It baffles my mind that the highest court in Mass deciding, as a matter of law, that black men were justified in being afraid of the police wasn’t a bigger story and didn’t ignite the conversations we are now having about policing. Marty and Gross and the police all have to go
In 2016, our state's highest court ruled Black men were reasonable to run away from the cops to avoid the "recurring indignity of being racially profiled."
The SJC cited an
@ACLU_Mass
study that found 63% of people stopped & frisk from 2007-2010 were Black.
In 2019 it was 69%.
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@yo_era_mark
Ugh i really wanted to write a law review post about this before realizing I didn't have the patience or skill to write anything longer than 300 words lol
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@qaween
I like vividly remember that case being decided and being like wow, what a great time to be in law school. This should really strike up some conversation! *crickets*
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