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Marching in the rain or bust open the prisons?
Black people are 6.8% of the California population, but are 31.6% of the prison population. Why the fuck is that? Let's quit marching in remembrance of past figureheads like MLK and make our own fucking heros right now.
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The mainstream media would have you believe that people are mostly being sent to prison because of violent crime, and that we need to lock more people up to make our streets safer. It's simply not true. Here are the top ten charges for which Californians are now entering prison:
1. possession of a controlled substance
2. possession of a controlled substance for sale
3. robbery
4. sale of a controlled substance
5. second degree burglary
6. assault with a deadly weapon
7. driving under the influence
8. first degree burglary
9. petty theft with a prior
10. vehicle theft
Liberals are good at celebrating ancient victories and honoring other dead liberals, but where is the critical support needed now? The legacy of MLK Jr lies with the dead or framed-up Black Panthers, through to the genocidal imprisonment of an entire generation of black people.
1. possession of a controlled substance
2. possession of a controlled substance for sale
3. robbery
4. sale of a controlled substance
5. second degree burglary
6. assault with a deadly weapon
7. driving under the influence
8. first degree burglary
9. petty theft with a prior
10. vehicle theft
Liberals are good at celebrating ancient victories and honoring other dead liberals, but where is the critical support needed now? The legacy of MLK Jr lies with the dead or framed-up Black Panthers, through to the genocidal imprisonment of an entire generation of black people.
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The Drug War is a REAL threat, unlike globalization, which will take a long time to really get going anyway. The Drug War is taking a toll HERE, IN THE US TODAY, not to mention funding all kinds of terrorists around the world.
FREE DRUG TRADE!
So what if blacks are 6 percent of the population but 36 percent of the prison population. Are we to adopt some kind of quota system saying that the jail can be composed of no more than 6 or so percent black people. Oh, it is your lucky day. You shot someone, but we will have to let you go today since we already have our limit of black people in the jail in the jail.
Wake up. Why spend your time defending criminals of ANY COLOR. You would "bust open the jails" and the criminals you let out would waste no time getting right back to:
- robbing
- raping
- killing
- beating
- dealing
- stealing
Christ you people are stupid. No one wants these criminals released back into their community.
Maybe the numbers do say something. Maybe they say that we need to spend more money on education in poor, black areas. However, they in no way, shape, or form show that the proper solution is to release CONVICTED CRIMINALS of any color.
So, Mr. Anarchist, while I respect your eloquent and intellectual case for releasing convicted criminals (on the basis that their families and friends suffer?!)-- I happen to think you are an uneducated simpleton who doesn't know the definition of PIG.
Finally, I suggest you check out the meaning of INDYMEDIA before you start censoring people and attacking freedom of expression. Uber Moron!
Does this mean that caucasians should occupy a majority of the prison population, regardless of the actual crimes committed by both groups?
In America's class system, at the end of the day, of course, it comes down to money. Toadies like KN never seem to care much about all the so-called "white collar" criminals -- money launderers, big pushers etc -- that go scot free or get only a tap on the wrist.
Poor guy, he probably hadn't had a good meal in weeks! So many starving people in the US who have to kill, rape and rob just to survive their desperate conditions.
YEAH. OH YEAH.
why it may be more politically correct to only covertly display racism to blacks, it is ingrained in the american psyche.
the new nigger of our century seems to be... the arab.