Tracey Meares
@mearest
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Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law @YaleLawSch scholar of criminal procedure and policy, and policing; co-Founder @JCollaboratory
Yale University
Joined January 2012
There are many many reasons to love track and field, but this story encapsulates one of them!
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Jolien Boumkwo’s 100-meter hurdles debut was not a stunt. Her team needed the points, and she volunteered.
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This 🧵on "libertarian" regulation deniers who then demand and suck up government resources when their ill-conceived projects go wrong 👇
Somebody simply has to write the ultimate catch-all essay on disruptive, libertarian, private-sector-touting entrepreneurs simply begging and demanding for state intervention at the end of their journeys. (This is the Titan sub company's adviser.)
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THIS is a crisis we should be talking about and aren't. This country's ongoing failure to invest in our children, our literal FUTURE, is shocking and sad. 👉 Since the pandemic, 13-year-olds have lost ground in math and reading - Chalkbeat
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It’s just the latest evidence that the pandemic and school closures exacted a steep toll on student learning.
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Very proud of this man and the work he has done! @demarlewisiv
As of 12pm EST today, you may now call me Dr. Demar F. Lewis IV!!! 🙌🏾😭#SocAF S/o to the 🏡 team @ElijaAnderson @AVPapachristos @mearest @monicacbell @cfeimster for your unwavering support. S/o to my wife + villages for your ❤️ on the long journey here 🏁 🫶🏾🥹 🗣️ We DONE 🎓✅
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The study referenced in this article is eyeopening.
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Researchers found that homeless people in California were often living in poverty within the state, until they suddenly lost their home.
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This is a fascinating--and sad--story. I don't drink Starbucks coffee b/c I don't think it's good, but their behavior is shocking. Another reason not to support them
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Lexi Rizzo’s Starbucks bosses called her a "great employee," but she was fired after leading the push to unionize her Buffalo store.
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It’s time we deal with the extremely high death toll of poverty in our nation. Tomorrow I will moderate a roundtable conversation with @DaveBrady72 @ValerieRWilson @gregggonsalves @ValerieEguavoen & @wilsonhartgrove to articulate a moral mandate for ending poverty in America.
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The Land of Lincoln for sure
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In Illinois, there's now a ban on banning books. Schools or libraries that do so could end up losing state funds.
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Stopping Gun Violence requires supporting the health & safety of Community Violence Intervention (#CVI) Workers. Our piece in @sciam discusses the risk & trauma experienced by workers who risk their lives everyday to keep their neighborhoods safe. #Gunviolenceawareness
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In 2020, Dwayne founded @million_book, a nonprofit that installs 500-book "Freedom Libraries" in prisons across the U.S., with the goal of bringing the liberatory power of literature to people who are still incarcerated.
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This story. 👇Just incredible!
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Relatives and Colombian president visit survivors in hospital, where grandfather says they are ‘shattered but in good hands’
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These kids running around town doing economic analysis warms my heart.
Teens in Jamaica Plain find Stop & Shop prices higher in low-income communities @PaulWBZ reports. https://t.co/Gw4OXBIZ3p
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Across the United States, police chiefs, city officials, and community leaders alike have highlighted the need to de-escalate police encounters wit...
A new study reveals just how crucial the first 30 seconds of a police encounter can be, in particular for Black drivers. To help us understand this study’s findings, we spoke with @mearest. https://t.co/x2wbLMyl6O
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From my discussion with @IAmAmnaNawaz on @NewsHour tonight
Tonight's @NewsHour: When a cop stops a Black driver the first 45 words said hold important clues about how the encounter will go. @IAmAmnaNawaz+@mearest discuss the data. "When there is an escalation it's 2.5x more likely that the officer didn't explain the reason for the stop"
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"There are stark racial differences in who is stopped and who's not," says Meares @mearest
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A Black driver is more likely to face being searched, handcuffed, or arrested when a police officer's first words are commands rather than a greeting or an explanation.
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Great job, kids! Now remember this when you turn 18 and vote.
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Their Indiana school rejected "Marian." So, after three frenzied weeks of preparation, they took their revolt offsite — and staged it at an outdoor theater.
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For some random reason I decided to watch Vivarium last night. A lot of people hated it, but I'm with @StephenKing on this one. I liked it! Obvious, but still very smart and pointed.
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Civil War Historian here your essential reading for this #MemorialDay by @EJDionne and your annual reminder that the first decoration day was celebrated by the formerly enslaved who buried and decorated the graves of Union Army soldiers in 1865.
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The first Memorial Day is surprisingly instructive on our current political climate.
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