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The Equal Justice Initiative
in Montgomery, Alabama, a non-profit founded by lawyer
and civil rights activist Bryan Stevenson. In recent years, which included
the publication of an acclaimed memoir, Stevenson has become a leading voice
nationally for criminal justice reform. Black and brown people
in America are burdened with a presumption
of dangerousness and guilt. Doesn't matter how smart you are,
how educated you are, you'll go places in this country
where you'll be presumed dangerous. I have been pulled out of my car, and police officers
have threatened to blow my brains out, all because of this presumption. United!
in Montgomery, Alabama, a non-profit founded by lawyer
and civil rights activist Bryan Stevenson. In recent years, which included
the publication of an acclaimed memoir, Stevenson has become a leading voice
nationally for criminal justice reform. Black and brown people
in America are burdened with a presumption
of dangerousness and guilt. Doesn't matter how smart you are,
how educated you are, you'll go places in this country
where you'll be presumed dangerous. I have been pulled out of my car, and police officers
have threatened to blow my brains out, all because of this presumption. United!
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The Equal Justice Initiative
in Montgomery, Alabama,
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a non-profit founded by lawyer
and civil rights activist Bryan Stevenson.
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In recent years, which included
the publication of an acclaimed memoir,
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Stevenson has become a leading voice
nationally for criminal justice reform.
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Black and brown people
in America are burdened
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with a presumption
of dangerousness and guilt.
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Doesn't matter how smart you are,
how educated you are,
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you'll go places in this country
where you'll be presumed dangerous.
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I have been pulled out of my car,
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and police officers
have threatened to blow my brains out,
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all because of this presumption.
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United!
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Focus on a series of interviews about people whose actions shape the world.
