

Capital and Convict
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@Capital_Convict
Historian of crime and punishment in America. Tweets about historical and contemporary issues of race, crime, region, and punishment.



I wrote about the question on everyone’s mind: are black men really going to vote for Donald Trump? White Democrats imagine minorities as half-saints, half-superheroes who they team up with to fight fascism. But the pesky truth is many minority men have Trump-ish beliefs.🧵

NYPD shot 4 people, including one of their own officers, over a $2.90 fare evasion. They shot at someone over $2.90. This is what we mean when we say police protect property (wealth), not people.












We are proud to announce the recipients of 2023 Outstanding Article Award (Let the Convicts Speak: A Critical Conversation... language debate in CC), @Ortiz_PhD, @TCNJ. This award recognizes outstanding scholarship in the form of an article in CC. Congrats Dr. Ortiz!

NEW: Racial disparities are a defining feature of our prison and jail systems, but getting data on these disparities for specific states can be a challenge. We’ve just published the most recent 50-state data on our website, along with 100 new graphics: prisonpolicy.org/blog/2023/09/2…