#blackbehindbars

#Blackbehindbars #himtoo #wrongfullyaccused #hertoo #wrongfullyconvicted #metoo #wrongfullyimprisoned #ustoomovement (at California State Capitol) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvg2KVzHc1sSBOaWZTMsn1ddSLNQbEycSP2HKE0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=yy4dasskzl76

I want to explain to all my colleagues That the concept of “Innocent until Proven guilty” is alien to me Because my skin’s hint of melanin Will Predispose people to stereotype My ev’ry desire, impulse & act To some monkey-assed minstrel nonsense hype Though I have my fine doctorate in fact A High-School-Dropout officer of law Can decide to sus me for my brown skin & on my shoulder put his racist paw This is my reality (it’s a sin) So please understand microagressions Are small intellectual oppressions #Repost @innocenceproject ・・・ "#Blackpeople in the U.S have never been given a presumption of innocence ... Their entire relationship to justice is not a standard of not guilty but one of not guilty yet." —Karen Thompson, @innocence Senior Staff Attorney #BlackHistoryMonth #blackbehindbars Photo: Kelly Cogswell (at Queensboro Correctional Facility) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtnzDJpnSwv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=giesz7l209x8