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Antigravity Magazine: Looking for Justice at Tulane and Broad

ANTIGRAVITY JUNE 2019 JUSTICE AT TULANE AND BROAD ROBERT McKNIGHT by Jason Kerzinski 1 1

Part three of the ongoing Antigravity Magazine series Looking for Justice at Tulane and Broad, features Staff Attorney Robert McKnight on warrants and attachments, the community effort to resolve them, as well as the modern day debtors' prison impacting so many and the fight to end it. 

"I have people who look me in the eyes and say, 'Mr. McKnight, I’m gonna pay for myself to get out of jail, but how will I pay my light, gas, and water? How do I put food on my table? How would I get diapers for my child? How do I get bus fare to and from?' These are decisions no human being should have to be faced with."

To read the full interview, as well as parts 1 and 2, visit Antigravity Magazine

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