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Iowa Newspaper Posts Black Burglary Suspects’ Mugshots, Posts White Burglary Suspects’ Yearbook Pictures

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Iowa burglary suspects Photo: Iowa Gazette

An Iowa newspaper is accused of pro-white bias after it handled the same alleged crime between two different sets of suspects in radically different ways.

Blogger Rafi D’Angelo at SoLetsTalkAboutIt.com pointed out that in reports filed on successive days, the The Gazette in Cedar Rapids printed mug shot photos of black burglary suspects and yearbook photos for white burglary suspects. Continue reading “Iowa Newspaper Posts Black Burglary Suspects’ Mugshots, Posts White Burglary Suspects’ Yearbook Pictures”

Rapper Young Dro Arrested On Felony Theft Charges In Atlanta

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Young Dro booking photo. He was arrested on Saturday March 28, 2015 in DeKalb County, GA.

Rapper Young Dro was arrested over the weekend on a felony theft charge.

Via AJC:

Djuan Montreal Hart, better known as rapper Young Dro, was arrested early Saturday on a theft charge, according to DeKalb County jail records. Continue reading “Rapper Young Dro Arrested On Felony Theft Charges In Atlanta”

Politicians Campaign For Criminal Justice Reform

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The Bipartisan Criminal Justice Summit in Washington brought together organizations and speakers who are supportive of criminal justice reform.

An overhaul of U.S. criminal justice laws looks increasingly possible, and the 2016 presidential campaign just might give the effort a shot in the arm, says Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey.

The issue was the focus of Thursday’s Bipartisan Summit for Criminal Justice Reform. The event was sponsored by groups that make odd bedfellows — from the left-leaning American Civil Liberties Union to the conservative Koch Industries. Continue reading “Politicians Campaign For Criminal Justice Reform”