Publisher of the book and was asked if i would be interested in editing a volume that would attempt to contextualize and explore all the recent awful killings of black men and boys in recent years. I really jumped at the opportunity because theres no issue more important to me than the unfair treatment of black and brown people in the kernel justice could and criminal justice. Host what information do you base that on to come to that conclusion . Guest it is well documented. Its an issue that ive faced for over 20 years. Is certainly plenty of documentation to show that black and brown people are treated poorly in the criminal Justice System, much less fairly been there similarly situated white counterparts, and every step of the process from arrests to sentencing, hence the subtitle of the book. Although the inspiration of the book were all these killings that occurred in recent years and quite friendly have occurred since black people have been in this country but have received atten
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A white policeman shots a black man. Most crimes in the United States are committed by white people yet black people have much greater risk of dying shot by the police. If it louis for example. You have a higher chance as a young black man to be killed by police being killed in a car accident in two thousand and fourteen the american Police Killed a hundred unarmed blacks that is too poor weak the fact that americans have come to realize it hit them suddenly today was supposed to be Michael Browns first day of college but over the weekend he was shot and killed by a Police Officer he was unarmed. Two thousand and fourteen one death too many the death of young student Michael Brown in ferguson machinery ignites the black community who cries out to its hang if the days. Eight months later the cameras attention the other riots is in baltimore where once again an afroamerican digesting his arrest by the police. Faced with these events a part of america wakes citizens take to the streets. T
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