Live: Day 1 of the Boston Marathon bombing trial
The trial of alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev began Wednesday, nearly two years after two bombs exploded near the finish line, killing three people and injuring almost 300 others in the most high-profile case of terrorism on U.S. soil since the 9/11 attacks. Yahoo News' Holly Bailey is in the courtroom in Boston covering the proceedings. Follow along below for live updates
Ferguson Shows Why Criminal Justice System of "Racial Control" Should Be Undone |
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Michelle Alexander: Ferguson Shows Why Criminal Justice System
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- The U.S. Justice Department has concluded that the police and city courts in
Ferguson, Missouri, routinely engaged in a pattern and practice of
discrimination against African Americans. Despite comprising about 66 percent of
the local population, African Americans accounted for 93 percent of arrests, 88
percent of incidents where force was used, 90 percent of citations and 85
percent of traffic stops. The Justice Department, which launched its report
after the police killing of Michael Brown, also uncovered at least three
municipal Ferguson emails containing racist language or images. "The report does
not give me hope. What gives me hope is that people across America are finally
waking up," says Michelle Alexander, author of the best-selling book, "The New
Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness." "There is a system
of racial and social control in communities of color across America. …
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Michelle Alexander: Roots of Today's Mass Incarceration Crisis
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- As the Justice Department sheds new light on the racist criminal justice
system in Ferguson, legal scholar Michelle Alexander looks at the historical
roots of what she describes as "the new Jim Crow." From mass incarceration to
police killings to the drug war, Alexander explores how the crisis is a
nationwide issue facing communities of color. "Today we see millions of poor
people and folks of color who are trapped, yet again, in a criminal justice
system which are treating them like commodities, like people who are easily
disposable," Alexander says. "We are not on the right path. … It's not about
making minor reforms and plotting along in the same direction. No, its about
mustering the courage to have a major reassessment of where we are as America,
reckon with our racial history as well as our present, and build a broad-based
movement rooted in the awareness of the dignity and humanity of us all."
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Mike Golic Reacts to Curt Schilling's Twitter Incident
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Yankees
fire an employee who harassed Curt Schilling and his daughter on Twitter.
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