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Criminal Legal System

CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM | Brandon Hasbrouck
Dear Mr. Trump: I support your 4th Amendment rights. I wish you supported ours
I have the deepest of sympathies for anyone subjected to such police violence, though I must confess to having some doubts that this is quite what happened at Mar-a-Lago.

Criminal Legal System | Brandon Hasbrouck
Big police energy unleashed by Supreme Court a sign of (very bad) things to come
The U.S. Supreme Court let us know exactly where it stands in the conflict between police authority and defendants’ rights. In its Vega v. Tekoh decision last week, the court told police, “We got your back.” That’s not unusual, but it’s a lot louder and more dangerous than the typical pro-police decision.

Culture | Mika Kennedy
This is a Vincent Chin essay
Vincent Chin still has family in Detroit. Vincent Chin is a person. Vincent Chin is not Japanese American. But then, he also wasn't an automotive industry or an economic depression. That did not save him.

Health | Amanda J. Calhoun
We know Black people get killed by the police. Now, let’s talk about brutality in the hospital
Yale physician on what we can do about medical racism — the violence we can’t record.

Criminal Legal System | Nia T. Evans
Biden can stop White supremacist violence. Or he can support the police unconditionally.
He can’t do both.