@SheriffLeeFL you are an example of everything wrong in law enforcement. Making up for the cowardice shown by police in TX by arresting a 10 year old. Right Now is not the time to act like a big bully.
5TH GRADER ARRESTED FOR MAKING WRITTEN THREAT
“Right now is not the time to act like a little delinquent. It’s not funny. This child made a fake threat, and now he’s experiencing real consequences,” stated Sheriff Carmine Marceno.
Full release below.
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"Criminal justice policy is too important to leave to any one political party, and all Americans, regardless of ideology, rightly demand a system that protects both their lives and liberties." -@MarcALevin, Esq., Chief Policy Counsel for the @CouncilonCJ
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THIS!! @CoryBooker thank you for your vulnerability, your honesty and your candor when speaking of the struggles faced by black Americans. I know your words were like a sip of cold water in the middle of the desert for Judge Jackson.
Sen. @CoryBooker to Judge Jackson: "I'm not letting anybody in the Senate steal my joy...Don't worry, my sister. Don't worry. God has got you. How do I know that? Because you're here and I know what it's taken for you to sit in that seat."
After surviving a life sentence and four decades in prison, Shakur Abdullah founded the #JustUsVote15 Campaign to expand voting rights to people in Nebraska. #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/bQIWKmjCCt
What's in your wallet? "RACISM," if you have a @CapitalOne credit card.
They closed @LouislReed's credit card account due to a 22yr old conviction, using criminal record discrimination as a surrogate for racism. Meanwhile, CO CEO Fairbank paid $640k to FTC to avoid prison.
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Parole eligibility after 15 years has proven successful in states as politically diverse as Oregon and West Virginia and is supported by the science of adolescent brain development.
Tell @GovMLG to support SB 43 with 15 year eligibility (505-476-2200) https://t.co/2itEooKwnL
This is a moment to redouble our efforts to fight for racial justice in this country, and we will continue our efforts to fight against white supremacy in the criminal legal system.
This underscores the need for equitable treatment of children in the legal system, in which children of color are afforded the same protections and are valued in the same way as white children.
...who are often treated with a presumption of innocence. We see this borne out in our own work, where over sixty percent of all children ever sentenced to life without parole have been Black.
Upon hearing the verdict in Kyle Rittenhouse’s case, we're reminded that our country maintains two systems of “justice”--one for children of color, Black children in particular, who are often treated with a presumption of guilt and dangerousness, and another for white children...