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Is the Criminal Justice System Racist?
Townhall.com ^ | August 17, 2014 | John C. Goodman

Posted on 08/17/2014 6:53:50 AM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 08/17/2014 6:53:50 AM PDT by Kaslin
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No.

The majority by ethnic groups committing the crimes are the blacks, closely followed by the latinos.

You coddle criminals, and they propogate like mice.


2 posted on 08/17/2014 6:58:16 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: Terry L Smith
and eventually you end up with...


3 posted on 08/17/2014 7:04:08 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill ...)
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To: Terry L Smith

I forgot the numbers, but IIRC it is 8% of the population committing 30% of the crime.

Want to look at the social impact? 2 parent families see much less crime than 1 parent families. So if we want to solve black crime, which will take a generation at the minimum to reduce, he solution is to push for 2 parent families.


4 posted on 08/17/2014 7:05:02 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz ("“Manchuria Called. They want their Candidate Back!”")
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To: Kaslin

School Vouchers, and letting black people CHOOSE the school to send their kids would be a good start..


5 posted on 08/17/2014 7:07:52 AM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: Kaslin
Is the criminal justice system US Attorney General racist?

There, fixed it.

CC

6 posted on 08/17/2014 7:15:51 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
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To: Kaslin
White and black people are similarly likely to use drugs, but black people are 3.6 times likelier to be arrested for drug use than white people.

Could it be because blacks are using drugs on the street and practically ask to get caught while whites tend to hide and get high behind closed doors?

7 posted on 08/17/2014 7:18:25 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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“Prison sentences for black men tend to be almost 20 percent longer than prison sentences for white men who commit similar crimes.”

The crime itself is only one predictor of sentencing. Another factor is is the person’s criminal history. I venture to say, criminals convicted of violent crimes with similiar criminal arrest histories serve virtually the same time. This is just another attempt to cherry pick a particular stat and use it to convey a misleading point.


8 posted on 08/17/2014 7:19:21 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: Kaslin
Civilized, hardworking Blacks are NOT more likely to be targeted by the police...but thugs who advertise their culture by the way the dress and behave are certainly more likely to catch the eye of the police.

And rightly so.

This is not a matter of race, it is a matter of culture. And there is no law against bias toward a threatening culture.

9 posted on 08/17/2014 7:25:48 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: Kaslin

It’s a legal system, not a justice system.


10 posted on 08/17/2014 7:27:02 AM PDT by Paladin2
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"Black and white populations use drugs at similar rates"

I do not think that's possible. Maybe within the same year but even that would be a stretch. Certainly not within the same, say, week or month. Also, less than 2% of Blacks use cocaine???

If illicit drug use was the same, drug dealers would locate in affluent suburban neighborhoods -- more available money there for profit and inventory. Plus they are much safer than Black neighborhoods! Gov't -- massage the statistics, until they produce the desired PC result.

"We're from the gov't. Tell us if you use illegal drugs." Odds are that whites are more likely to answer in the affirmative (to be "cool") and Blacks less (fear of "The Man"). GI=Go.

11 posted on 08/17/2014 7:30:33 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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Not really. It only spreads the problem around. If the people don’t value education, or actively attack it, vouchers won’t work.

We need to stop enabling the current culture.


12 posted on 08/17/2014 7:32:20 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: Celtic Conservative

If you noticed the article isn’t about Holder so no fixing the title was necessary. That said, I do agree with you that he is racist and there is no doubt about it


13 posted on 08/17/2014 7:34:09 AM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: Sooth2222

Goodman and townhall are going the way of other once-conservative commentators and publications. God help us!


14 posted on 08/17/2014 7:35:47 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Kaslin

It doesn’t appear that any of the responders to this post actually read the entire article....


15 posted on 08/17/2014 7:36:27 AM PDT by freebilly (How about this-- we stop trying to elect the unelectable)
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Is the Criminal Justice System Racist?

The present administration, including the Department of Justice, see the Constitution and the rule of law as an impediment to fulfilling the objectives of the Democrap Pary; namely, PROMOTING THE POLICIES OF FEAR, DIVISION, and HATRED!
16 posted on 08/17/2014 7:38:51 AM PDT by leprechaun9
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Until 2010, triggering the mandatory 5-year sentence for cocaine, which is used more often in the white community, required possession of 100 times as much of the drug as for crack, which is used more heavily in the black community.

So what?

The "justice system" doesn't make anyone ruin their life by smoking crack -- it's trying to prevent it!

17 posted on 08/17/2014 7:43:27 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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“School Vouchers, and letting black people CHOOSE the school to send their kids would be a good start..”

Yes. Housing vouchers (Section 8) and food vouchers (SNAP) have worked so well we need another big federal voucher program.

http://www.city-journal.org/html/10_4_lets_end_housing.html


18 posted on 08/17/2014 7:45:42 AM PDT by Soul of the South (Yesterday is gone. Today will be what we make of it.)
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To: Kaslin

Nah, it’s not racist. It’s an equal opportunity abuser.


19 posted on 08/17/2014 7:48:16 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Unarmed people cannot defend themselves. America is no longer a Free Country.)
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To: Sooth2222

Also, less than 2% of Blacks use cocaine??? Haha

Total BS! More like 20 percent easy. For people that think that stat is high - if they only spent some time in the hood or sec 8 they’d realize.


20 posted on 08/17/2014 7:52:12 AM PDT by Sheapdog (Chew the meat, spit out the bones - FUBO - Come and get me)
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