[Pollster1]

"Anyone who thinks that race does not still, even if inadvertently, skew the application of criminal justice in this country is just not paying close enough attention," Paul wrote in the op-ed.

Paul is reading this incorrectly; it is not race but culture that skews the application of justice in this country. The difference matters because culture is a choice. If you are the sort of urban thug who initiates violence because of perceived disrespect, you are likely to end up in prison or in a pine box. If you are a decent, well-behaved person, your odds of ending up in prison or being shot by police or by the neighborhood watch as an "unarmed teen" are pretty slim.

I have no fear at all for the safety of my black neighbors, a physician married to a lawyer, nor do I fear for their children (a nurse, and two engineers - all married). They are culturally American and identify and hang out with other Americans, rather than with those who identify based on skin color.

[Jim Robinson]

Libertarian? Hell with that. Rand Paul is a flat out liberal on the borders, on race, on homosexualism, etc. He wants Christian conservatives to forget about “social issues” and sit in the back of the GOPe bus. The elite can run our lives far better than we can.

[DJ MacWoW]

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[ClearCase_guy]

Cruz: "Civil liberties must be protected, but violence is not the answer."

Pretty sensible. I would also add that to deviate from that is to really open Pandora's Box. You either vote for a solution to social problems, or else you accept that a revolution is the answer. There is no other approach.

The questions really comes down to Claire Wolfe's timeless observation. And I will add to that, the wisdom of the rock band Chicago: "Does anybody really know what time it is?"

[kenmcg]

Sorry folks, but Rand Paul is whack job, following in his dad’s footsteps. Ted Cruz makes sense and doesn’t try to placate the left.

[ansel12]

Would Democraticunderground ever warm up to a conservative?

This DU thread title seems awfully gentle on Rand Paul, there are clearly some positive connections that he is making with the left.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Randy is no libertarian. He’s a Democrat who pretends to be a libertarian.

[stevem]

Paul wrote in the op-ed that "given the racial disparities in our criminal justice system, it is impossible for African-Americans not to feel like their government is particularly targeting them."

I wonder if blacks that grew up in stable traditional families feel their government is targeting them.

Maybe Mr. Paul could kindly address this issue.

[FR_addict]

I've been thinking that law enforcement has been out of control under Obama admin for some time, but this case is just giving Obama more excuse to take over. I am very willing to give the policeman the benefit of the doubt with this bully gangbanger who thought he could do anything he wanted.

Obama, Gov. Nixon, and Holder tried to stop the truth from coming out about this bully.

I'm surprised the police haven't all quit in Ferguson. Why should you risk your life to be tried and convicted in the media.

Paul in on the losing side with conservatives. He doesn't have a clue.

[Dr. Thorne]

Easy enough to understand.

Cruz is a conservative which means he has a conscience and respects God's truth, knows the difference between right and wrong, and understands that societies are destroyed by immorality.

Paul is a libertarian who loves his unworkable political ideology, doesn't differentiate between right and wrong, and doesn't care if our society is immoral as long as people have license to do anything they want.

I choose Cruz.

[conservative98]