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Black individuals constitute approximately 22% of North Carolina’s population but represent 52% of its incarcerated population. This overrepresentation extends to those serving long-term sentences, with Black individuals comprising 60.1% of those serving life sentences or equivalent. #EDNC
Estimated Costs to Taxpayers:
1. U.S. Attorney Staff Time:
•Prosecutor + support staff
•Est. $150,000–$300,000 over two years. #EDNC
Justice in EDNC looks more like control. And we should all be asking:
How is this legal? Who is this serving? And how long are we going to stay quiet about it?
#EDNC #JusticeSystem #CivilForfeiture #PoorWhites #MassIncarceration #FederalCourt #DueProcess #ThinkAboutIt
1. U.S. Attorney Staff Time:
•Prosecutor + support staff
•Est. $150,000–$300,000 over two years. #EDNC
2. Federal Investigator (FBI, OIG, etc.):
•Investigations can cost $100/hr+, sometimes running into hundreds of hours •Est. $50,000–$150,000
Estimated Costs to Taxpayers:
1. U.S. Attorney Staff Time:
•Prosecutor + support staff
•Est. $150,000–$300,000 over two years. #EDNC
2. Federal Investigator (FBI, OIG, etc.):
•Investigations can cost $100/hr+, sometimes running into hundreds of hours
•Est. $50,000–$150,000
Estimated Costs to Taxpayers:
1. U.S. Attorney Staff Time:
•Prosecutor + support staff
•Est. $150,000–$300,000 over two years. #EDNC
2. Federal Investigator (FBI, OIG, etc.):
•Investigations can cost $100/hr+, sometimes running into hundreds of hours
•Est. $50,000–$150,000
Black individuals constitute approximately 22% of North Carolina’s population but represent 52% of its incarcerated population. This overrepresentation extends to those serving long-term sentences, with Black individuals comprising 60.1% of those serving life sentences or equivalent. #EDNC
Black Medicaid providers, particularly the Eastern District of NC face disproportionately high criminal charges & incarceration, (NO DUE PROCESS!!) not civil penalties like white & other ethnic providers that commit far more egregious and damaging fraud to the Medicaid system.
#EDNC
For years,and still today,many turned their heads, backs and many covered eyes and ears,as Black Americans’ due process and rights were violated.
Now everyone wants to speak of due process . But if justice had been defended then, we wouldn’t be in this crisis now.
#DueProcess #EqualJustice #EDNC
Talking heads, Please stop acting as though due process has always worked fairly for everyone. For the vast majority of Black Americans, and the poor, it’s been delayed, denied, or ignored entirely. Go to the EDNC!
It’s not justice until it’s equal.
#DueProcess #EDNC #EqualJusticeNow
It would be safe to say, Nannie Helen Burroughs would be heartbroken to see the NC DOJ targeting Black women providers while others walk free.
This isn’t justice. It’s everything she stood against.
#EDNC #HealthJustice #EDNC
#NCDOJagainstblackproviders
A Black friend asked me, “Do you ever thank God for your blessings?”
I said, “Sometimes.”
He replied, “Then thank Him you’re not Black in America—especially in North Carolina.”
I stood there—shaken, saddened, and wide awake.
#BeingBlackInAmerica #EDNC #RacialInjustice #WakeUpCall #JusticeReform
A Black friend asked me, “Do you ever thank God for your blessings?”
I said, “Sometimes.”
He replied, “Then thank Him you’re not Black in America—especially in North Carolina.”
I stood there—shaken, saddened, and wide awake.
#BeingBlackInAmerica #EDNC #RacialInjustice #WakeUpCall #JusticeReform
A Black friend asked me, “Do you ever thank God for your blessings?”
I said, “Sometimes.”
He replied, “Then thank Him you’re not Black in America—especially in the ED Of NC.”
I stood there—shaken, saddened, and wide awake.
#BeingBlackInAmerica #EDNC #RacialInjustice #WakeUpCall #JusticeReform
A Black friend asked me, “Do you ever thank God for your blessings?”
I said, “Sometimes.”
He replied, “Then thank Him you’re not Black in America—especially in North Carolina.”
I stood there—shaken, saddened, and wide awake.
#BeingBlackInAmerica #EDNC #RacialInjustice #WakeUpCall #JusticeReform
A Black friend asked me, “Do you ever thank God for your blessings?”
I said, “Sometimes.”
He replied, “Then thank Him you’re not Black in America—especially in North Carolina.”
I stood there—shaken, saddened, and wide awake.
#BeingBlackInAmerica #EDNC #RacialInjustice #WakeUpCall #JusticeReform
A Black friend asked me, “Do you ever thank God for your blessings?”
I said, “Sometimes.”
He replied, “Then thank Him you’re not Black in America—especially in North Carolina.”
I stood there—shaken, saddened, and wide awake.
#BeingBlackInAmerica #EDNC #RacialInjustice #WakeUpCall #JusticeReform
A Black friend asked me, “Do you ever thank God for your blessings?”
I said, “Sometimes.”
He replied, “Then thank Him you’re not Black in America—especially in North Carolina.”
I stood there—shaken, saddened, and wide awake.
#BeingBlackInAmerica #EDNC #RacialInjustice #WakeUpCall #JusticeReform
@phillewis.bsky.social
A Black friend asked me, “Do you ever thank God for your blessings?”
I said, “Sometimes.”
He replied, “Then thank Him you’re not Black in America—especially in North Carolina.”
I stood there—shaken, saddened, and wide awake.
#BeingBlackInAmerica #EDNC #JusticeReform
A Black friend asked me, “Do you ever thank God for your blessings?”
I said, “Sometimes.”
He replied, “Then thank Him you’re not Black in America—especially in North Carolina.”
I stood there—shaken, saddened, and wide awake.
#BeingBlackInAmerica #EDNC #RacialInjustice #WakeUpCall #JusticeReform
A Black friend asked me, “Do you ever thank God for your blessings?”
I said, “Sometimes.”
He replied, “Then thank Him you’re not Black in America—especially in North Carolina.”
I stood there—shaken, saddened, and wide awake.
#BeingBlackInAmerica #EDNC #RacialInjustice #WakeUpCall #JusticeReform
A Black friend asked me, “Do you ever thank God for your blessings?”
I said, “Sometimes.”
They replied, “Then thank Him you’re not Black in America—especially in North Carolina.”
I stood there—shaken, saddened, and wide awake.
#BeingBlackInAmerica #EDNC #RacialInjustice #WakeUpCall #JusticeReform
In EDNC, federal prosecutors spent 2 years and up to $600K in taxpayer money to pursue an $11K case.
This isn’t justice—it’s a misuse of resources.
It’s targeted. It’s excessive.
And in EDNC, it’s disproportionately affecting Black providers.
#EDNC #TaxpayerWaste #SelectiveProsecution
@fedsagainstdoge.bsky.social @cnn.com @4taxfairness.bsky.social
What That Means:
It can cost 25 to 50+ times more than the amount at stake—raising serious questions about:
•Resource use
•Selective prosecution
•Political targeting
•Racial or class-based disparities
#wasteoftaxpayersmoney #EDNC
@4taxfairness.bsky.social @cnn.com
How much taxpayer money is wasted when the federal government(prosecutor)spends two years prosecuting a case over just $11,000?
Estimated Costs to Taxpayers:
1. U.S. Attorney Staff Time:
•Prosecutor + support staff
•Est. $150,000–$300,000 over two years. #EDNC
We need national attention. We need accountability.
Come see what’s happening in EDNC—and help us expose the truth.
#EDNC #DueProcess #MedicaidJustice #InvestigateNow
Until we deal with the rigged economic system and the broken courts, nothing changes.
#EconomicJustice #EDNC #WealthInequality #PovertyIsNotACrime
