Today, as Emantic “EJ” Bradford, Jr. is being laid to rest, the Alabama Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild joins all those demanding justice for him and his family and calls for the immediate release of all video footage related to his killing. We condemn the use of the cop-talk term “officer involved shooting.” It […]
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A Community Solution to Cash Bail
Jonah Newman, The Chicago Reporter Truthout Wed, 01/20/2016 View the original piece When Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke was charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Laquan McDonald in November, his bail was set at $1.5 million. Later that day, Van Dyke’s family posted the $150,000 necessary for him to wait out his […]
