Anita Wills, Author and Community Activist, Speaks Out On Injustices In The U.S.

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Hello everyone, I am Leonna Abraham Brandao, Host for Blog Talk Radio/ Shedding Light.

Today we have a Special Guest, back with us, who has working diligently to end human rights violations in and around the Country and the Penal System.  Anita Wills is a writer, author, speaker and community activist. Some of her books include, but  are not limited to,  "A Nation of Flaws" and "JustUs in the Homeland", a historical account of policing in America. Ms. Wills' Activim began when her son Kerry Baxter, Sr. was wrongfully convicted of 2nd Degree Murder in 2003.  Yet, as though that was not painful enough, When her grandson was shot and killed in Oakland, her Activism took a new turn. On March 29, 2012, Ms. Wills led a Million Hoodie March in San Francisco in support of Trayvon Martin. She traveled with a group of Activists to Ferguson Missouri and was one of the protestors assailed by Police with Pepper Spray and rubber bullets. Ms. Wills advocates around many issues including wrongful convictions, disparate sentencing of African Americans, sentencing reform, prisoners’ rights, and ending money bail, and Police Accountability. However, I am not going to tell the story, as Anita knows it all too well. So, Let's Please welcome Anita Wills.