[gcruse]

A number of the jurors who convicted
these folks were in fact black. Were they all Toms?

   Au contraire.  They were in fact
   good citizens relying of phony,
   faked-up testimony from the
   'arresting officer' who took notes
   on his leg.

Herbert makes no mention of this.

  Is it a racist case?  Would
  Coleman have been able to
   pull this off if it were whites
   involved?  I guess the answer
   to that question has to come
   from whether you think
   race is a factor in what
   people are predisposed
   to believe.

[wardaddy]

Predisposition has nothing to do with the fact that more blacks are involved in drug trafficking than whites proportionately....along with a host of other crimes. These are simply facts...even though they may be uncomfortable to sensitive folks.

Lower class black communities also tolerate a higher level of drug activity in their communities than do middle class communities of any race. That is also a fact even if unpleasant.

What raises my eyebrows over this particular case is that the drug cases involved powdered coke versus crack which I find problematic.