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❗️Louisiana judge said local prosecutors overincarcerate African Americans. Now, prosecutors want her removed from 300 cases; a court hearing is underway this week.

Context: Incarceration rate among black Louisianans is 4 times higher than among whites. usatoday.com/story/news/nat…
I should have led with the fact that this judge who prosecutors are trying to remove is an African American woman.
That's in keeping with similar efforts, & broader attacks by law enforcement against black women elected as DAs on reform agendas in recent years.

e.g. Aramis Ayala, who had cases removed, Kim Gardner, who faces efforts to remove her, and Kim Foxx, in Chicago where Trump in now.
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still no answer to my messages from the campaign of U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond (Dem) on why he's endorsing a GOP sheriff (and in a way that implies he's a Dem).

Also asked about Richmond's views on ICE in light of fact that this sheriff is one of state's most pro-ICE.
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! The New Jersey Bar Association endorses legislation to entirely abolish felony disenfranchisement, and enable all citizens to vote including from prison.

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I wrote on this bill last year in @nytopinion : nytimes.com/2018/02/22/opi…
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