In this week’s State of Criminal Justice, we’ll cover a pay increase for a violent police department, a life sentence for a nonviolent drug offense, and how a racist act of violence is being commemorated. In our New Ground segment, we’ll be talking about an effort to defund the police. 

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Racist Border Violence is Celebrated
Attacks on Haitians were memorialized on an unofficial “challenge coin”

Phoenix PD Gets a Controversial Raise 
An investigation into abuse hasn’t stopped much 

A Life Sentence for Cannabis
A nonviolent drug crime keeps a man locked up for life

New Ground: Somerville Police Get Funds 
Somerville City Council cut over $400,000 from the police budget