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Jena, Louisiana : Drug Bust or Racist Revenge?
Sheriff Scott Franklin, shown reveling in loot obtained during a controversial drug raid last summer in Jena, Louisiana. Photo special to The Rag Blog.Revenge for civil rights protests?‘Operation Third Option’ in Jena By Jordan Flaherty / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading
Culture of Abuse : Police Harassment of New Orleans Transgenders
New Orleans cops are on the prowl for transgenders. Photo by Ted Jackson / The Times-Picayune Archive.Transgender community in New OrleansClaims abuse and discrimination by police By Jordan Flaherty / The Rag Blog / April 20, 2010 New Orleans’ Black … Continue reading
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Landrieu and the Saints : A New Day for New Orleans?
New Orleans mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu. Photo from AP.Who dat mayor:A new day for New Orleans? By Jordan Flaherty / The Rag Blog / February 9, 2010 NEW ORLEANS — In a city consumed by the Superbowl and Mardi Gras celebrations, … Continue reading
A Real Crime : How the Law Treats Sex Workers in New Orleans
‘Crimes against nature’:Prosecuting sex workers in New Orleans More than half of the people on Louisiana’s Sex Offender Registry — which was designed for rapists and child molesters — are indigent women convicted of sex work. By Jordan Flaherty / … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Jordan Flaherty, Law Enforcement, New Orleans, Poverty, Prostitution, Sex Crimes, Women
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Her Crime? Sex Work in New OrleansMore than half of the people on Louisiana’s Sex Offender Registry – which was designed for rapists and child molesters – are indigent women convicted of sex work By Jordan Flaherty / The Rag … Continue reading
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‘Everyone at the Top Is Getting Fat Off Our Misery’
See “New Orleans, Three Years Later” by Jordan Flaherty and Katrina video with Richard Dreyfus, below. By Diane Stirling-Stevens / The Rag Blog / August 28, 2008 I was looking at my calendar; the ‘things to do’. I note on … Continue reading
Reject the Racism of the Jena 6 Prosecution
Jena Ignites a Movementby Jordan Flaherty, September 21, 2007 Six courageous families in the small Louisiana town of Jena sent out a call for justice that has now been amplified around the world. Yesterday’s mass protests in Jena were unlike … Continue reading
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A "Harmless Prank" – Racism Flourishes
Racism and Resistance: The Struggle to Free the Jena SixBy JORDAN FLAHERTY Almost a year ago, in the small northern Louisiana town of Jena, a group of white students hung three nooses from a tree in front of Jena High … Continue reading
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