Nziki Wilt, New Orleans, Louisiana: Whose Justice System Is It Anyway?

Whose Justice System Is It Anyway?

It began as an ordinary school night in New Orleans. Second grade teacher Nziki Wiltz was grading math papers when her daughter burst in, clutching her phone. On the screen blared the headline from The Times-Picayune: “Six charged in racketeering indictment, accused of running drug trafficking enterprise.” Wiltz was one of those six. “When she showed me the phone, my whole life changed,” Wiltz recalled of that night in January 2019. Her teenage son had been in trouble with the police, but she never imagined that his actions would lead to her own entanglement in the legal system. She was ...

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