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These Men Fought White Supremacists and Got Sentenced to Over 200 Years
by Victoria Law
How the criminal legal system slammed two Black men for standing up to white supremacist guards in an Indiana prison.
This article was originally published by Truthout on March 12, 2023. It is reprinted here with permission. View the original at https://truthout.org/articles/these-men-fought-white-supremacists-and-got-sentenced-to-over-200-years/
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