When the then 28-year-extinct Bryan Stevenson was threatened with a gun by a police officer,he knew better than to elope away. But, he argues, and young black men are still presumed guilty and dangerous by many Americans. Now executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative and part of President Barack Obama’s policing task force,he says only transitional justice can originate to heal America’s racial wounds• Just Mercy: a Tale of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson is published by Scribe
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Source: theguardian.com