Reflections on Justice After Ferguson, MO: When Will Youth of Color Receive the Same Due Process as Officer Darren Wilson?

The following is an excerpt from a joint post on the Huffington Post Blog by Marsha Levick, Juvenile Law Center Deputy Director & Chief Counsel, and Mae C. Quinn, Professor of Law and Director of the Juvenile Law and Justice Clinic at Washington University School of Law.  

It's been several weeks since Michael Brown was shot by Officer Darren Wilson. The investigation and grand jury proceedings continue as community members in Ferguson, MO and supporters around the country call for justice in Michael Brown's name. But what exactly will justice and due process look like in the wake of his death?

It turns out that justice, like so much of what happens in America, has two faces. Michael Brown's shooting—and the image of his young black body left lying for hours in the summer sun—has become a symbol of the many forms of unfairness suffered by youth of color across America. Officer Wilson's treatment serves as a powerful counterpoint—the other face of justice. 

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