1. The rights to serve on—and be tried by—an impartial, fairly constituted jury, are integral to full American citizenship.pic.twitter.com/jVJhlAvMJX
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1. The rights to serve on—and be tried by—an impartial, fairly constituted jury, are integral to full American citizenship.pic.twitter.com/jVJhlAvMJX
2. African Americans have historically been excluded from the rights and privileges associated with full personhood in this country. The right to a jury trial—and to participate as a juror—is no exception.pic.twitter.com/n9ZDADjKrI
3. White residents of Winona and the Fifth Judicial District have long endeavored to deny African Americans full citizenship. These efforts—often led or facilitated by local officials—ranged from brutal violence and economic coercion to abuse of government power.pic.twitter.com/inKtwmjlaE
4. District Attorney Doug Evans—who has been described as a “racist white supremacist” by the former mayor of his hometown—delivered the keynote address at a Council for Concerned Citizens meeting in Webster County.pic.twitter.com/0n2U1cQMzI
5. Doug Evans has a history of discriminating against African American jurors, and that pattern of discrimination has persisted throughout Mr. Flowers’ trials.pic.twitter.com/dd3q4Gwxlj
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