Rapper 50 Cent is reportedly the suspect of a criminal battery report after hurling a faulty microphone into the crowd at his Wednesday Crypto.com Arena show.
Neither should anyone else. Cash bail is profoundly unjust for people facing criminal charges who don't have money, and a pointless ritual for people, like the former president, who do.
Crimes that discourage people from shopping and enjoying pubic places undermine the quality of life and could have serious consequences if left unchecked. So could irresponsible, fear-mongering falsehoods about the causes of those crimes.
Los Angeles County's Measure J may be the nation's most lasting and consequential criminal justice reform strategy to arise from the 2020 George Floyd racial 'reckoning.' Struck down by a trial judge, an appeals court has reinstated it.
Most who died in custody were men of color who had not been convicted and were simply unable to pay bail so they could be released. That's not justice.