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by Jasmine Brianna Ellison  The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) sued the state of Connecticut on June 28th, 2018.
The lawsuit argues that farm districts where minority residency is low, benefit unfairly as a result, weakening urban districts. The suit reveals the practice of Connecticut counting prisoners when creating districts. This act is called gerrymandering: In this case, the act of choosing district boundaries to give your party an advantage. States rely on The US Census Bureau for statistics when deciding district lines. The bureau counts people where they live or sleep most of the time. For an inmate, that is behind bars. If granted, Republican state senator John Kissel would be most affected by the change. As his district comprises of seven towns, farmland and six country prisons near the Massachusetts border- thousands of inmates would be disqualified and his district total would deplete immensely. by Jasmine Brianna Ellison  A bail bondsman is a person representing an agency or corporation that will act as collateral and offer money or property as bail. This acts as a legal promise that the defendant will appear in court.
Defendants and their families often sign contracts to pay roughly 10% of the bond proposed by the court. In certain circumstances, insurance companies will approve a down payment, as low as 3%, at which time the signee is responsible for an agreed upon payment plan. If payments are not received, or the defendant does not appear in court, the bail bondsman is allowed to act as a bounty hunter. A skilled professional dedicated to find and capture a fugitive in exchange for a monetary reward. The reward, is considered the “bounty,” and is typically a percentage of the bail. Families are held responsible for thousands of dollars’ worth of debt, regardless of which path the defendant takes. by Jasmine Brianna Ellison  It is 1940 in Greenwich, Connecticut, and a black chauffeur is charged with the rape of a married white woman. The news quickly labeled Joseph Spell as the "Negro chauffeur," "the colored servant," and even "a colored man with a bad hangover." These words incited fear in the white community by painting a vivid picture of blacks as savages on society.
The publicity storm triggered an emergency at the New York headquarters of the NAACP. The organization's initial concern was the tone of the news stories. Roy Wilkins, NAACP assistant secretary, described as the news reports as “highly colored," when he complained in a telegram to the city editor of The Daily News. Thurgood Marshall the top lawyer in the NAACP organization was on a train to Greenwich two days after the arrest. by Jasmine Brianna Ellison  The statue of Christopher Columbus at the City of Newburgh’s waterfront was defaced October of 2018. The bronze figure’s hands were painted bright red following the Columbus Day celebration.
Upon a warning from UNICO National, Stamford, police stepped up patrols of Columbus Park and its statue. “We’re definitely going to bump up patrols, especially at night,” said Police Chief Armando Perez on Friday. “We’re preparing.” |
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