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The Marshall Project
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New York, NY
Joined November 2013
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    "I don't even want more school resource officers. Do you know the racial discrepancies they have against African-American and Latino students? We're going to create a system where we widen the school-to-prison pipeline." — David Hogg theoutline.com/post/3571/davi… via @outline
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    Police say demoralized officers are quitting in droves. Labor data says no.
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    On #420day, take a moment to reflect on Bernard Noble, a man who was sentenced to 13 years of hard labor for carrying two joints worth of weed. After serving 7 years in prison, he was released last week.
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    On Tuesday, the same day Florida marked a new daily high for deaths from COVID-19, Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods banned his deputies from wearing masks on the job. More at @washingtonpost.
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    News organizations are slowly reckoning with the fact that police often lie in their incident reports. From @Slate:
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    We asked incarcerated people what might have prevented them from committing the crimes that landed them behind bars. Respondents said that affordable housing, a living wage, and mental health care would have made the most impact.
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    NEW: Prosecutors around the country are asking potential jurors if they support #BlackLivesMatter—and having them removed if they do. A California appeals court will soon determine whether that's legal.
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    A 9-year-old pepper sprayed in handcuffs, crying for her dad. A teenager wrestled to the ground, and another pepper sprayed while waiting for the bus. All were Black girls hurt by police.
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    ICYMI: When a white person kills a black man in America, the killer often faces no legal consequences.
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    President Biden quietly extended a policy that critics call a betrayal of his campaign promise to end mandatory minimum sentences. The measure could land more low-level drug dealers in prison for longer and with less proof than is usually required.
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    Our hearts go out to Erica Garner's family. Her voice has been one among many that have shined a personal light on the injustices of the criminal justice system. Watch Erica's full We Are Witnesses story here: themarshallproject.org/witnesses?utm_…
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    In 2016, Tony Timpa called 911 and asked for help. Afraid, he ran out of a store and was handcuffed by security guards. Dallas police arrived, and within an hour he was dead. Now, @DallasNews has obtained the body cam footage from that day.
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    Trump: “The crime and violence that afflict our nation will soon come to an end.” Some perspective: