Criminal Justice

NAM original coverage, youth media stories, and ethnic media articles on criminal justice and it's impact on the poor and immigrant and minority communities. For more information on NAM criminal justice coverage, contact Mark Schurmann at mschurmann [at] newamericamedia [dot] org.

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domestic violence

Break the Silence on Domestic Violence

New America Media, Commentary, Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Nov 19, 2009

The pattern in the shocking murder of Flor Medrano in Mid-City Los Angeles was all too familiar. There was long-term abuse by her sometime boyfriend. The abuse included verbal and physical assaults and accusations of rape.

ACLU Report Says Guidelines Needed for Police in Schools

San Francisco Bayview, News Report, Will Matthews, Nov 03, 2009

Allowing police officers to patrol school campuses without specific guidelines outlining their roles and responsibilities can create a harmful environment, according to a study by the American Civil Liberties Union.

Funeral Held for Slain Mosque Leader, Questions Remain

Final Call, News Report, Ashahed M. Muhammad, Nov 03, 2009

Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah the 53-year old leader of Masjid Al-Haqq was gunned down by FBI agents on October 28 after a raid on a warehouse just outside of Detroit.

Shopper Faces 15 Years for Cutting Walmart Checkout Line

Washington AFRO , News Report, Staff Report, Nov 02, 2009

A former college student faces up to 15 years in prison for allegedly cutting the line at a Walmart, and the NAACP and ACLU have stepped in to generate support for her case.

Missing Woman's Family Presses for Video Release

Wave Newspapers, News Report, Staff Report, Nov 02, 2009

Missing woman Mitrice Richardson, 24, of South Los Angeles, was released on her own recognizance just after midnight Sept. 17 from the sheriff's Malibu-Lost Hills station.

Rape: America's Least Reported Crime

New America Media, News Report, Laura Goode , Oct 29, 2009

Last Saturday night, a 15-year-old girl in Richmond, Calif. survived a brutal gang rape. Reports allege that more than 20 people—genders unspecified—watched. In America a rape occurs every two minutes.

Police Brutality San Jose

San Jose Police Beating Stirs Distrust and Resentment

New America Media, Commentary, Raj Jayadev, Oct 29, 2009

The Phuong Ho video has elicited such outrage in San Jose, Ca., because it comes on the heels of a sequence of various public revelations of police abuse, and a matching series of failures by city leadership to respond to the demands for transparency and accountability that have spanned ethnic communities.

Justice for Missing in Argentina's Dirty War

New America Media, Audio, Sandip Roy, Oct 21, 2009

The state-sponsored "Dirty War" in Argentina left behind broken families and unanswered questions. Two decades later, the children of those who disappeared are now demanding justice for their missing parents. John Knoop and Karina Epperlein are the directors of Awakening from Sorrow: Buenos Aires 1997.

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