Mike Brown’s life had become an equation; a sum of his respectable parts minus any mainstream missteps to determine his right to equality. Four and a half hours left in the street gave view to an enduring truth in America… 
A Just Chicago reports on the educational damage suffered by children whose parents are incarcerated. It discusses the disproportionately high suspension rates of Black students, and the "school to prison pipeline". A more gruesome aspect of the racist injustice system is the murder of children, particularly Black children, at the hands of the police and the courts. 
Ticketing rates were up vs arrests for Chicagoans found in possession of 15 grams or less of marijuana, and the ticketing rate was similar, a little less than 30 percent, across all races, according to the Sun Times. This… 