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Is the person next to you being racially profiled?

Tue, 04/13/2010 - 14:55

From the Restore Fairness blog.

Roxana Orellana Santos was sitting by a pond and enjoying her lunch when two officers walked over to her and asked her for identification. They immediately took her into custody, detained her, and very soon she was handed over to government agents for possible deportation. For the month and a half that Roxana then spent federal custody, she was separated from her son, who was a 1 years old. She was released after 46 days.


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Want to know what's wrong with the War on Drugs?

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 10:14

From the Restore Fairness blog.


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Does your race and income matter if you face the death penalty?

Thu, 03/04/2010 - 14:56

From the Restore Fairness blog.


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Is the criminal justice system "The New Jim Crow"?

Tue, 02/09/2010 - 13:18

From the Restore Fairness blog.

Jarvious Cotton’s great-great-grandfather could not vote as a slave. His great-grandfather was beaten to death by the Klu Klux Klan for attempting to vote. His grandfather was prevented from voting by Klan intimidation; his father was barred by poll taxes and literacy tests. Today, Cotton cannot vote because he, like many black men in the United States, has been labeled a felon and is currently on parole. – From ‘The New Jim Crow’.


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