Lee Merritt is a civil rights attorney representing the families of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery. In a country equally driven by its politics and its economy, there’s always a money story behind the story. That’s the story I sought to unpack in connecting with civil rights attorney S. Lee Merritt, Esq., who spoke to me from Minnesota where he has been working on the ground to support the family of Daunte Wright. Such fines have been proven to be a revenue-generating mechanism within Black communities across America, and can serve to escalate what could otherwise be a routine traffic stop into a potentially violent situation. This “war” continues in the mountain of policies, laws and enforcement strategies which plague black communities in the United States.

Source: Forbes April 16, 2021 14:48 UTC