Comments on: Race and Justice: Much More Than You Wanted To Know

By: Vidur Kapur

Vidur Kapur — Sun, 21 Dec 2014 11:16:06 +0000

Nice post! I’ve done my own research on this, utilising many of the same studies that you did and most of it concurs with what you were saying – sentencing and capital punishment still need improvements.

Nevertheless, on the minor crimes issue, particularly with respect to marijuana, your confidence level in the belief that blacks are discriminated against when it comes to marijuana appeared to decrease when you looked at that Bureau of Justice report. But, firstly, the report does look slightly outdated. And, secondly, it appears to show that blacks are more likely to have used drugs in the past week, but is this necessarily the case for marijuana? Similarly, the fact that blacks are more likely to use drugs considered to be worse may not necessarily explain the disparity in marijuana arrests.

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By: Jenna

Jenna — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 09:40:17 +0000

The most flawed part of this article is the assumption that the data stating blacks are more predominantly represented in crimes is fair & biased. Who are the majority of the people creating this data which was reached by profiling, targeting blacks to begin with. The same data gained from profiling of blacks, from white officers, white prosecutors, white judges, the same white justice system that lets white killers of blacks off fro centuries, the same federal system that agreed blacks were property and not even a human being, the same government that agreed Jim Crow, lynching, segregation was legal, so do you see where I’m going with this. The data is prejudiced from jump at the source so please do not use the same biased data to prove lack of bias. Really. We know what numerous studies show, studies from Harvard, and numerous other sources not just one possible racist with an agenda who wants the injustice against blacks and white privilege to continue. Your argument is as reliable as the source of your data and sorry to say the source of your data is the same anti black friendly source that sanctioned enslaving blacks and making them property to be abused and owned and without rights. So tell me what’s changed. That source is NOT unbiased that’s for sure so your supporting evidence is from a biased, anti black source from the jump so?
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/119060/michael-brown-studies-show-racial-bias-police-shootings

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/keith-rushing/the-reasons-why-so-many-b_b_883310.html

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Police and community roundup - Overlawyered — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 05:30:15 +0000

[…] interpreting statistics on race and policing, point counter-point [Scott Alexander, Ezra Klein, Alexander] Reminder: increasing ranks of black officers does not necessarily lead to […]

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Sun, 14 Dec 2014 19:35:03 +0000

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Sun, 14 Dec 2014 19:30:14 +0000

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Sun, 14 Dec 2014 19:27:52 +0000

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By: The Practice of Protest | Andrew Glidden

The Practice of Protest | Andrew Glidden — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 10:22:33 +0000

[…] been convicted. The fact that the victims were unarmed and black compounds the tension (though a great review of criminological literature by Scott Alexander indicates that “There seems to be little or […]

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By: LINKing you to the best of the web | taylortoowen

LINKing you to the best of the web | taylortoowen — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 06:28:27 +0000

[…] An opus on Race and the Legal System […]

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By: Ralph Holder

Ralph Holder — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 09:21:15 +0000

In predominantly Black or poor communities, policing is the product of the Broken Windows Theory, which is flawed. Police scrutinze every suspected crimnal offense no matter how trivial it may be, thus inviting officers to stop, frisk, interrogate and/or even arrest for alleged misdemeanor crimes. This level of law enforcement scrutiny does not exist in predominantly White middle class neighborhoods. By default, Broken Windows is a thinly veiled racist law enforcement policy, custom, pattern and practice which leads to animosity and resentment by the community. Most Chiefs of Police have suspect hiring practices. They tend to hire someone who looks, acts and even thinks like they do, which is why most departments have predominantly young White males ex-jocks from the burbs to patrol the poor black communities. The police are run by mostly White males who have grown up with racially biased policing practices. Young White cops bring with them the team mentality or attitue of Us v. Them or the learn it from others already on the job. This country needs to drop Broken Windows theory of policing because its broken and flawed policing practics.

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By: dhill

dhill — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 17:30:21 +0000

I don’t see how “I’m one of those people who consider healthcare to be a right, something that everyone is entitled to.” answers the question here.

What if you have (just like we do) more patients than you can serve, which is exactly the same as more applicants than openings for the job?

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