This goes against everything this country is supposed to stand for.
Olayemi Olurin @msolurin
27 Dec 2021
15 people died in Rikers this year. That’s 15 people who didn’t deserve to die, whose lives were cut short because we have an unjust system that locks up poor people because can’t afford to buy their freedom pretrial. These are their stories: nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…

Jan 3, 2022 · 3:19 PM UTC

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YES! It goes against our constitution...innocent until PROVEN guilty! Unfortunately the prosecutor incentives are in the numbers, not the quality of prosecution!
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i’m guessing they was all men of color🙏🏽
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Thank You ... I'll check out these stories later today!
Replying to @marwilliamson @laserhaas01
Is there any one point in history this country has stood for anything honorable?
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These stories are so sad ... In the 1990s Clinton turned the prison system into one of Punishment ... Mandatory Sentencing ... and Private Jails ... the word Rehabilitation stopped being used ... part of our defense budget needs to go toward ... Police and Prison reform!
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What a damn shame!
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They sincerely believe that if they don't keep people in fear, that they will not be obeyed blindly.
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Something needs to be done regarding all these lives lost at rikers, something is not right you telling me all these men commited sucide, it needs to be closed down and an investgation carried out period.
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