I Got Myself Arrested So I Could Look Inside the Justice System

[decocker 7,198]

But why do you narrow your parameters to race so much?

The prison system is also 10 to 1 male and full of young people too.

Bias is bias.

It is 2014 (or almost)

i know what year it is. one in three black males will go to prison in their lifetime. that, my dear danno, is bias.

[Novembro 1,763]

i know what year it is. one in three black males will go to prison in their lifetime. that, my dear danno, is bias.

Don't try facts on Danno. It hurts his insides.

[Danno 1,228]

i know what year it is. one in three black males will go to prison in their lifetime. that, my dear danno, is bias.

Black males kill at more than ten times the rate of white men.

You can go down each category of crime and see similar findings.

You seem to be focused on the wrong thing.... disproportionate results rather than actions.

YOu throw out the "term" black males" as if all black males go to prison equally when this is not the case.

-Are you supposing that people in the justice system in 2014 are more eager to lock up innocent black men than they were in 1950?

-You do realize the Justice systems where Black judges, DA's have a healthy participation tend to lock up more and with longer sentences than say Seattle does?

-How many more Blacks have to suffer before you admit something has gone seriously wrong in the Black community in the last 40 years and look for what that is...

or you can continue to marinate in your racism stew.

[decocker 7,198]

Black males kill at more than ten times the rate of white men.

You can go down each category of crime and see similar findings.

You seem to be focused on the wrong thing.... disproportionate results rather than actions.

YOu throw out the "term" black males" as if all black males go to prison equally when this is not the case.

-Are you supposing that people in the justice system in 2014 are more eager to lock up innocent black men than they were in 1950?

-You do realize the Justice systems where Black judges, DA's have a healthy participation tend to lock up more and with longer sentences than say Seattle does?

-How many more Blacks have to suffer before you admit something has gone seriously wrong in the Black community in the last 40 years and look for what that is...

or you can continue to marinate in your racism stew.

please hush and mull over these actual facts:

1. While people of color make up about 30 percent of the United States’ population, they account for 60 percent of those imprisoned. The prison population grew by 700 percent from 1970 to 2005, a rate that is outpacing crime and population rates. The incarceration rates disproportionately impact men of color: 1 in every 15 African American men and 1 in every 36 Hispanic men are incarcerated in comparison to 1 in every 106 white men.

2. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, one in three black men can expect to go to prison in their lifetime. Individuals of color have a disproportionate number of encounters with law enforcement, indicating that racial profiling continues to be a problem. A report by the Department of Justice found that blacks and Hispanics were approximately three times more likely to be searched during a traffic stop than white motorists. African Americans were twice as likely to be arrested and almost four times as likely to experience the use of force during encounters with the police.

3. Students of color face harsher punishments in school than their white peers, leading to a higher number of youth of color incarcerated. Black and Hispanic students represent more than 70 percent of those involved in school-related arrests or referrals to law enforcement. Currently, African Americans make up two-fifths and Hispanics one-fifth of confined youth today.

4. According to recent data by the Department of Education, African American students are arrested far more often than their white classmates. The data showed that 96,000 students were arrested and 242,000 referred to law enforcement by schools during the 2009-10 school year. Of those students, black and Hispanic students made up more than 70 percent of arrested or referred students. Harsh school punishments, from suspensions to arrests, have led to high numbers of youth of color coming into contact with the juvenile-justice system and at an earlier age.

5. African American youth have higher rates of juvenile incarceration and are more likely to be sentenced to adult prison. According to the Sentencing Project, even though African American juvenile youth are about 16 percent of the youth population, 37 percent of their cases are moved to criminal court and 58 percent of African American youth are sent to adult prisons.

6. As the number of women incarcerated has increased by 800 percent over the last three decades, women of color have been disproportionately represented. While the number of women incarcerated is relatively low, the racial and ethnic disparities are startling. African American women are three times more likely than white women to be incarcerated, while Hispanic women are 69 percent more likely than white women to be incarcerated.

7. The war on drugs has been waged primarily in communities of color where people of color are more likely to receive higher offenses. According to the Human Rights Watch, people of color are no more likely to use or sell illegal drugs than whites, but they have higher rate of arrests. African Americans comprise 14 percent of regular drug users but are 37 percent of those arrested for drug offenses. From 1980 to 2007 about one in three of the 25.4 million adults arrested for drugs was African American.

8. Once convicted, black offenders receive longer sentences compared to white offenders. The U.S. Sentencing Commission stated that in the federal system black offenders receive sentences that are 10 percent longer than white offenders for the same crimes. The Sentencing Project reports that African Americans are 21 percent more likely to receive mandatory-minimum sentences than white defendants and are 20 percent more like to be sentenced to prison.

9. Voter laws that prohibit people with felony convictions to vote disproportionately impact men of color. An estimated 5.3 million Americans are denied the right to vote based on a past felony conviction. Felony disenfranchisement is exaggerated by racial disparities in the criminal-justice system, ultimately denying 13 percent of African American men the right to vote. Felony-disenfranchisement policies have led to 11 states denying the right to vote to more than 10 percent of their African American population.

10. Studies have shown that people of color face disparities in wage trajectory following release from prison. Evidence shows that spending time in prison affects wage trajectories with a disproportionate impact on black men and women. The results show no evidence of racial divergence in wages prior to incarceration; however, following release from prison, wages grow at a 21 percent slower rate for black former inmates compared to white ex-convicts. A number of states have bans on people with certain convictions working in domestic health-service industries such as nursing, child care, and home health care—areas in which many poor women and women of color are disproportionately concentrated.

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2012/03/13/11351/the-top-10-most-startling-facts-about-people-of-color-and-criminal-justice-in-the-united-states/

[Danno 1,228]

You know whats entertaining, I post fact... from reputable sources and some how you dismiss them for this type of hype.

It sounds like you are saying.... the Justices system is growing more and more racist.... even Blacks in the system are joining in on this persecution.

[mota bhai 2,675]

I think she likes you, Danno.

Too bad she's CABA and you know better, amirite?

[decocker 7,198]

You know whats entertaining, I post fact... from reputable sources and some how you dismiss them for this type of hype.

what i'm saying is the american justice system does not promote or support equality.

post your sources and i'll let you know if they're reputable or not. lol.

I think she likes you, Danno.

Too bad she's CABA and you know better, amirite?

there is nothing more enticing than seducing a self proclaimed man of god into moral degradation.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

post your sources and i'll let you know if they're reputable or not. lol.

Danno's usual sources are The World Nut Daily, Hotair, The Weekly Standard, The Washington Times, The American Thinker, The Daily Caller and the like. All wholesome and brimming with facts.

[mota bhai 2,675]

WHEN THE ** FINDS FACTS INCONVENIENT, HE MAKES UP HIS OWN!

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

WHEN THE ** FINDS FACTS INCONVENIENT, HE MAKES UP HIS OWN!

I don't know about you but I trust facts that I made up myself the most.

[mota bhai 2,675]

hey i had no idea the word l i b t a r d was getting astericked out.

like so - **

how about conservatard or conservawhore or **?

oooh, r e t h u g l i c a n is banned too. how about repuglican?

how about rwn?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

hey i had no idea the word l i b t a r d was getting astericked out.

like so - **

how about conservatard or conservawhore or **?

oooh, r e t h u g l i c a n is banned too. how about repuglican?

This place sucks.

[mota bhai 2,675]

teahadist?

teatard?

[Darnell 8,478]

there is nothing more enticing than seducing a self proclaimed man of god into moral degradation.

Sure there is ! Being the camera-man seems more enticing, IMO.

[GandD 5,966]

Teahadist!