Tag Archives: Local Crimes

Daily Local News – December 6, 2018

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:35 — 20.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA new report, by the Monroe County chapter of the NAACP and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington’s Racial Justice Task Force, says blacks in Monroe County are disproportionately affected by the Criminal Justice system; Last month’s midterm elections saw the highest voter turnout in a non-presidential …

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People of Color in Monroe County Over-Represented in Jails and Prisons

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:47 — 3.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA new report, by the Monroe County chapter of the NAACP and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington’s Racial Justice Task Force, found African-Americans in Monroe County are disproportionately affected by the Criminal Justice system. Less than four percent of Monroe County residents are Black, but last …

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