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Re:‘Testilying’ by Police: A Stubborn Problem by monochromatic on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @08:15PM (#16634077)
Without knowing the details, I have to wonder... any chance it was a legitimate case of mistaken identity?
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Re:‘Testilying’ by Police: A Stubborn Problem by Analemma_ on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @08:30PM (#16634170)
Funny how often black males seem to end up on the wrong end of those.
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Re:‘Testilying’ by Police: A Stubborn Problem by monochromatic on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @09:42PM (#16634587)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-race_effect

People of every race have trouble identifying people who are of some other race.

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Re:‘Testilying’ by Police: A Stubborn Problem by draw_down on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @08:30PM (#16634165)
Definitely couldn't be our corrupt and racist justice system, just a simple misunderstanding of course
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Re:‘Testilying’ by Police: A Stubborn Problem by mixmastamyk on Thursday March 22, 2018 @03:31PM (#16651903)
Almost all your comments are dead.
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Re:‘Testilying’ by Police: A Stubborn Problem by monochromatic on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @09:41PM (#16634580)
Our justice system is imperfect, but "corrupt and racist" is a stretch. And all I did was ask a (reasonable!) question.
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Re:‘Testilying’ by Police: A Stubborn Problem by stronglikedan on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @10:23AM (#16638189)
As a white person who has been through "the system", it is absolutely corrupt and racist. I have seen black men put in jail for the same crime that white men were let go on - in the same courtroom, on the same day, by the same judge - with all external factors being equal except race.
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Re:‘Testilying’ by Police: A Stubborn Problem by michaelmrose on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @02:21AM (#16635936)
It is corrupt and racist. How you could think otherwise in America blows my mind.
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Re:‘Testilying’ by Police: A Stubborn Problem by djtriptych on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @09:59PM (#16634675)
Racism in the justice system isn’t even close to arguable. It’s proven. We have plenty of data.
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