Sure, mostly for non-violent drug-related offenses. Too bad? Maybe, except that young black men aren't the only ones selling drugs or doing drugs. They are just disproportionately more likely to be jailed for it. That isn't justice. It's Just Us, like Richard Pryor said.
On 1/26/07, Gruss wrote: > > > RoMunn wrote: > > It is no mistake that crap like this continues to happen to young black > men. > > Like Richard Pryor once said, "I went looking for justice in Georgia and > all > > I found was just us." > > > > Maybe, but maybe it's deserved: I've heard that 50% of young black > men are or have been in prison. That being the case the presumption > of guilt isn't a statistically inaccurate one. > > Of course that doesn't justify an inequitable application of rights, > but you also can't blame people if that statistic is correct. > -- --------------- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:225910 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
