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A Woman Called 911 For Help And Ended Up Getting Assaulted By Police A Miami-Dade police officer was suspended from the force...

I encourage you to please take the time out of your day to read this piece.

Ramsey Orta, the man behind the video of Eric Garner’s death has endured constant unjust acts while being imprisoned. Officers have attempted to poison his meals as an act of revenge for documenting police brutality. It’s incredibly astonishing that this has continued to go on for so long. Officers have literally told him it would be better for him to kill himself instead of being locked up.

There needs to be ongoing conversation about this to address these unjust acts. This is beyond inhumane. I’m so saddened to have learned that this is happening, but without news like this, the world would be unaware.

He filmed the killing of Eric Garner—and the police punished him for it The story of Ramsey Orta is one of continued and unending police harassment.

$20 for a lifetime

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Life in Prison for Selling $20 of W**d Homeless and hungry, Fate Vincent Winslow wanted something to eat, so he agreed to sell pot to a stranger—an undercover cop.

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Never Sentenced, Never Released Across the country, hundreds of people are in prison even though they weren't convicted of the alleged acts that landed them there. Sometimes, they're held for decades. Today, the story of one such man.

Adam Foss describes the need for a better justice system that "replaces wrath with opportunity, changing people's lives for the better instead of ruining them."

A prosecutor's vision for a better justice system When a kid commits a crime, the US justice system has a choice: prosecute to the full extent of the law, or take a step back and ask if saddling young people with criminal records is the right thing to do every time. In this searching talk, Adam Foss, a prosecutor with the Suffolk County District At...