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Author Shipp, Robbin

Title Justice While Black : Helping African-American Families Navigate And Survive The Criminal Justice System / Robbin Shipp and Nick Chiles
Published Chicago, IL : Agate Publishing, 2014

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Contents Officer friendly isn't your friend: Everything you need to know about racial profiling -- Silence is golden: How to handle stop-and-frisk and illegal searches -- The history between police and black males: From slave patrols to the KKK -- to today -- The trap of the plea bargain: How to fight it -- Get me Johnnie Cochran: When you don't have cash to hire a high-profile lawyer -- Get a haircut: The black male goes to trial -- Jesus ... Somebody ... Please help! Never give up hope -- Families: Got to be there -- The prison-industrial complex: The vicious cycle -- Your guide to navigating the system
Summary Justice While Black is a must-read for every young black male in America-and for everyone else who cares about their survival and well-being. This is a first-of-its-kind essential guide for African-American families about how to understand the criminal justice system, and about why that system continues to see black men as targets-and as dollar signs. The book provides practical, straightforward advice on how to deal with specific legal situations: the threat of arrest, being arrested, being in custody, preparing for and undergoing a trial, and navigating the appeals and parole process. The primary goal of this book is to become a primer for African Americans on how to avoid becoming ensnared in the criminal justice system. While the precarious safety of black males has received renewed interest in the past year because of the deaths of teenagers Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis, the fact is that this group has always been under threat from the armed guardians of the white social order. The tactics have been modernized, but the impact is still devastating-we are witnessing an epic criminalization of the African-American community at levels never before seen since the end of slavery
Notes Title from resource description page (Recorded Books, viewed April 11, 2016)
Subject Law.
LAW -- Civil Rights.
Law
Form Electronic book
Author Chiles, Nick
ISBN 9781572847415
1572847417