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But he left out something. That's the way the American law system works if you are white. If you are black, the system works very differently.
Consider the case of Marissa Alexander.
According to the Washington Post of July 15, 2013: "Marissa Alexander, a 32-year-old mother of three, fired what she described as a warning shot in the direction of her husband — against whom she had a protective order — and two stepsons. No one was injured, but she was convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to 20 years.” (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2013/07/15/6030be5a-ed5c-11e2-9008-61e94a7ea20d_story.html)
"Attempted murder" by a black woman earns her 20 years in prison; a murder is actually committed by a white man, and the murderer goes free.
That is how the American law system works.
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Racial discrimination is alive and well.
Representative Andy Harris of Maryland had this to say about George Zimmerman's acquittal: "We're hung up on this one case where this one fellow was in fact found not guilty by a jury. That's the way the American law system works. Get over it."
But he left out something. That's the way the American law system works if you are white. If you are black, the system works very differently.
Consider the case of Marissa Alexander.
According to the Washington Post of July 15, 2013: "Marissa Alexander, a 32-year-old mother of three, fired what she described as a warning shot in the direction of her husband — against whom she had a protective order — and two stepsons. No one was injured, but she was convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to 20 years.” (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2013/07/15/6030be5a-ed5c-11e2-9008-61e94a7ea20d_story.html)
"Attempted murder" by a black woman earns her 20 years in prison; a murder is actually committed by a white man, and the murderer goes free.
That is how the American law system works.
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Do we have a race problem? The Boston Globe reports a Pew poll which shows that in the wake of the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the murder of Trayvon Martin, nine out of 10 African-Americans believe that there is not enough discussion of racial problems...
- Don't Be Fooled By Sex Offender Registries
Don't be fooled by sex offender registries. We regularly hear stories of convicted sex offenders, who come out of prison after serving their sentence for molesting children, only to rape and murder another girl child. It is terribly frightening to...
- Slavery And Guilt
An upcoming PBS special "Traces of the Trade: a Story from the Deep North" chronicles the trip taken by 10 members of the DeWolfe family to visit the slave castles in Ghana and places in Cuba. Their family had traded slaves from Ghana and used them in...