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Consent Decree between NOPD and DOJ includes Unprecedented Victory for LGBT Youth

breakout at urban congress rallyBy Wesley Ware, BreakOUT! The Consent Decree between the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) released last week is the furthest the Department of Justice has ever gone in addressing profiling a [...Read more]

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Did Closing the Large Housing Projects in New Orleans Create a Spike in Crime and Violence?

vigilBy Dr. Lance Hill, crossposted from Justice Roars. One of the post-Katrina policies touted as a way of reducing poverty and crime was to demolish most of the large housing projects and disperse the poor throughout the city (and the nation). [...Read more]

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Exonerated death row inmate John Thompson digs for the roots of New Orleans crime epidemic

john thompsonA Talk with John Thompson, by Jed Horne, Crossposted from The Lens.  John Thompson knows the streets of New Orleans. He also knows the state’s prisons. He was one of several defendants railroaded to death row during Harry Connick’s 28-year tenure as Orleans Parish district attorney. [...Read more]

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