Wanton Injustice Legal Detail

WILD CO-FACILITATED A GET-OUT-TO-VOTE INITIATIVE CALLED FROM THE BLOCK TO THE BALLOT. THIS NON-PARTISAN, 4 WEEK VOLUNTEER PROGRAM FOCUSED ON ENCOURAGING ELIGIBLE VOTERS WITH CRIMINAL HISTORIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION. WILD GALVANIZED 100+ VOLUNTEERS WHO MADE 11,000+ PHONE CALLS AND SENT 20,000+ TEXT MESSAGES TO THESE ELIGIBLE VOTERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 2022 MIDTERM ELECTIONS. WILD ALSO HOSTED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS WHERE EXPERTS, LEADERS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS SHARED A PLATFORM TO DISCUSS SYSTEMIC AND INSTITUTIONAL RACISM, WITH A FOCUS ON PRESSING ISSUES SPECIFIC TO MINNESOTA AND THE TWIN CITIES. IN JULY 2022, PANELISTS DISCUSSED THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS' FINDINGS OF RACE-BASED POLICING IN THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CONSENT DECREE PROCESS ALREADY UNDERWAY, AND IN NOVEMBER 2022. PANELISTS DISCUSSED ST PAUL'S PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE REPARATIONS. IN NOVEMBER OF 2022, WILD CO-HOSTED THE HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY FORUM. THE 2022 HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY CANDIDATES DISCUSSED THEIR PLANS FOR THE OFFICE AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS FROM THEIR PROSPECTIVE CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THEIR POLICIES AND PRIORITIES. LASTLY, WILD HOSTED TWO ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS TO GATHER IDEAS FROM MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL INDUSTRY ON WHAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN A CONSENT DECREE TO ADDRESS RACE-BASED POLICING IN MINNEAPOLIS.