In Chicago, young Black men w/ ankle bracelets pretrial are prohibited from going to family funerals, picking up prescriptions for elderly family members, taking children to pediatrician, going for job interviews. So much as step onto your porch, you could be arrested. And yet:
In Chicago, young Black men w/ ankle bracelets pretrial are prohibited from going to family funerals, picking up prescriptions for elderly family members, taking children to pediatrician, going for job interviews. So much as step onto your porch, you could be arrested. And yet:
More from a public defender who has worked with countless young people to regain the freedom of movement.
More from a public defender who has worked with countless young people to regain the freedom of movement.
An important note: I am pro-movement. For white privileged few & vast majority of those less privileged. I’m not mad that this man was given permission to go to a game. I just wish the people public defenders represented were treated with a fraction of the same kind of humanity.
@ScottHech @marina282828 What was this young offender’s crime (allegedly)?