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I have a confession, when I was younger, I was with my best friend when she got caught stealing bathing suits from a department store. We were lucky, the outcome of this event could have been drastically different. My friend got a slap on the wrist, I was not charged as an accomplice, and we both continued a normal life without a criminal record. But we all know this is not the case for so many other Americans caught up in the criminal justice system. On July 16, 2016, Tai Sherman, a 20-year-old from Oakland California, found herself in a similar situation to me when she didn’t know her friend was shoplifting. The difference is that Tai and her friends were charged, and Tai was slapped with $100,000 bail. A year later Tai is still picking up the pieces of her life, collateral damage of an unfair and rigged system. We are telling Tai’s story, and we need your help. Will you donate $10 so we can continue to tell this story? With every donation, big or small you will get a free link to the film we made about Tai when it is officially released next week. Tai’s story is featured in a short film series, The Bail Trap, which was produced as part of a major campaign to end the unjust and ineffective system of money bail. Her story is a classic case in point of what is wrong with money bail and illustrates the racial and economic bias so rampant in our criminal justice system. With your support, we’ve already organized over 100 screenings of this film. Right now, we need resources to continue telling this story. Thank you for your support. Kimber Kissel, Development Associate P.S. Help us get to 150 Screenings of The Bail Trap. Click here to screen the film. |
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