This ProPublica roundup of how Mississippi handles people with mental illness propublica.org/article/5-take… is a stark example of why Jay D. Aronson & Roger Mitchell Jr MD's #DeathInCustody is so important. Harvard Public Health magazine 's review of their book, by C. Brandon Ogbunu. harvardpublichealth.org/equity/review-…

So proud of my better half Jay D. Aronson and his work husband Roger Mitchell Jr MD for this kickass review from MY alma mater. hugely important work!!! harvardpublichealth.org/equity/review-…

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My podcast Official Ignorance w/ Roger Mitchell Jr MD and Bryndan D. Moore | The Black Futurist™ was nominated for an #NAACPImageAward! Will share voting link when it’s available. Speechless to be honest! Amazing!! Thank you Hip Hop Caucus 🏁 for your support!!!

Congratulations to our entire team for being nominated for the #NAACPImageAwards! 👏🏾👏🏾 #OfficialIgnorance shares the stories of people who've died in custody and chronicles the efforts to uncover the true scope of deaths in custody. Stream: officialignorance.com

Have you voted for our podcast yet? 👀 Here is a step-by-step on how you can vote for Official Ignorance for Outstanding limited series/shot form podcast today for the NAACP Image Award here: bit.ly/3Srn6Qp #HipHopCaucus #OfficialIgnorance

WGF grantee Hip Hop Caucus 🏁' podcast #OfficialIgnorance is nominated for a 2024 NAACP Image Awards®! Official Ignorance shares the stories of people who’ve died in custody & chronicles efforts to uncover the true scope of deaths in custody. 🎧 Listen here: OfficialIgnorance.com

Roger Mitchell Jr MD #DeathinCustody

Grateful to join the #whitehouse Office of Gun Violence Prevention briefing, to discuss grants with the Department of Education, centered around Violence Prevention, Mental Health and Schools. Special thanks to Gregory Jackson Jr. office for including HBCU’s. Roger Mitchell Jr MD

Thank you NAACP Image Awards® for nominating two of our projects Hip Hop Caucus 🏁 We came up a little short this year, but what a blessing and an honor to be even considered. Definitely want to congratulate the amazing winners in our categories! Thank you so much #NAACPImageAwards

Good morning 😃 Heading to the Los Angeles for the #NAACPImageAwards the ⁦Hip Hop Caucus 🏁⁩ was nominated for two awards! But I’m cheering for the ⁦Howard Men’s Basketball & HowardWBB Basketball teams! #BisonPride 🦬💙❤️ #MEACPride #MEACHoops #MEACChampionship #MEACMBB #MEACWBB

H-U!!! Congrats to our incredible @humensbb team winning the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championship this afternoon! Your relentless dedication, indomitable Bison spirit, and pure talent have brought this victory home! The entire Howard community and I are beyond proud of you!  #LetsDance

When Roger Mitchell Jr MD asked about economic development, Kelvin Brown stated that as the next Ward 7 member, he would work with the Council of DC Committee on Small Business & ensure that projects hire the required 35% of DC Residents.

US cops have killed estimated 1,000+ people with "less lethal" force, including restraining + Tasing. Majority ruled "accidental" + "natural" deaths. On 4yr anniversary of George Floyd's murder, Roger Mitchell Jr MD lays out the crisis of hidden police homicides: theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

Roger Mitchell Jr MD AP investigation found 1,036 cases where ppl died in US police custody from 2012 to 2021 after officers used “less lethal” tactics, including pinning victims face down + using stun guns. Coroners + medical examiners rarely label the deaths "homicides" apnews.com/projects/inves…

Roger Mitchell Jr MD "So many ppl have died + few ppl know their names or even that they died. We don’t know how many George Floyds there have been. We look at these deaths as single travesties instead of as a system. There is an epidemiology that goes on with deaths at the hands of law enforcement."

Dr Roger Mitchell Roger Mitchell Jr MD , former DC chief medical examiner, who testified in Elijah McClain + other major cases, has been pushing for deaths in custody to be properly tracked + for reforms to ensure homicides by police are properly labeled homicides theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

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Today, I joined other HBCU medical college presidents for an extraordinary announcement of a $600 million gift by Michael Bloomberg and the Bloomberg Greenwood Initiative to 4 historically Black medical colleges at the annual National Medical Association Convention and Scientific Assembly in