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By Dami Ogunbiyi, 2026 SHECP Intern with Guilford County Public Defenders Office Where I lived during the summer, police cars were quite a common sight. They drove through our neighborhood quite often - every day, actually - and over time, that became so normal. Looking back, I realize that what I was witnessing wasn’t simply crime, but the visible effects of poverty. At the time, I never questioned why some neighborhoods seemed to have constant police presence while others d

Rachael Bell, Baylor University Rachael Bell, a student at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and a participant of the 2013 Shepherd...