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Thurgood Marshall Still Asks Us To Protect The Less Powerful
by Daniel Johnson Thurgood Marshall is arguably the most important figure in modern judicial and legal history. Founder of the Legal Defense Fund as well as its first president and Director-Counsel, the first Black judge to sit on the Second Circuit of Appeals, the first Black Solicitor General, and finally, the first Black Supreme Court […]
No charges, no surprise: After killing Alton Sterling, Baton Rouge police face mere disciplinary review
Looking to Louisiana officials and the White House for solace in response to Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry’s recent announcement that no charges will be filed in connection with the 2016 shooting death of Alton Sterling is fruitless. Landry told the public his office would not file charges against Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake II, […]
Officers who shot Alton Sterling won’t face federal charges
Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake II will not face any federal charges for shooting Alton Sterling in 2016.
Former Black Panther, Albert Woodfox, Freed From Jail After 43 Years
A former Black Panther activist who was in solitary confinement for 43 years was freed from a United States prison after years of legal cases trying to prove his innocence. Albert Woodfox was the last one of the “Angola Three” activists to be freed from jail; their case invoked many emotions out of activist groups, […]