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Anti-Blackness in White Feminist "Victims Rights" Advocacy
When Maryland tried to reform its district court commissioner law, which has allowed testimony with investigation to a commissioner without a law degree to justify arrest warrants, they failed because of opposition from the “victims’ rights lobby.” Despite this law allowing folks to be arrested for mistaken identity and false testimony, the lobby argued these reforms would make it harder for victims of domestic violence to get protection. This episode discusses what happened after LBS called out the victims rights lobby, consisting largely of white women, for ignoring the structural violence…
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