Like the majority of Americans, I have an immediate family member locked up behind bars. My dad is in prison & at the age of 75, he is high risk for the virus. If we forget about incarcerated people we’ll lose to the virus and we’ll lose ourselves.https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-local-correspondents/chesa-boudin-on-his-incarcerated-father-and-the-threat-of-the-coronavirus-in-prisons …
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@NewYorker a couple days ago, no one in my dad’s prison had tested positive. Now they have. Time is of the essence. This pandemic made it clearer than ever that mass incarceration must end. Public health & public safety depend on it.29 replies 86 retweets 348 likesShow this thread -
Replying to @chesaboudin @NewYorker
I agree mass incarceration must end. That's why your father should have gotten the chair then he would now not be at risk from the coronavirus.
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Replying to @imagae @ghunkinking and
Chesa’s dad actually participated in a robbery what left 3 people dead tell me again who sucks as a person?
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I don't hold him responsible for his father's heinous and unforgivable crimes, but I do hold him responsible for downplaying his father's crimes any chance he has and trying to make his father seem the innocent victim of an unjust system.
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