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Out of the six Baltimore police officers charged with playing a role in Freddie Gray’s death, only one was brought up on charges of actual murder. Caesar Goodson Jr., who was reportedly driving the van that Gray was fatally injured in the back of, was charged with depraved-heart murder, which is a second-degree felony with […]

Caesar Goodson, Jr., the officer who was given the most serious charges related to Freddie Gray’s death, was acquitted on all charges by a Baltimore judge this past Thursday after an eight-day bench trial, according to the Baltimore Sun. Goodson elected to have a bench trial to face his charges with Gray’s death in police custody. […]

by Ivory O. My two younger sisters and I were on Facetime with our mother recently, discussing the current state of the world. My youngest sister was making fun of our mom for freaking about HydroxyChloroquine. Apparently, my mother had been distressed since the president announced that researchers are looking into using HydroChloroquine, famously known […]

According to a wide range of  reports released by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Brennan Center for Justice, local governments throughout the country have locked up a growing number of people for failing to pay minor debts. The most recent report, takes a look at the emergence of  what is known as “debtors prisons” […]