Saturday, September 24, Civitas had guest speaker Michael-John Voss from the Arch City Defenders talk to students on a variety of issues including for-profit policing, municipal court reforms, and how early segregation policies shaped the development of the St. Louis region. Michael-John Voss had a great presentation and even more information to share with students. We are making a number of those resources available here.
- Presentation by Michael-John Voss
- Arch City Defenders website
- Overworked And Underfunded, Mo. Public Defender Office Assigns Case — To The Governor (NPR)
- ArchCity Defenders: Meet the legal superheroes fighting for St. Louis’ downtrodden (Riverfront Times)
- How municipalities in St. Louis County, Mo., profit from poverty (Washington Post)
Resources from the Presentation:
- How Expensive It Is To Be Poor, New York Times, OP-Ed, Charles M. Blow
- Missouri Supreme Court Wades Into Ferguson. Excellent. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Editorial Board
- How Segregation Led to Speed Traps, Traffic Tickets and Distrust Outside St. Louis, Washington Post, Max Ehrenfreund
- Judge orders St. Louis area police to give protesters tear gas warning and time to flee , St. Louis Post Dispatch
- Ferguson’s challenge goes beyond race, USA Today, Sherrilyn Ifill
- Two versions of Municipal Court Reform, William Freivogel, KWMU
- “This is What Jim Crow Looks Like”: A Day in North St. Louis County Courts, RiverFront Times, Lindsay Toler
- Lawyers Say High Bonds for Protestors Unusual and Unlawful, St. Louis American, Rebecca Rivas
- Mistrust Lingers as Ferguson Takes a New Tack on Fines, New York Times, Frances Robels
- Justice in St. Louis County, New York Times, Editorial Board
- Skyrocketing Court Fines Are Major Revenue Generator for Ferguson, Governing Magazine, Mike Maciag
- Economic harassment and the Ferguson crisis, LA Times, Michael Hiltzik
- Driving While Black in Ferguson, Newsweek, Victoria Bekiempis
- A Local Public Defender on the Deeply Dysfunctional Ferguson Court System, Vox, Sarah Kliff
- Injustice in Ferguson, Long Before Michael Brown, BusinessWeek, Peter Coy
- In Ferguson, Court Fines and Fees Fuel Anger NPR, Joe Shapiro (Audio Interview)
- The Poorest Corner In Town, fivethirtyeight.com, Ben Casselman
- Ferguson Averages 3 Warrants Per Household, New Report Shows, Huffington Post, Emily Thomas
- Ferguson Feeds Off the Poor: Three Warrants a Year Per Household, The Daily Beast, Mike Daly
- Ferguson’s Municipal Court System Makes Millions Off Targeting Black and Poor People, Firedog Lake, Kevin Gosztola
- St. Louis County, Ferguson, and “Slavery by another name” Daily Kos
