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Justice for All
By: Eliana Peck and Stephanie Holland
Justice is something of a hot topic lately. News reports of another person with a disability being mistreated or lost in the system seem to appear daily. One organization that focuses solely on finding justice for our loved ones is the National Center on Criminal Justice & Disability (NCCJD).
Americans with disabilities are victims of violent crimes at nearly three times the rate of their peers.
~ David Perry – The Atlantic
Why do police keep seeing a person’s disability as a provocation? Cops keep wrongfully killing the intellectually or psychiatrically impaired. ~ Harold Braswell – Washington Post
We asked the The Arc NCCJD to tell us a bit about what they do, and how it relates to a cause near and dear to us here on The Road – #JusticeForEthan. Our thanks goes to Eliana Peck and the rest of the staff at NCCJD for what they do and for taking the time to write this post!