As a civil rights attorney, my job focus is singular – to vindicate the constitutional rights of those who have had those same rights trampled...
Approximately 700 women die each year in this country from pregnancy-related complications. The leading cause of these deaths is maternal or obstetric hemorrhaging — which experts describe as excessive blood loss from giving birth. (ACOG Practice Bulletin, Number 183 October 2017). The American College of Obstetricians…
In a recent article published by the Marshall Project, a nonprofit publication committed to addressing issues of inequality within the American criminal justice system, the...
There have been at least 50 deaths in Minnesota state jails since 2015 according to Minnesota Department of Correction (MNDOC) records. Hennepin County jail and...
After George Floyd’s death on May 25, 2020, thousands flooded the streets of Minneapolis to protest his killing. On May 27, 2020, officers responded to...
I wept while viewing George Floyd’s murder. The callousness and utter disregard of human life shown by the officer who slowly tortured and suffocated the...
Oliver Nelson III and his client Christopher Belfrey speak with CNN’s Chris Cuomo to discuss Mr. Belfrey’s newly revealed video of George Floyd moments before...
You have slipped or tripped and fallen at a business establishment because of a dangerous condition on the business owner’s property and sustained a serious...
I was surprised by the data. My research revealed that more people in Minnesota and throughout the U.S. are in need of a birth injury...
One of the groups hardest hit by COVID-19 has been inmates. Close living quarters combined with shoddy sanitary conditions have made many prisons throughout this...