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As NY Dooms More Kids In The Criminal Justice System, The Push To Raise The Age Continues

Cadeem Gibbs March 9, 2016 Justice System, Youth Justice

The legislative session is in full swing, with raising the age of criminal responsibility at the top of the priority list for members of the Raise The Age-NY campaign, myself included. The Campaign for Youth Justice reports that 250,000 youth are tried, sentenced or incarcerated as adults each year in the United States. …

Three Black Women At SUNY Albany Assaulted By Mob Of White Men

Adam Ciminello February 1, 2016 #BlackLivesMatter, Racism, White Privilege

Three black women who are undergraduates at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany reported that they were harassed with racial slurs and physically assaulted by a group of 10-12 white men on a bus early Saturday morning. As first reported by the Associated Press, the Albany Police …