Tagged Immigrant Rights In Arpaio’s Arizona, They Fought Back – NYTimes.com By Lawerence Downes Article published: July 23, 2012 Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, whose trial in a class-action civil-rights lawsuit continues this week in Phoenix, didn’t get…
Tagged Racial Justice Criminal Justice Reform Thousands March Silently Down Fifth Avenue to Protest Stop-and-Frisk Policies – NYTimes.com By John Leland and Colin Moynihan In a slow, somber procession, several thousand demonstrators conducted a silent march on Sunday down Fifth Avenue to protest the New York…
Tagged Racial Justice Criminal Justice Reform Orleans Parish sheriff to close House of Detention starting today | NOLA.com By Laura Maggi Citing "mounting criticism" and other factors, Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman this afternoon announced that he will close the outmoded…