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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 12:50 PM Original message |
More Black Men Now in Prison System than Were Enslaved |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. Disgraceful |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. Part of what marks us as a failed state. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. Dupe |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. The war some drugs is ridiculous. nt |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yep.....this is Barack Obama and Eric Holder's fault...... |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. They are good "drug warriors" and have |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Actually, you're wrong. The Obama administration has put the spotlight on unfair |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Deleted message |
Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 02:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. What does this bullshit have to do with the administration???!??! nt |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's Eric Holder's fault? |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. He's the one who railed against the attempt in California |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 01:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Railing against the "war on drugs" |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Oh, brother... |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Here |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. In words of a low number of syllables |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. There should be a study showing the breakdown in types of crimes |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. There is... |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
11. US: 5% of the world's population, 25% of the world's prisoners. |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
12. Isn't that the goal of the Prison Industrial Complex? Put more people in color. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Actually, it's primarily Jim Crow and Voter Suppression by other means |
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Liberal_Stalwart71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. True, but not the entire story. n/t |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
13. Medical Marijuana should be removed from this phony war... |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 01:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. All "drug use" should be removed from the phony war... (n/t) |
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Logical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. So only arrest dealers and not users? So someone buying Meth for the 20th time... |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:13 PM Response to Reply #21 |
37. ABSOLUTELY!!!! |
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Logical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:42 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Wow, I would call you extreme. Musty not know what meth does to people. n-t |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:18 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. I CERTAIN I know better than you what meth does to people |
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DFab420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
25. This is wrong. Like..I mean seriously all you have to do is some census reading |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I really hate it when others use figures that are not comparable. |
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DFab420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Sorry I suck at converting number to percentages. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I was actually agreeing with your method. |
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DFab420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Ah, yea it sounded like you were agreeing |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 04:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. wrong place |
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Wait Wut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 05:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Grrrrr... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 10:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
42. In prison system might include parolees and people on probation. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 10:07 AM Response to Reply #25 |
49. your analysis also has flaws |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
30. Looks like we lost the war on poverty n/t |
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krawhitham (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
32. idea: Stop breaking the law |
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DFab420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 04:38 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. But but,...laws are racist didn't you know? |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. If you don't want to be derided |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:20 AM Response to Reply #33 |
47. Cocaine and Crack WERE imported by the CIA... |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Idea -- stop passing fucked up laws... (n/t) |
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krawhitham (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
50. Don't like the laws, change who you vote for |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:19 AM Response to Reply #32 |
46. +100 |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
34. by number or by percentage? |
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DFab420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Either way you play with the numbers |
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ReggieVeggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
41. terrible |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
43. This OP trivializes slavery. |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:19 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. shhhh...don't harsh the sensationalism, man. nt |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-13-11 12:21 AM Response to Reply #43 |
48. You obviously don't understand |
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