Ten Ways Criminal Justice Is One Of The Great Civil Rights Crises Of Our Time

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The article speaks for itself. Criminal justice policies in the US are skewed in favor of whites.

1. The United States imprisons a larger percentage of its black population than South Africa did at the height of apartheid...

2. Black men born in the United States in 2001 have a one in three chance of being incarcerated at some point in their lifetime, according to Department of Justice statistics...

3. The New York Police Department city made more stops of young black men in 2011 than there are young black men in the city...

4. Black men receive sentences 20 percent longer than white male defendants who are similarly situated...

5. Blacks are four times as likely to be arrested for marijuana than whites, even though they use the drug at similar rates...

6. Racist drug sentencing disparities remain embedded in our statutes...

7. Race determines who is sentenced to death...

8. In states with Stand Your Ground laws, whites who kill blacks are far more likely to have their killings deemed “justified” than blacks who kill blacks or whites...

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9. Black youth are disproportionately suspended, expelled, and arrested by harsh school policies that criminalize student discipline..

10. One in four young black men recalled unfair treatment by police within the last 30 days...


http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/08/28/2541231/ways-criminal-justice-civil-rights-crisis-time/
 
It's isn't pretty but it is nice to see BM show it's true colors.
I guess the article STY put up about internet trolls is spot on.
 
yes BM is aptly named.


he is one of those pathetic people who go on the internets to try and make people sad.

He then pretends to lick their tears off his putty screen and masterbates .

there are many not very nice or decent people on the internets.


More are decent people.


did you know they just did a study that shows babies come with morals.

he was likely born with that part of his brain atrophied
 
thinkprogress is to the internet what MSNBC is to tv.....the place to go for spin and bullshit.
 
I don't think that the criminal justice system is skewed by race so much as it is by money. There are few blacks that can afford the best counsel (e.g., the "Dream Team" that represented O.J. Simpson); and many cases for the defense go by the wayside. The practical reality is that you can get as much justice as you can afford.
 
Nemo said:
I don't think that the criminal justice system is skewed by race so much as it is by money. There are few blacks that can afford the best counsel (e.g., the "Dream Team" that represented O.J. Simpson); and many cases for the defense go by the wayside. The practical reality is that you can get as much justice as you can afford.
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Absolutely true. I don't know how this could be fixed, though.
 
Nemo said:
I don't think that the criminal justice system is skewed by race so much as it is by money. There are few blacks that can afford the best counsel (e.g., the "Dream Team" that represented O.J. Simpson); and many cases for the defense go by the wayside. The practical reality is that you can get as much justice as you can afford.
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No it is actually skewed by race as well. And this is the tip of the iceberg. Read Michelle Alexander's book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, then come back and we'll talk. In fact, at every step of the way in the system, black people are more likely to get screwed when compared with white people with similar records. It is just astounding when you look at the statistics. It is not just poverty even poor whites fare much better in the criminal justice system than poor black people!
 
The OP is ignoring the elephant in the room. Black males grow up disproportionally without fathers, and lack of proper parenting correlates directly with crime...
 
christiefan915 said:
The OP is about the criminal justice system not sociology.
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It's about institutionalized "white privilege", which is bullshit. The only privilege I had was my dad actually married my mom, then they had kids, was around to kick our asses when we messed up, and they stayed married...
 
Right said:
It's about institutionalized "white privilege", which is bullshit. The only privilege I had was my dad actually married my mom, then they had kids, was around to kick our asses when we messed up, and they stayed married...
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You have a real problem with reading comprehension. Don't like the stats, take it up with the Department of Justice.
 
Right said:
It's about institutionalized "white privilege", which is bullshit. The only privilege I had was my dad actually married my mom, then they had kids, was around to kick our asses when we messed up, and they stayed married...
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This is slightly off topic but let me address the above. The idea of white privilege is not to say every white person has privilege in the sense that everyone white has a benefit. I think the idea of white privilege is based on the systematic sociological structure that there are unwritten, unrecognizable benefits. For example the world sees dark skin complexion as ugly as opposed to fair and lighter skin complexion. Same thing when encountering police. Sure there are some whites that are harrassed by the cops juse there are blacks. However depending on the area and the statistical crime rate, drug-related crimes, etc that may determine police interaction on white victims.

However one cannot deny that in other facets of society there are benefits that are most specifically racially charged. Whites are greatly represented in the media, and hell even in your nearest "Walgreens" when looking at shampoos and hair products you can most certainly locate items for straight hair texture whereas "ethnic products" are somewhere else in the store, separated. Just like us men we too, are privileged. Not only in language but in almost every aspect of society. I recognize the fact that although I'm not privileged based on my skin color, in other aspects of society I do recognize my privilege as being a man and the perks that come along with my gender.
 
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