Panel Suggests Ways To Cut Racial Inequality in Criminal Justice
To reduce racial inequality in the criminal justice system, local, state, and federal government should explore ways to reduce police...
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Crime and Justice News
- Nov 8
- 1 min
Law Enforcers' Facebook Pages ‘Overrepresent’ Black Suspects
Facebook pages run by local law enforcement agencies significantly overrepresented Black suspects, and those practices reinforce racial...
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Crime and Justice News
- Oct 26
- 2 min
Traffic Stops Disproportionately Hit Black Motorists in California
Compared with White motorists, Black drivers in California are almost five times more likely to be pulled over by sheriffs for traffic...
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Crime and Justice News
- Oct 26
- 2 min
Was The L.A. City Council Recording Of Racist Remarks Illegal?
Los Angeles detectives are investigating whether a recording last year that captured city councilmembers’ racist remarks was made...
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Crime and Justice News
- Oct 26
- 2 min
Maryland State Police Face Lawsuit Claiming Racial Discrimination
A federal lass-action lawsuit against the Maryland's state law enforcement agency filed by three Maryland State Police (MSP) officers,...
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Crime and Justice News
- Oct 18
- 2 min
Two Black Comedians Sue Over Drug Checks At Atlanta Airport
Eric André cleared security at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport, gave the gate agent his boarding pass and was moments away from...
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Crime and Justice News
- Oct 12
- 2 min
With 3 Dissents, Justices Won't Hear Black Inmate Jury Race Bias Case
Three liberal Supreme Court justices dissented from the majority's decision not to review the case of a Black man who accused racially...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 23
- 1 min
Woman Who Called Police On Black Bird Watcher Loses Suit Over Firing
Amy Cooper lost her lawsuit against the investment firm Franklin Templeton, which fired her after she received widespread backlash for...
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By Heaven LaMartz
- Sep 21
- 3 min
How Three Cities Try to Reduce Racial Disparities in Criminal Justice
How can the criminal justice system do better at reducing racial disparities in the justice process? Speakers from Charlotte,...
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Crime and Justice News
- Aug 24
- 1 min
National Institute of Justice Invests $2.7M In Crime and Race Research
The Office of Justice Programs’ National Institute of Justice will spend $2.7 million on "rigorous research" to increase knowledge about...
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Crime and Justice News
- May 25
- 1 min
Data Show Racial Bias in Missouri Firearm Possession Convictions
Over 3,600 people were convicted between 2015 and 2021 for federal firearm possession in Missouri, which outranks the rest of the nation...
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Crime and Justice News
- May 17
- 1 min
Delaware State U. Complaining to DOJ Over Bus Traffic Stop
Delaware State University, a historically Black institution in Dover, De., said it will file a formal complaint with the U.S. Justice...
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Crime and Justice News
- Apr 28
- 2 min
MN Report Accuses Minneapolis Police of Longtime Racial Bias
The Minneapolis Police Department has engaged in race discrimination for at least a decade, including stopping and arresting Black people...
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Crime and Justice News
- Apr 18
- 2 min
Anxiety Levels Can Be High in Blacks' Interactions With Police
The video seems clear: Patrick Lyoya disobeyed a Grand Rapids, Mi., police officer during a traffic stop, tried to run, then wrestled...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 31
- 1 min
Black, Hispanic Youth More Likely To Live In Areas With Homicides
In the five years before 2020, nine million children ages five to 17 lived in a Census tract where there had been at least one gun...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 18
- 2 min
FBI Identifies Six Juveniles in Probe of Threats to Black Colleges
Federal law enforcement officials have narrowed the list of suspects in the threats made to historically black colleges to six juveniles,...
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Crime and Justice News
- Mar 2
- 2 min
Arbery Juror Foreman Laments 'So Much Hatred' Among Defendants
Marcus Ransom, foreman of the jury in the case against three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, was the only Black man...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 22
- 2 min
Amir Locke's Killing Shows Disparity in Treatment of Black Gun Owners
Relatives and friends of Amir Locke, who was killed by Minneapolis police Feb. 2 as they executed a no-knock warrant on the apartment...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 21
- 2 min
Urban Institute, Microsoft Offer Grants on Racial Issues, Data
The U.S. justice system disproportionately harms communities of color, especially Black communities. Racism and racial biases are deeply...
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Crime and Justice News
- Feb 17
- 1 min
Racist Texts Surface In Arbery Murder Civil-Rights Trial
Two of the three white men convicted of Ahmaud Arbery’s murder in Georgia repeatedly used racial slurs on social media and in text...
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