Ep. 630 - Incarcerated Black men were told by the government to register to vote. Then given additional jail time for breaking the law when they did so.
The Breakdown with Shaun King
The North Star
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 29 June 2022
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
I've heard hundreds of horrible stories in the 20+ years I've been fighting against mass incarceration, but this story, which of course comes from Florida, might be the single most outrageous and dubious scheme I've ever heard to keep Black men behind bars.
At worst it was entrapment. At best it's evil white supremacy at work.
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| 0:00.0 | Sharing intimate photos of her without her consent. |
| 0:02.8 | Unwanted touching, unwanted comments, unwanted moods. |
| 0:06.4 | Controlling what she can and can't wear. |
| 0:08.4 | Controlling who she can and can't see. |
| 0:10.1 | Threatening her. |
| 0:11.3 | Enough. |
| 0:12.3 | This is abuse. |
| 0:13.8 | If you think it's wrong, act on it. |
| 0:16.3 | Call it out. Show support. |
| 0:17.8 | Report it. |
| 0:18.8 | There are many ways you can safely tackle violence against women and girls. |
| 0:23.1 | Find out how at gov.uk slash enough. |
| 0:26.8 | If someone is in danger, call 999. |
| 0:30.2 | Just a few minutes ago, I posted something on Instagram and I see people are struggling |
| 0:34.9 | to understand it because it's just that ridiculous. |
| 0:39.6 | I realize after posting it because some people are saying, hold on, hold on. |
| 0:43.8 | Am I reading this right? |
| 0:45.8 | That I need to get on here and explain it audibly so that you can understand that at a jail |
| 0:54.5 | in Florida, the county encouraged men at the jail, particularly black men at the jail, |
| 1:02.4 | to register to vote and to vote. |
| 1:05.7 | So those black men who were encouraged by the county to register to vote and vote while |
| 1:11.5 | they were in jail. |
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