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Quote by: Gorgo There is just no reasonable evidence for such a statement. It is true that when it comes to violent crime, abject poverty is a factor. White people use drugs more, but people of color are imprisoned more for drug-related crimes. |
Of course there is, they were found guilty by a jury of their peers. Are you suggesting that they were sentenced without regard to their Constitutional rights? Wow, you could get a lot of people out if you could prove that they had no trial, couldn't you?
But, of course, you can't. Maybe the reason more "people of color" (read black, sheesh) people are in prison for drug crimes is because more black people COMMIT DRUG CRIMES? Not because they're black, but because they're poor. Not that it's an excuse, of course, a crime is a crime.
Stop blaming people's skin color and blame the people responsible, the criminals.