I think often of a case my colleague arraigned of a teenager who was one of 20 young Black men watching a basketball game on TV who were arrested after police knocked down the door to an apartment (belonging to the dad of one) & found a tiny amount of weed in a closet!
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All of this discussion about what did Trump know, none of these kids (including the one who lived in the apartment) knew anything about the weed in the closet. But they were all arrested, charged with possession of marijuana & hauled through the system.
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Also at a time, when
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Or how wrong & excessive it was for police to raid a home, kick in the apartment door, order everyone to the floor at gunpoint and then search it until they found that one small bag of weed.
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Or have public figures express sympathy for how "angry and frustrated" not to mention traumatized this whole experience must have left them. They were just expected to pick up the pieces and go on with their lives. No one ever held accountable for what was done to them.
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Wow!! Is there an article on this?
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How absurd. Whites and blacks get arrested and sentenced, too. Whites dont get free passes because of white skin.
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True but there have been cases in which white criminals received less than black ones for similar crimes.
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Past criminal history also matters in sentencing, and is a reason why there can be disparities.
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I’m sure there is more to that story. Prosecution often has more to do with money than skin color.pic.twitter.com/RC9ItxFTBI
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yeah... they're all poor and black really doesn't change the story much, still privilege at the end of the day
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This is horrible!!!
@ScottHech please help this go viral!!Tack. Twitter använder detta för att förbättra din tidslinje. ÅngraÅngra
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Arresting ppl over marijuana is still a thing? Wow
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No. Arresting Black people over small amounts of marijuana is still a thing.
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I know, I was being sarcastic
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