Reggae

Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 04.01.22

* Nine people hit with civil rights violation charges for blocking healthcare access. Can’t be doing that, man. [AP News] * When I say reggae, you say hold a former President accountable. Reggae?! [The Guardian] * Arresting development: Turns out Will Smith was closer to getting arrested than we knew. [NPR] *  The States move a step closer to making insulin access actually affordable! Let’s hope they don’t bungle this up. [NYT] * Progress is progress: A woman turned a California bill into a California law for the first time. [The Week]

Crime

Quote of the Day: Race Is Just a State of Mind

Don’t watch nothing say him white. Him blacker than me and you. — Buju Banton, the celebrated reggae musician, speaking about his lawyer, David Oscar Markus — whom he called up to the stage and hugged at a recent concert. (Markus, who is also a legal blogger as well as a prominent criminal defense lawyer, […]