Federal judge accused of saying minorities predisposed to commit violent crime (Edith Jones)

Yahoo ^ | June 5, 2013 | Liz Goodwin

[EveningStar]

A federal appeals judge in Texas is accused of saying minorities are more apt than other groups to commit crime and that complaints of racial bias in death sentencing are a "red herring."

Civil rights organizations filed a complaint against 5th Circuit Judge Edith Jones this week for remarks they say she made at a February speech to the Federalist Society at the University of Pennsylvania Law School about racial bias in death row sentencing.

[EveningStar]

Complaint Accuses U.S. Judge in Texas of Racial Bias

[Cicero]

Don’t us with the facts, eh?

[Zhang Fei]

Criminals don’t fail society - society fails criminals.(sarcasm alert)

[yarddog]

You can’t say that.

The fact that it is true doesn’t make any difference.

[muawiyah]

“You’re predisposed” ~ “you’re biased” ~ “you’re predisposed” ~ “you’re a racist” ~ “you’re predisposed” ~ “You’re predisposed to be a biased white honkey racist” ~ “you’re still predisposed which is why you are on that side of the bench and I’m on this side sending you off to ol’sparky”.

[WackySam]

Is there a place on earth where this isn’t the case?

[ConservativeInPA]

According to several people present who signed affidavits for the complaint, Jones said:
“[S]adly some groups seem to commit more heinous crimes than others.” When asked to explain her remarks, she stated that there was “no arguing” that “Blacks and Hispanics” outnumber “Anglos” on death row and “sadly” it was a “statistical fact” that people “from these racial groups get involved in more violent crime.” By way of example, she asserted as a “fact” that “a lot of Hispanic people [are] involved in drug trafficking,” which itself “involved a lot of violent crime.”

There is no arguing. I can't understand why liberals are statically illiterate. One can know the facts and at the same time be impartial.

[Iron Munro]

How dare he let reality influence his judgement!!

[Hotlanta Mike]

Last night on Bill O’Reilly’s The Factor he made reference to s study that 80% of all gun violence in NYC was committed by blacks. And if you throw in hispanics, that’s 96% of all gun violence in the Big Apple is committed by minorities.

[Dilbert San Diego]

liberals don’t want to hear inconvenient truths.

any such statement, such as minorities commit disproportionate amounts of certain crimes, will earn you scorn and abuse from the politically correct crowd.

[SpaceBar]

Truth used to set you free, now it’s just pornographic.

[353FMG]

Good call, your Honor!

[Chode]

yet they offer no alternate theory...

[chris37]

Seems perfectly reasonable to me.

[EveningStar]

How dare he she let reality influence his her judgement!!

Fixed.

[detective]

Anyone with any knowledge of crime statistics in the United States or any knowledge of the situation in American cities knows “minorities” commit most of the crime amd almost all the violent crime. The idea that speaking the truth is somehow racist and lying is virtuous is the basic tenet of the liberal mindset.

[basil]

I’ve been told that figures don’t lie.

[freedumb2003]

>>Is there a place on earth where this isn’t the case?<<

In South Africa I am sure the minority whites didn’t and don’t commit most crimes...

It has more to do with tribalism vs. civilization (and I mean that anthropologically).

[PapaBear3625]

[freedumb2003]

She looks like she could be "Big Bang Theory" Bernadette's mom.