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Homicides soar in states with ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws
From Southern Studies: Many of the 22 states that have enacted “Stand Your Ground” self-defense laws — like the one at the center of the controversy over last year’s shooting death of unarmed Florida...
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Dream Defenders Stand Their Ground, Occupying the New Jim Crow
Dream Defenders and Trayvon Martin protesters take a stand in Sanford, FL. (Werth Media/Flickr) From In These Times: As nationwide protests erupted this July after a Florida jury acquitted George...
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CI: Dangerous White Dreams, #BreakingBad
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of...
View ArticleCourt Blocks Stop-and-Frisk Changes for New York Police
From NYT: A federal appeals court on Thursday halted a sweeping set of changes to the New York Police Department’s policy of stopping and frisking people on the street, and, in strikingly personal...
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The Preposterous Removal of Judge Scheindlin
From New Yorker: The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit just chastised Shira Scheindlin, the trial judge in the case challenging the constitutionality of the N.Y.P.D.’s...
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Get Out the Vote NYC: Give Bill de Blasio Decisive Mandate
Bill de Blasio, the Democratic nominee, on the R train in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, on Monday. He says a big margin of victory could help him as he tries to get his policy initiatives put into effect. |...
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De Blasio Is Elected New York City Mayor
Bill de Blasio shared a laugh with the Brooklyn borough president, Marty Markowitz, right, at a campaign stop on Tuesday. | Damon Winter/The New York Times From NYT: Bill de Blasio, who transformed...
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CI: This Week in the War on Black ~ Repression Builds Resistance
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of...
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CI: Remembering Trayvon Martin, Special Edition of ProudFlesh
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of...
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Washington state governor declares death penalty moratorium
From Reuters: Washington state Governor Jay Inslee declared a moratorium on Tuesday on carrying out the death penalty in his Pacific Northwest state, citing concerns about unequal application of...
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Jordan Davis: What We’ve Come to Expect
From Colorlines: Still, Michael Dunn’s murder case seemed cut and dry. A white man emptied his semi-automatic into a car full of black teens, killing 17-year-old Jordan Davis—then fled the scene and...
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