Community-powered criminal justice reform | Raj Jayadev
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Community organizer Raj Jayadev wants to transform the US court system through "participatory defense" -- a growing movement that empowers families and community members to impact their loved ones' court cases. He shares the remarkable results of their work -- including more than 4,000 years of "time saved" from incarceration -- and shows how this new model could shift the landscape of power in the courts.
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This is wonderful. The accused need a real & practical social support mechanism, not the faceless justice system corrupted by private prison businesses. The one thing I wish had been covered is a statistical analysis of the case results. It sounds like this community activism is making a difference, but the message is hard to take at face value when selection bias (telling only about successes) is a factor.
This isn't wonderfull. It's toxic. What support do you imagine victims of crime get ? You honestly for a split second think they get more support than criminals ?!
@@yousernameish You mistake my meaning. It's not a dichotomy.
@@NickCombs no I understand your point. There no mistaking you've been influenced by this speakers persuasive language. But his agenda is pure poison. He wants to choke the justice system so the gap between offending / trial / sentencing, is so protracted, that violent offenders simply will avoid justice.
@@yousernameish I've seen nothing to indicate that's true, but I'm open to any evidence you might have that would back up your claim. That said, if you have such evidence, you should provide it to authorities who can make an arrest on the grounds of obstruction of justice.
@@NickCombs you're not "open" to anything, you've allowed yourself to be brainwashed. My "claim" as you put, is simply a summary of the speakers explicit message, . . . with all the sugary rhetoric left in the gutter.
They ended the for-profit prison system in one state, so I think the sentiment is catching on:
Don't turn one of the most vital aspects of civilization--the administration of law--into just another business. There's no incentive to end crime. There's only profit to be made in making it worsen.
I have been waiting for an initiative such as this to empower families facing unjust Courts. I would love to see this program come to Bakersfield. If anyone knows anything about Kern County, then they know that the court systems here is one of the most twisted in California. Mostly because we were not educated in our rights growing up and not making use of the resources we have around us to fight for our livelihoods against the immoral businesses disguising themselves as County Courthouses. I fought for my husband last year, (even when he had given up and was ready to take a plea),against the DAs unjustified false charges backed by a corrupt judge and a "Pro Bono" county appointed Attorney who reeked of conflict of interest. Because of felony and prison priors, my husband was being exploited like many other individuals with priors in this country. I ultimately lost my job for calling out from going to all his court dates, and was threatened with a restraining order from OUR lawyer when I brought up the phrases "Letter Rogatory", "Color of Law" and "Sovereign Entity". I did my homework and empowered my husband to Reject their contract offers, starting at 35 years to Life. In the end, the judge closed the doors, to myself included, and off the record hashed out a deal with my husband and our attorney for 3 years. I was furious with them still trying to have my husband pay for their wasting everyones time with baseless charges, but I trusted my husband had his reasons for signing. I am more than ready to be an instrument helping others gain peace of mind and confidence knowing that without their permission, nothing can be taken from them.
But don't you think communities deserve to be protected from repeat offenders like your husband ?
Thank you for sharing your story. You are a resilient and strong advocate. Bless your heart.
"It takes a village"...to save our souls from bondage & disheartened alienation~from society. My daily prayer.
Like the joker in the new movie
@@bubbag8895 your ignornace surpasses .. Stupidness an dumb people for ages an in the past ... Man u just signed up for the darwin award ... Tnx
@@marioarchuleta8723 but seriously, that's the point of the joker movie, what op posted and we commented on.
Great sound bytes . . . . a villiage of rapists, murderers and victims maybe ?
@@yousernameish is that?where your from ? Y be so negative .. Ia this your constructiveness .. Bet u cant have this conversation in a room full of peirs an get respect from them r
outstanding. Thanks
Here this man is talking about pushing compassion into the courtroom and people are worried about things completely different than what he’s talking about. All the people speaking on this are people who have zero experience in the court system, or people with a single sociology bachelors thinking they’re holier-than- thou. Just let him speak his truth without being attacked and leave you food for thought. That’s the entire point of a Ted Talk. Please and thank you.
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bubba g My comments have nothing to do with my personal romantic life so I’d appreciate you not speaking on it 🤣
@@victorysampson don't they?
Aren't we all... A society??
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That moment erasing their name, damn. That hits. What a great idea for expanding principles of community organizing and mutual aid to the traditionally inaccessible legal world.
Thank you for doing such important work. Praying that your efforts are blessed.
Becca www.change.org/p/wrongfully-convicted-teenager?recruited_by_id=c91ce490-5e50-11ea-8321-9b1830b7df8b
Thanks for your voice and your insight
Defying the idea that only lawyers could influence the trial, the power of community organizations revealed future prospects and gave opportunities. It has changed my mind about the way justice is served in this country.
This smart idea.
4000 years saved?! Holy crap! Amazing work they're doing! Power to the people ya'll!
States across the world are doing the same thing. The modern justice system has tilted in the favour of rich and powerful ones. This is also true in India, where more than 3.2 million cases are pending in courts and rich criminals are out in the society on bails, while poors are serving their(rich ones ) sentence. On the one hand we criticise Hitler, Stalin for the perpetration of mass murder using state power, on the other hand we justify our unjust social and judicial system which are doing the same thing.
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Good idea. However the boundary line is quite thin. 🤔
Right right
Hooh my Goodness
🦋everyone is so keen to judge others but it’s so important to remember “let he who is without sin cast the first stone”
The problem itself is “protect your people”.... My people, your people. My nation, your nation. There’s no mine or yours... It should be “protect THE people”...
Exactly. White people aren't allowed to protect our people. Only protected minorities.
@Truthful Chap Unfortunately, I do know white men do struggle the most. It is important for white women, too, to stand with white men. We all have to look out for each other while we have our culture attacked and taken from us.
@@aimeethereseperhach1055 ....lol you talking like your a minority. Dont quit school.
@@landofthelivingskies3318 I'm talking like someone who doesn't bury my head in the sand and pretend we're all the same and diversity is our greatest strength and all that bullshit.
I found the message to be very inclusive.
The argument on syntax "your" vs "the" people is only an issue if you don't consider others to also be "your" people.
Word to the wise, looking for issues like these often says more about you than the person you're critiquing.
Namaste
heather hill www.change.org/p/wrongfully-convicted-teenager?recruited_by_id=c91ce490-5e50-11ea-8321-9b1830b7df8b
TED talk turned into social justice warrior activism
Yeah I thought so too.
Not all of them. Just too much
Did you watch this video? Why isn't this information valuable to you? What was your intention?
@@TheUnwrittenWriter yes. Because the information is the opposite of value - it's devalued. Truth and a better world.
Hello
Best presentation on this subject!!
Because he is calm and positive about his work. Professional. Symbolizes a turning point against the bigotry in the criminal justice system. I especially liked when he said : “ it brings the judges out of court room and in the community” they can be held to account for their dictions..
White Man. Drug war - failure. Police policy- failure. Do you support failures? I don’t
we need you in Lawrence, ks because when we speak out we get a gag order
Se il mondo al contrario mi inviasse l immagine di una persona senza alcuna paura non ci sarebbero queste cose e potremmo risolvere eroicamente queste condizionali che sono troppo forti e troppo potenti onestamente.
This man is a hero and so is every single person who works with his group and does work on this! We need to abolish prisons and defend our communities!
Daniel Radford
If we abolish prisons what would happen to people who break the law? Do we abolish the law too? If we abolish the law what would be the consequences of immoral behavior
If only everyone could be a cop, work in a jail, or maybe if they were a victim they might understand...you probably request a ride-a-long though.
I believe your voice will drive reform in creating a new fair criminal justice system really that works and is in fact fair and consider the individual rights of all human beings
Essentially show the courts that criminals are still human with people who love them and they deserve a chance to be rehabilitated and become functioning memebers of society. Not only that but paying enough attention to the criminal justice system to hold them accountable to shotty police work or racial bias on part of the judge and jusy.
Is....is this real life?
Don’t do the crime, don’t do the time.
More like don't do the crime, still do the time. The US prison system is filled with innocents
@@eagle3676 no it's not
Like the truck driver who was facing a life sentence because of his little league coaching hat.
Police & prosecutors are people, and prone to mistakes like anyone else.
Bigot.
@TehBrackShiip so what percentage would you guess are innocent?
The criminal justice system is a billion dollars failure. It's only looking at the punishment and forgot all about the rehabilitation concept.
In California it cost around 60000 dollars annually to keep just a single inmate incarcerated. It's cheaper to put inmates at the Ritz Carlton. But after one is released from custody in most cases the only money spent on them is to the probation department.
The department of corrections is a billion dollars failure
OR.... teach everyone how to follow the laws and keep their noses clean. How to understand what to vote for. How to think and talk in a lawyer like method
So how r they gonna do that ..? Teach them in school go to class .. The reason this is brought up is because the sytem is against us an we have no help .. U cant just state something with no basis or positive ideas buddy
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Why do us black folks make criminal justice reform a number one priority? If we are already given longer and harsher sentences and it has not
deterred us from filling up the prisons, would making our sentences lighter not make the problem worst?
I know he is talking about some serious things, but I just have to say he is fine af
Solution = Don't be a criminal. Obey the Law.
Racial bias in law enforcement and courts in 2019 is preposterous, RAJ JAYEDEV.
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Other countries treat criminal as to actually insight real lasting change in the person
After checking your thred I dought if you even know of one you heard it some where because there is only a couple and you would of said a country
@@maybe9765 blocked u lol
Just go's to show your a idiot
He is promoting 7 Noahide laws.
My totally uninformed brother, no doubt you will take this wrong but your efforts should be oriented back into the communities where the crimes are occurring and directed at people that will stand fast after witnessing a shooting of another and say they saw nothing. Your efforts are misdirected and need to be at one of several cores of why the justice system is broken. You would fair better at targeting these communities and offering support for the would be witnesses to the crimes to come forward and demand that proper justice is laid at the feet of the guilty. This would accomplish more on a community basis than an attempt to institute justice reform on that low of a level. The only level for justice reform to be changed is in the House of Representatives of the State's involved. And truly at the ballot boxes. But choose the vote very carefully and beware of false street prophets that say they want your vote so that they can effect this change. Make sure, microscopically vet the candidate carefully and decide for yourselves not because someone with a recognizable name said this is the person to vote for. You might be very surprised at whom you may end up voting for, if this is done. Then, keep pressure on that elected person to reform the broken system. Just a thought to keep in mind while doing your research. Ask yourself some questions about what my next sentence says. In my state, the criminal statute addressing the crime of murder is either 2 or 3 very short paragraphs, and the statute regarding D.U.I. Is some 28+ full pages in length. Yes......the system is broken, but a call to action is never going to have much impact on the solutions of the problem.
I laughed out loud.
Put fathers back in the home, enforce dress codes in public schools, hold parents liable for the transgressions of their children.
Nooo.. pretty sure racism is the problem
“Put fathers back in the home” How old are you? That comment alone is extremely immature. It’s not as easy as that.
@@victorysampson You're right; it's only a starting point.
Do something difficult, stay, support, love, nurture...
Start with the (fundamental right) to drive as an us citizen.
First of all stop being criminal, live by rules.
Yes!
All fun and games until you get hit with a false conviction
@@YourFatherVEVO not all of them get false convictions. They talk about community, but the main reason of crime is community itself. Choose friends carefully, leave brotherhood and homies. Change your dress code and lifestyle and living place.
Replace "racial bias" with "financial bias" and you'll do better Friend
@TehBrackShiip live in a poor white area and you don't need to research racially biased studies. Our skin color means nothing to greedy government and power hungry individuals. Black white yellow means nothing as long as they have green. In an unregulated capitalist society where prisons are privatized and public defenders are coworkers with prosecutors.
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Barkhasbur Babu www.change.org/p/wrongfully-convicted-teenager?recruited_by_id=c91ce490-5e50-11ea-8321-9b1830b7df8b
Fix your judges first.....
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So happy for you. Trust me
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Good for Carnell, doing drugs with a criminal history and two young children.
Oh your output is appreciated
@@marioarchuleta8723 Input* stupid drug addict
More crap from the once great TED Talks.
How about community powered 'learning to follow the laws' reform lol.
How about fixing this problem before this situation. Use these community resources to 1. Get an education 2.get a real job 3.dont have kids outside of marriage 4. Stop having fatherless households 5. Be a contributor not a taker. Do these 5 simple things and you wont need all this feel good bullshit he is spewing. V
What abought the kid who grows up in the meth lab or chop shop whose mom who loves him as much as she loves her self it's just that she's a heroin junky and street hooker she feeds him every night he has never had a book read to him, been really hugged owned. a new pair.of shoes or even riden in a car that was not owned by the state or county..any one who he comes in to contact with is high risk threat because in his world there are only a few kind of people ,predators, prey, law enforcement, oh yeah there. Predators also tell me what chance do you give this child at this point he's 8yrs old had his arm broke been molested wolf's any food he can always hungry and reasonable for his little brother and baby sister ages 7&6
@@maybe9765 if you know this kid (i suspect you've made him up) then it really is your duty to inform the authorities of his living conditions. That'd be much more productive.
I stopped listening after I heard racial biased.... smfh its 2019 that isn't a thing anymore.
Lol how is it not a thing anymore?
It might be better than it was but to claim it's not a thing anymore is wilful ignorance. Let me tell you as an outsider, it's pretty clear it's still a thing in the US and many other countries
I also quit watching at that point btw.. and I'm also a formerly incarcerated person with a grad degree in sociology. Biggest problem facing black communities is the leftist ideology that removes personal responsibility.
@@bubbag8895 [citation needed]
@@ariestheram789 hide from reality all you want..