One of the many laws going into effect this week will roll out in San Francisco and Oakland, two of six pilot cities which will start enforcing speeding violations with automated surveillance cameras that send tickets out on their own, in an effort to prevent traffic accidents and pedestrian deaths. Joining us to discuss the specifics is Brian Hofer, Executive Director of Secure Justice a non-profit that advocates against state abuse of power and for reduction in government and corporate overreach. Hofer is also Chair of Oakland’s Privacy Advisory Commission, which opposed the legislation before it was signed into law.
Check out the website for Secure Justice: https://secure-justice.org/
According to a recent investigation by Anna Clark a Detroit-based reporter for ProPublica, the state of Michigan is failing to compensate people who are found to be erroneously convicted despite a state statute which can provide $50,000 per year of wrongful incarceration. Anna’s report is titled They Were Wrongfully Convicted. Now They’re Denied Compensation Despite Michigan Law.
Check out Anna Clark’s reporting here: https://www.propublica.org/article/why-michigan-failing-compensate-wrongly-convicted-despite-law
Our Resistance in Residence Artist this week is poet, poverty scholar, activist, author, organizer, daughter of Dee, and a co-founder of both Poor Poets and homefulness, Lisa Tiny Gray Garcia.
Check out Tiny’s website: https://www.lisatinygraygarcia.com/
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