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LOCKING UP OUR OWN By James Forman Jr. A COLONY IN A NATION By Chris Hayes 256 pp. W. W. Norton & Company. $26.95. … Two new books offer timely and complementary ways of understanding America’s punitive culture and, in the process, stark pleas to abolish it. In “Locking Up Our Own,” James Forman Jr. explains how and why an influx of black “firsts” took the municipal reins of government after the civil rights movement only to unleash the brutal power of the criminal justice system on their constituents; in “A Colony in a Nation,” Chris Hayes shows that throughout American history, freedom despite all the high-minded ideals has often entailed the subjugation of another.

Abcarian: A good first step toward racial justice: Don t let police stop motorists for minor offenses

Abcarian: A good first step toward racial justice: Don t let police stop motorists for minor offenses Robin Abcarian © (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) Kirk Samuels with Community Coalition chants with other members of L.A.-area social justice organizations at a demonstration calling for changes to policing. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) Daunte Wright was pulled over for expired plates, although he told his mother it was because an air freshener hung from his rearview mirror. Sandra Bland was pulled over for failing to use her turn signal. Philando Castile was pulled over for a broken taillight. You know what happened next. The two men were shot dead by police, and Bland died in jail a few days after she was verbally abused by the Texas state trooper who screamed, “I will light you up!” when she refused to get out of her car.

Column: Don t let police stop motorists for minor offenses

Print Daunte Wright was pulled over for expired plates, although he told his mother it was because an air freshener hung from his rearview mirror. Sandra Bland was pulled over for failing to use her turn signal. Philando Castile was pulled over for a broken taillight. You know what happened next. The two men were shot dead by police, and Bland died in jail a few days after she was verbally abused by the Texas state trooper who screamed, “I will light you up!” when she refused to get out of her car. Advertisement None of these Black citizens posed a threat to public safety. And while it’s true that George Floyd’s murder by former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin was not instigated by a traffic stop, the idea that someone should die after allegedly trying to pass a fake $20 bill should shock and has shocked our consciences.

Opinion | Policing the police s traffic stops - The Washington Post

Opinion | Policing the police s traffic stops - The Washington Post
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