"Minnesota's imprisonment ratio of blacks to whites is 25-1, the highest of any state in the country" [in the year 2000] - MPR news "Justice in Black and White: The Justice Gap" by Dan Olson, April 13, 2000 http://news.mpr.org/features/200004/17_olsond_race/index.shtml
Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page chaired the Minnesota Racial Bias Task Force Report, which issued a 1993 report that found higher rates of negative actions against blacks in the criminal court system, every step of the way from arrest to imprisonment, were largely attributable to racial bias. Please note: In the first post in this thread there was a passage about drug users and arrests, convictions and prison sentences for **drug possession** and NOTHING about **drug dealers** The passage in question: [According to a report by Human Rights Watch] "...Blacks constitute 13 percent of all drug users, but 35 percent of those arrested for drug possession, 55 percent of persons convicted, and 74 percent of people sent to prison..." In a message dated 9/2/2003 3:43:10 PM Central Daylight Time, Peter Jessen writes: > "76% of all users of illegal drugs are White, yet 70% of drug convictions > are Black. ... White youths are one third more likely to have sold drugs > than Black youth, yet it is Black youth who get arrested," (p. 150-151, "The > Minneapolis Story, Through My Eyes, by Ron Edwards. > In a message dated 9/2/2003 3:12:25 PM Central Daylight Time, wizard marks writes: > While part of these statistics are undoubtedly a function of the race of > the alleged perpetrator, there is another part of it that is a function > of how the illicit drug industry works. Here in the inner city, drug > dealers stand out on the corners hawking their wares. Hence, everyone > gets a gander a who is dealing... -Doug Mann, King Field Soon to publish a pamphlet entitled "Flight from Equality: School Reform in the US since 1983" 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
