2015/05/04 – In Baltimore in 1910, a black Yale law school graduate purchased a home in a previously all-white neighborhood. The Baltimore city government reacted by adopting a residential segregation ordinance, restricting African Americans to designated blocks. Explaining the policy, Baltimore’s mayor …..
2015/05/04 – Police brutality? The ACLU of Mississippi has an app for that. Today, the ACLU rolled out the iOS version of its Mobile Justice Mississippi app. The Android version went live last fall in Mississippi and several other states, including …..
2015/05/03 – The new U.S. attorney general said “body-worn cameras” would enhance transparency and promote police accountability. Just a week on the job, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Friday unveiled a $20 million pilot program to expand the use of …..
And a police badge shouldn’t hide the truth. 2015/5/1-On Friday morning, Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced the results of Freddie Gray’s autopsy. The report is clear. His fatal neck injury—a nearly severed spine—was the result of being handcuffed but not …..
“How could someone fear for their safety when it comes to a small five-year-old child?” 2015/05/4-On Wednesday, police handcuffed and shackled the feet of an “out-of-control” and “combative” five-year-old special-needs student in Philadelphia after his teacher called the authorities for assistance. The …..
