Legal justification for releasing nonviolent prisoners during the COVID-19 outbreak
Spectrum News 1 featured Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on the legal justification for releasing nonviolent prisoners during the COVID-19 outbreak. “When we expose prisoners to unhealthy, unsafe conditions, that can constitute the infliction of unnecessary and wanton pain, in violation of the Eighth Amendment,” he said. Listen Read more…
Black leaders issue demands regarding COVID-19
Jody Armour was quoted by Los Angeles Wave about the necessity to minimize harm to the black community during the COVID-19 pandemic, which is hitting marginalized communities harder.
California Prosecutors Must Do More to Protect Their Communities From Coronavirus
Data for Progress featured a memo co-written by Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on how California prosecutors must do more to protect their communities from the coronavirus.
Some activists and academics believe wearing a mask can lead to racial profiling
Jody David Armour was interviewed on Fox11 Los Angeles about the call for the public to wear masks while going on essential errands in Los Angeles due to COVID-19.
Los Angeles DA over-prosecutes black people, then blames them for making ‘bad decisions’
Daily Kos featured an op-ed from Jody David Armour of the USC Gould School on how L.A. District Attorney Jackie Lacey responded to statistics about black residents being incarcerated at much higher rates than white residents. “Lacey’s response shows that she’s blind to the ways her decisions as a prosecutor Read more…
What A State Report On Racial Profiling And Traffic Stops Can And Can’t Tell Us
KPCC-FM’s “AirTalk” interviewed Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on a study into how black drivers face more traffic stops than other drivers.
How being “tough on crime” became a political liability
Salon and Yahoo News (via The Conversation) featured commentary from Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on how being ‘tough on crime’ became a liability politically.
KPCC-FM’s “AirTalk” interviewed Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on the complexities of both the 8th and 13th Amendments and their impact on where the country sits today
KPCC-FM’s “AirTalk” interviewed Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on the complexities of both the 8th and 13th Amendments and their impact on where the country sits today.
Phoenix Looks to Be Next Big City With Citizen Police Review
The New York Times (via the Associated Press) quoted Jody David Armour of the USC Gould School on Phoenix adopting civilian oversight of its police force. “More than anything, residents and the police should consider new ways of viewing law enforcement, said Jody David Armour, a University of Southern California Read more…
Outcry pushes Phoenix to roll out body cameras for officers
Yahoo News quoted Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on the benefits of body-worn cameras for police officers. “Jody David Armour, a University of Southern California professor of law and criminology, said body-worn cameras “have done quite a bit of good” but only work with strictly enforced requirements.” Read more…
A Bill That Could Broaden When Wiretapping Can Be Used As Evidence In California Courts
KPCC-FM’s “AirTalk” interviewed Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on a bill that could broaden the use of wiretapping in California courts. “The concern that people on the civil liberties side and those who have a keen interest in privacy rights would have is that they would ask are Read more…
The push for progressive district attorneys across the US
KCRW-FM’s “Press Play” interviewed Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on the push for progressive district attorneys across the United States.
Investigation Continues Into DIS Where Suspect Was Shot At 34 Times
CBS2LA quoted Jody Armour of the USC Gould School in a video interview on the recent deputy-involved shooting in Willowbrook.
LAPD officer killed a man in a Costco store
MSN, Pittsburgh-Post Gazette, Los Angeles Times and The San Diego Union-Tribune quoted Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on the recent shooting of an off-duty Los Angeles police officer at a Costco store in Corona.
The Nine
The Nine is Jeffrey Toobin’s reveals the lives of post-WWII Supreme Court Justices. He explores the notion of ideology and politics within the role of the judicial branch. We’ve chosen this 2007 title as a general look at the Supreme Court in order to discuss rule of law, personal politics, and the judicial branch more broadly.
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates is ostensibly a letter to his son about growing up a black male in America. This prize winning correspondent of The Atlantic tackles the very big questions of our time.
The New Jim Crow
The US has used the War on drugs to create a racial caste system: a successor to the Jim Crow days we thought we left behind. The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander is one of the most important American books in the last decade. Alexander systematically explores the policy changes from the days of Nixon through the present – exploring how each decision has created and allowed a system which criminalizes blackness, brownness, otherness in way that both creates new racial biases and confirms them by incarcerating millions of young black and brown men (and to a lesser extent, black and brown women).