This bail bond system is just a racket. Most people can’t post bail and as a result lose what meager possessions or jobs they have. Those who can make bail, by the time it’s over wind up going bankrupt.Then they wind up on the welfare roles.

Five months after Charly “Africa” Keunang, a homeless man in Los Angeles suffering from mental illness, was killed by police officers at a public encampment, another casualty of the altercation has gone unnoticed. MORE