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sciencescience's JournalThe Chauvin Trial's Jury Wasn't Like Other Juries
By Sonali Chakravarti
April 28, 2021
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What I saw was a jury-selection process that substantially departed from the country’s norms, resulting in a racially mixed jury, a number of whose members criticized American law enforcement for systematically discriminating against Black people.
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That these people held these views and still served on the jury shows a path toward greater democratic representation in America’s courtrooms.
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It’s difficult to overstate how significant a departure from the norm this is. In many similar cases, a potential juror’s mere intimation of a belief in systemic injustice makes judges and attorneys nervous—especially when the juror is a person of color.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/04/what-was-different-time/618735/
Get police out of the business of traffic stops
By TJ Grayson and James Forman Jr.
March 16, 2021
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Many of the deaths garnering media attention in recent years resulted from armed police officers enforcing traffic violations, even minor ones. A Minnesota police officer pulled over Philando Castile for a broken taillight, then fired seven shots at him. A Texas state trooper stopped Sandra Bland for not signaling when she changed lanes. Three days later, she was dead in a jail cell. According to a Washington Post database, about 11 percent of all fatal shootings by police in 2015 occurred during traffic stops; Black people accounted for a disproportionate share of those deaths.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/16/remove-police-traffic-stops/
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