You might be wondering what true crime and maternal support has to do with politics.
Answer: Everything.
The Lindsay Clancy trial is spotlighting the grotesque, abusive state of maternal care in the U.S., no matter the outcome. This is important because the “system” the public says failed the defendant is created by politics.
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In January of 2023, a Massachusetts mother named Lindsay Clancy brutally murdered her three children while her husband Patrick was running an errand at CVS. She then tried to kill herself, jumping out of a second story window, after cutting her wrists and neck, leaving her paralyzed.
It’s not lost on me that this is taking place in a state infamous for literal witch trials and a prosecution against Karen Read that exposed profound investigative bias, severe police misconduct, and a toxic internal culture.
A viral hashtag #WeAreLind…
