Posts by Alissa
Black Lives Mattered. Then America Moved on
A small contingent of Black Lives Matter protesters stood vigil outside the Manhattan trial of Daniel Penny, a white man who was acquitted Monday of criminal charges for fatally choking Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless Black man in a subway car last year.
Read MoreColorado officer who killed Black man holding cellphone mistaken for gun won’t be prosecuted
The victim’s family is disappointed at the court’s decision, which is a failure to provide justice for Kilyn Lewis,
Read MoreMissouri Executed Marcellus Williams, Despite Evidence He Wasn’t Guilty
Throughout his decades on Death Row, Williams insisted he didn’t kill Felicia Gayle in 1998. Prosecutors believe he might have been telling the truth.
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