I am quite surprised to reading such narrow intolerance on this list. Where is the social need to severely punish people with minor traffic offenses? The fact is that anyone who goes to court downtown to address several such tickets is usually be given the option of doing work instead of paying fines. Perhaps the participants in the African American Men's Project sponsored events had to do a little less time. So what?! What is wrong with making life a little easier for a group that is much more harshly targetted by the criminal "justice" system? Minnesota and Hennepin County have among the highest racially disproporionate rates of African Americas in the system. The court system should be doing a lot more to compensate for institutional racial bias. The list seems to be experience the classic white resentment for any affirmative attempts to undo racism.
Jordan Kushner works downtown Golden Valley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason C Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 1:28 PM Subject: Re: [Mpls] comment to (no subject) > > That's fine if you want to respond solely to the race issue. > > However, the question still remains - who in their right mind decided to forgive repeat offenses > in exchange for *2 hours* of community service. That is a joke. If the offenders cared about > getting a clean slate they would have been willing, and should have been asked, for a greater time > commitment. > > http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4058489.html > > "Gary Cunningham, director of Pilot City, said the occasion also saved taxpayers hundreds of > thousands of dollars in court costs." > > You know what this is? It is called "enabling". Have these people learned that their behavior > carries ramifications? Absolutely not. This was a tremendous disservice to the community in > exchange for a one time savings. > > Regards, > Jason Stone | Mpls > > --- Booker Hodges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Rather than comment on the fact that your comments are racist I will > > hopefully encourage you to get better informed. The Star Tribune and other > > main stream media sources dubbed this event as one that directly benefited > > African-Americans, but that is not entirely the case. I attended part of the > > event and I saw a considerable amount of white people participating as > > violators also. The notion that blacks can handle their business like the > > normal population is asinine. I understand that you are white and angry > > that�s fine, but I would suggest that you research you information before > > making broad sweeping comments indicting an entire group of people. For the > > record I attended as an observer. > > > > > > > > Booker T Hodges > > North side > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get MSN 8 and help protect your children with advanced parental controls. > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/parental > > > > TEMPORARY REMINDER: > > 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > > 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject > > (Mpls-specific, of course.) > > > > ________________________________ > > > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > TEMPORARY REMINDER: > 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) > > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
