Out of twelve jurors, NONE of them found a reasonable doubt. I think that’s worth remembering.
«Above all, defense attorney Eric Nelson strove to inject doubt into the state’s case.»
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/new-aclu-report-finds-overwhelming-racial-bias-marijuana-arrests
«Black people are 3.7 times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than white people despite comparable usage rates….»
So, we should either arrest white people at the same rate or decriminalize marijuana. I guess if we did the former, the latter would happen a lot faster.
«The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), a federal branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, conducts nationally representative annual surveys of marijuana use over respondents’ lifetime, over the past year, and over the past month. SAMSHA survey data consistently finds that rates of ever use and recent use by race do not significantly differ between Black and white populations. Therefore, the wide racial disparities in marijuana possession arrest rates cannot be explained by differences in marijuana usage rates between Black and white people.»
PDF downloadable from ACLU if you click enough links
https://twitter.com/amyis_trying/status/1382890072127664130?s=20
Seems accurate. Civil asset forfeiture should end. Another aspect of over-policing Black people. This makes me think of some sort of “Game of Life” board game, except the player with the black token has to play with a 4-sided die instead of the normal 6-sided. “Oh no! Police found a reefer in the car you need to get to work! Go back 4 spaces.”
Amy (@amyis_trying) Tweeted: the police have been defunding you and you deserve to know that https://t.co/Hqt6loHD0i
https://twitter.com/BrentNYT/status/1382651286311567361?s=20
I just now realized this happened in *2006*. 15 years ago. Justice delayed.
Brent Staples (@BrentNYT) Tweeted: Black cop fired for preventing a fellow officer from choking a suspect wins pension, back pay https://t.co/flb1tjAzLi
https://twitter.com/realPatriot_7/status/1382630089716867075?s=20
Life lesson a few decades too late for me. :-\
CSM Nicholas M. Curry (@realPatriot_7) Tweeted: Don’t let someone get comfortable with disrespecting you…
https://twitter.com/ProfIRMF/status/1382130766516207619?s=20
Bang. Tiktok on Twitter, so who knows how long it’ll last, but I really liked this one.
Ilyse R. Morgenstein Fuerst (@ProfIRMF) Tweeted: TFW students send TikToks because they are freaking amazing (the tiktok and students, duh) #rel30uvm #IslamRaceUVM https://t.co/uE0JX7wEKk
Ok, so… this is just ho… gwash. These news articles as if the 2020 election is a past event and it’s all over but the shouting.
2016 was Fort Sumter. This issue will continue for a generation. There is no “post mortem” because there is no mortem. The ascendancy of pure selfishness continues. We are only at the beginning. Maybe the mid-point? But I doubt it. The beginning.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/04/13/ever-given-seized-egypt/
Whoops. Maybe “world’s biggest ship” isn’t such a win, after all.
So. In spite of this moronicity, 50% of this country still votes for these clowns because “on the one hand, on the other”. Britain voted by a hefty majority in 2019 for Brexit to continue mostly because of a desire to ban immigrants and they were exhausted by paralysis. 50% of Poland RE-ELECTED the conservative government that is closing Polish museums b/c they don’t tell the right story. Hungarians have voted by a solid majority to fence off Hungary (and the rest of Europe) from refugees. 60% of Czech voters chose Euroscepticism and the current Prime Minister (from the majority party) is subverting the independence of the judiciary. 55% of voters supported Bolsonaro in Brazil, who’s basically a Brazilian Trump.
We are moving backwards and voters are doing it. I hope the arc of the moral universe bends toward justice, but it appears to be very, very long.
We can do better.
Here, Read This 