A federal judge rejected a one-day sentencing request from Trump’s DOJ for former Louisville officer Brett Hankison and imposed a nearly three-year prison sentence for his role in the 2020 raid that killed Breonna Taylor. Taylor’s family says the ruling offers a start — but not full justice.
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Blacks see racial double standard in Smollett’s stiff sentence (updated)
‘I am not here to debate you on his innocence. But we can agree that the punishment does not fit the crime.’
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What the Chauvin murder trial revealed about the U.S. ‘justice’ system
The Chauvin murder trial further exposed to the world the fragility of American democracy and the lie of American exceptionalism.
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Minneapolis police speak with forked tongue
All of the press conferences in the world cannot cover up the history and reality of the Minneapolis police.
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Juror #76: Black juror’s rejection reveals flaws in system
What the courts have never acknowledged is that you can’t easily separate race from lived experience.