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Vol. 24, Issue 2
Criminal Justice Reform
Sadly, too late for Houston frontline activist….
Bad to the Bone...
By Omowale Lithuli Allen
HOUSTON - Recently, 45 and POTUS (President of the United States) signed into law a criminal justice bill that provided relief for thousands of low-level offenders in the federal penal system. There are only 2.2 million people in jails and prisons in the United States. In 1968, Lee Otis Johnson was sold 1 marijuana cigarette by an undercover Houston Police Officer and sentenced to 30 years in prison. Before he was incarcerated, Lee Otis Johnson flew to issues of injustice and inequality and quickly became a gadfly and nemesis to the power structure. At this time, our local police department was led by a “Bull Connor” styled police chief who had vowed to crush any disorder or rebellion by communities that went too far. Too far for Chief Hermann Short meant vigorous civil disobedience against Jim Crow attitudes and policies. Police Chief Short was the third leg of an old corrupt order that encompassed Mayor Louie Welch and District Attorney Carol Vance. The stool that they supported was the “good old boy” rulers, who were dedicated to maintain the Houston status quo, despite the winds of change sweeping America. See Page 4
“The most important of all, peoples do not know God. And most of em don’t wanna know Him. People don’t have time for families. You don’t sit down there and talk to them or sing together or do nothing with em.” - Words of wisdom spoken by 100-year-old, Ollie Mae Dugar.