Re: [Mpls] Racial bias in the criminal court system/Bias in the Hood

2003-09-04 Thread Tim Bonham
I guess I'd ask if this property was zoned for commercial sales from the front porch. Tim Bonham, Ward 12, Standish-Ericsson What would the neighbors say, and do, if I, Keith Reitman/landlord, offered these same legal products for sale from one of my front porches, to our neighborhood youth?

Re: [Mpls] Racial bias in the criminal court system/Bias in the Hood

2003-09-03 Thread PennBroKeith
In a message dated 9/2/03 2:25:05 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: One thing that's become a recent interest of mine - these kids for the most part (especially the ones that don't live in the hood), have to reduce their ounces of pot into saleable packets somewhere (they

Re: [Mpls] Racial bias in the criminal court system/Bias in the Hood

2003-09-03 Thread Dennis Plante
Keith asks; Is it reasonable to expect the corner store owner/operator to refrain from selling exclusively drug-sales related paraphernalia, i.e., scales, microbags? I do not include papers or blunts. Subsequently, when said merchant touts all his efforts to help rid crime from his parking area

RE: [Mpls] Racial bias in the criminal court system/Bias in the Hood

2003-09-03 Thread Samuels, Don H
I am totally intolerant of this kind of inconsistency. Everybody has to step up to the plate and sacrifice the easy buck for the common good. The owner is free to sell all legal products, but in the light of our problems, exercising that right gets to the issue of community goodwill vs.