criminal justice

Not Even Our Elders Are Safe: The Disheartening Tale of Sybil Garbow’s Minnesota Jail Sentence

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Not Even Our Elders Are Safe: The Disheartening Tale of Sybil Garbow’s Minnesota Jail Sentence

TysonJXN August 13, 2023

In the land of 10,000 lakes, there’s a darker undercurrent to the pristine façade of Minnesota. Recent events surrounding Sybil Garbow’s conviction have brought to light the glaring racial disparities in the justice system of this state, tying it to the tragic murders of George Floyd and others in Minnesota’s recent history. The irony is palpable when a 72-year-old Black nurse with an impeccable record, is sentenced to jail...

Sinzae Reed’s Killer Goes FREE After Charges Are DROPPED

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Sinzae Reed’s Killer Goes FREE After Charges Are DROPPED

Cirilo Manego III December 29, 2022

On October 12, 2022, a 36 year old white man, Krieg A. Butler Sr, killed a 13 year old Black boy, Sinzae Reed, in Columbus, OH. On October 13, 2022, Krieg was arrested and charged with murder and put in jail under a $1 million bond. Nearly a week later, on October 19, 2022, Butler was released and charges were DISMISSED after claiming he acted in “self-defense.” The Franklin...

Officers Initially Refused to allow Mother into Hospital in Son’s final moments Witness in Jaheim McMillan Shooting “I didn’t see a gun. He had his Hands Up. I know what I saw.”

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Officers Initially Refused to allow Mother into Hospital in Son’s final moments Witness in Jaheim McMillan Shooting “I didn’t see a gun. He had his Hands Up. I know what I saw.”

CJ Lawrence October 13, 2022

Video of last Saturday October 8th, shows officers initially refused to allow the family of Jaheim McMillan in to see him in the hospital just two days after he was handcuffed after being shot in the head by Gulfport Police. One officer even goes so far as to tell Jaheim’s mother, Katrina, that Jaheim is dead. In the video, he attempts to walk this affirmative statement back when he...

Video: Bradford County (FL) Police Officer Holds family at gunpoint Threatens to put pregnant woman “Into the ground”

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Video: Bradford County (FL) Police Officer Holds family at gunpoint Threatens to put pregnant woman “Into the ground”

CJ Lawrence August 24, 2022

Thankfully this incident did not end in tragedy but it isn’t because the Deputy was compassionate, empathetic or even reasonable. First reported by News4Jax, Ebony Washington a pregnant mother was driving with her 3 children when the Bradford County officer (Deputy Jason Desue) pulled out his gun and threatened to “Put Her Into the Ground” after the mother searched for a well lit area to pull over. As you...

Video: Vegas Police Union targets Black Judge Erika Ballou after she speaks Honestly with a Black Man facing Probation Revocation

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Video: Vegas Police Union targets Black Judge Erika Ballou after she speaks Honestly with a Black Man facing Probation Revocation

CJ Lawrence July 16, 2022

Ok for context this conversation is taking place in a revocation hearing involving a Black male defendant who had an encounter with a police officer. The district court judge, Erika Ballou, a former defense attorney, is speaking empathetically to the man about why we have to make decisions that will not lead to us having to be encountered by police. Essentially she’s saying- police sometimes approach us when we...