Arizona Prison System Basically Admits To Practicing Slavery
A prison official in Arizona has made the argument that the state needs to be able to force people to work for it.
July 2022
Deputy acquitted after video revealed him banging teen’s head to the ground
Christopher Krickovich was fired months after the arrest of then 15-year-old Delucca Enrique Rolle — despite an oversight board recommending that he keep his job.
Entire police department resigns after a Black woman town manager is hired
The entire police department in Kenly, North Carolina, resigned, citing a “hostile” work environment less than two months after Justine Jones, a Black woman, began her role as the town’s newly selected city manager.
SWAT team burns down house killing 14-year old boy
Community outraged after a SWAT standoff leaves a teen dead and a home destroyed.
Mississippi police chief fired after racist recording leaks
Police chief fired after recorded boasting about killing 13 people while on duty, including a Black person he said he shot 119 times.
Cop granted immunity after false testimony causes several to spend years in federal custody
Victims have sought to hold Weyker accountable in more than 20 civil lawsuits since then, but she has beat every single case due to federal immunity.
Court overturns man’s murder conviction for killing toddler, citing ‘discrimination’ against Black jurors
The Oregon Court of Appeals overturned a Portland man’s murder conviction after it found that prosecutors excused the only two Black jurors on the panel because of their race.
‘It’s inhumane’: how US prison work breaks bodies and minds for pennies
Two out of three prisoners are forced to work, in what is often referred to as modern day slavery.