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Community organizer Raj Jayadev wants to transform the US court system through "participatory defense" — a growing movement that empowers families and community members to impact their loved ones' court cases. He shares the remarkable results of their work — including more than 4,000 years of "time saved" from incarceration — and shows how this new model could shift the landscape of power in the courts.
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Most Auspicious Environment For Corruption
Indian Micheal Jordan makes a lot of sense.
The problem itself is “protect your people”…. My people, your people. My nation, your nation. There’s no mine or yours… It should be “protect THE people”…
Exactly. White people aren’t allowed to protect our people. Only protected minorities.
@Aimee Perhach I would argue that you are ok being white …… if you are a woman.
@Truthful Chap Unfortunately, I do know white men do struggle the most. It is important for white women, too, to stand with white men. We all have to look out for each other while we have our culture attacked and taken from us.
@Aimee Perhach ….lol you talking like your a minority. Dont quit school.
@Corrine Vermette I’m talking like someone who doesn’t bury my head in the sand and pretend we’re all the same and diversity is our greatest strength and all that bullshit.
They ended the for-profit prison system in one state, so I think the sentiment is catching on:
Don’t turn one of the most vital aspects of civilization–the administration of law–into just another business. There’s no incentive to end crime. There’s only profit to be made in making it worsen.
This smart idea.
This is wonderful. The accused need a real & practical social support mechanism, not the faceless justice system corrupted by private prison businesses. The one thing I wish had been covered is a statistical analysis of the case results. It sounds like this community activism is making a difference, but the message is hard to take at face value when selection bias (telling only about successes) is a factor.
Exactly. We gotta use our weight to put mfers in office that understand not get corrupted but thatd take gettin big money oyt forcing networks nationally and locally to alot a specific amount of time for each candidate to speak etc. Itd take full reform and it seems insurmountable.
Here this man is talking about pushing compassion into the courtroom and people are worried about things completely different than what he’s talking about. All the people speaking on this are people who have zero experience in the court system, or people with a single sociology bachelors thinking they’re holier-than- thou. Just let him speak his truth without being attacked and leave you food for thought. That’s the entire point of a Ted Talk. Please and thank you.
@Vyes Sampson don’t they?
Aren’t we all… A society??
TED has made pro pedophile videos so it’s all basically garbage
@Vyes Sampson https://youtu.be/aSLQy1Zj3zw
“It takes a village”…to save our souls from bondage & disheartened alienation~from society. My daily prayer.
Like the joker in the new movie
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What is 13 that does 50??????
Hooh my Goodness
Thanks for your voice and your insight
Other countries treat criminal as to actually insight real lasting change in the person
Namaste
This has been done before, it was called Communism. It didn’t turn out very well.
Good for Carnell, doing drugs with a criminal history and two young children.