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Columbia Students Urge Prison Divestment; Tate-Brown’s Mother Calls for Nonviolence; Chicago Police Commander Resigns over Homan Square
Columbia Students Urge Divestment From Private Prison. Columbia is one of several schools where students are demanding that university endowments take a visible stand against mass incarceration by divesting from private prison companies, which have faced criticism— and lawsuits — for rampant abuse and a lack of transparency.
Tate-Brown’s Mother Calls For Peaceful Protest. “Ms. Brown-Dickerson rejects all forms of non-peaceful protest. Ms. Brown-Dickerson rejects all form of violence. Ms. Brown-Dickerson calls for peaceful protests in the manner of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.”
Chicago Police Commander Resigns In Wake Of Homan Square. Three victims announced that they would file suit to shut down the complex likened to the domestic law enforcement equivalent of a CIA “black site.”
