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The Color of Crime

Several of the We Are All Criminals participants were stopped by police in the midst of one offense or another. Yet, none was cited, much less arrested for a crime. These participants point to benefiting from a demographic that is not overrepresented in the criminal justice system as the reason they’re part of the 75%.

TEACHER: Trafficking of Controlled Substances
5 Jul 2018

TEACHER: Trafficking of Controlled Substances

by criminalsadmin | posted in: College Days, Luxury To Forget, The Color of Crime | 0

I did a bit of smuggling many years ago.

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STUDENT: Underage Consumption; Public Intoxication; Public Urination; Possession of Controlled Substances; Driving Under the Influence; Shoplifting
5 Jul 2018

STUDENT: Underage Consumption; Public Intoxication; Public Urination; Possession of Controlled Substances; Driving Under the Influence; Shoplifting

by criminalsadmin | posted in: Luxury To Forget, Teenage Years, The Color of Crime | 0

I’m very lucky, and so glad to be here. My past hasn’t prevented me from being here.

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Nurse: Driving While Intoxicated, multiple counts
4 May 2018

Nurse: Driving While Intoxicated, multiple counts

by criminalsadmin | posted in: Drunk + High, Luxury To Forget, The Color of Crime | 0

You’re not a product of your past.

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ENGINEER: FELONY
29 Jan 2018

ENGINEER: FELONY

by criminalsadmin | posted in: College Days, Luxury To Forget, Teenage Years, The Color of Crime | 0
They looked tired and angry and I wondered if they were thinking about me in that moment. Not me me. But the mes and the uses that do the same stuff with, well, impunity.
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Social Worker, Artist: Possession of Controlled Substances; Driving While Intoxicated
27 Jun 2017

Social Worker, Artist: Possession of Controlled Substances; Driving While Intoxicated

by Emily Baxter | posted in: College Days, Drunk + High, Luxury To Forget, No Record, The Color of Crime | 0

Thrilled to share this guest artist video!

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Graduate Student: Minor in Possession, Public Intoxication
25 May 2017

Graduate Student: Minor in Possession, Public Intoxication

by Emily Baxter | posted in: Drunk + High, Luxury To Forget, No Record, The Color of Crime | 0

Mostly, we were white upper-upper-middle class, and we were doing the same things that kids in town were doing and everyone knew it—but they were getting picked up and we weren’t.

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DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND SALES: CONSPIRACY TO MANUFACTURE, POSSESS, IMPORT, AND DISTRIBUTE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES 
19 May 2017

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND SALES: CONSPIRACY TO MANUFACTURE, POSSESS, IMPORT, AND DISTRIBUTE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES 

by Emily Baxter | posted in: Luxury To Forget, No Record, The Color of Crime | 0

We’ll it’s kind of crazy: I’ve never told anybody about this.

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Attorney: Trespassing; Felony Burglary; Theft of Services; Disorderly Conduct
19 May 2017

Attorney: Trespassing; Felony Burglary; Theft of Services; Disorderly Conduct

by Emily Baxter | posted in: Luxury To Forget, No Record, The Color of Crime | 0

Now I’m just waiting for the next client to remind me of more crimes I forgot.

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Attorney: Public Intoxication; Possession of Controlled Substances; Third Degree Assault; Criminal Damage to Property; Theft; Vandalism
18 May 2017

Attorney: Public Intoxication; Possession of Controlled Substances; Third Degree Assault; Criminal Damage to Property; Theft; Vandalism

by Emily Baxter | posted in: Drunk + High, Luxury To Forget, No Record, The Color of Crime | 0

It wasn’t my finest hour – but it’s the kind of shit I got away with.

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MECHANICAL ENGINEER: FRAUD, DISTRIBUTION AND POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, ASSAULT, BURGLARY
13 Dec 2016

MECHANICAL ENGINEER: FRAUD, DISTRIBUTION AND POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, ASSAULT, BURGLARY

by Emily Baxter | posted in: Drunk + High, Luxury To Forget, No Record, The Color of Crime | 0

This could go in any direction. Where do you want to start?

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Youth Counselor: Criminal Damage to Property; Vandalism; Indecent Exposure; Sale and Possession of Controlled Substances
1 Jan 2014

Youth Counselor: Criminal Damage to Property; Vandalism; Indecent Exposure; Sale and Possession of Controlled Substances

by admin | posted in: College Days, Luxury To Forget, No Record, Teenage Years, The Color of Crime | 0

It wasn’t just the color of my skin – it was the neighborhood too.

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Scholar: Possession of Controlled Substances
1 Jan 2014

Scholar: Possession of Controlled Substances

by admin | posted in: Luxury To Forget, No Record, The Color of Crime | 0

I would do it again: it was such an obvious and correct decision.

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