade incarceration.

DuVernay: “In their journey, we witness five innocent young men of color who were met with injustice at every turn—from coerced confessions to unjust incarceration to public calls for their execution by the man who would go on to be the president of the United States.”

On the heels of the not-guilty verdict for the former police officer who fatally shot her son, Valerie Castile blasts the “free reign” of law enforcement with “no regard for human life.”

“Society used mass incarceration as an economic development strategy at the expense of communities of color. Today, we’re taking action.”

Contributor and Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza: “Ultimately, we aim to contribute to that movement by ensuring that Black women are at the center of an economy and a democracy that works for all of us.”

Across the country, incarcerated men and women’s lives are in danger as a result of facilities’ environmental violations.

Angela J. Davis and Kristin Henning explain how the policing of Black boys leads to the conditioning of Black men in a new op-ed for NPR’s Code Switch.

Academics, advocates, formerly incarcerated people and more will unite to talk about the current state of criminal justice in America.