Police brutality in America is getting worse. The justice system is not improving. I've started an emergency 5 part series on WHAT'S NEXT...
PART 2: The single most important person in your city to fight back against police brutality is the DA. Who's yours?http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/king-americans-da-explain-values-article-1.3272610 …
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Studies show that the overwhelming percentage of Americans cannot name their District Attorney & have no idea what they stand for or against
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Did you know that 95% of elected District Attorneys in America are white? It's one of the white positions in Americahttp://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/07/08/420913118/does-it-matter-that-95-of-elected-prosecutors-are-white …
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83% of elected prosecutors are white men. 1% are women of color. 1%. Yeah. 1%. For real. 1%. No, really.http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/07/08/420913118/does-it-matter-that-95-of-elected-prosecutors-are-white …
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First and foremost, I need you to understand that the LAWS that govern what can be done about police brutality are bad.
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SECONDLY, I need you to understand that the elected officials who have the power to fight back against police brutality are generally bad.
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DUDE. What? Police are agents of the DA and more often than not complicit in cherry picking evidence to help the DA get convictions.
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The elections are every bit as dirty and DA's often have political aspirations attainable by more and longer convictions.
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DA's routinely leverage the system to fuck poor people over.
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Havent read it yet but the DA can only "fight back" after the police kill someone right?
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This is valuable information. Thank you!
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Agreed. They also can't be one of these "post racial" neophytes. He's got to relentless stack the jury with black people. It's the only way.
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Most people who are victims of police burtalities are DAs.
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