100%. It's crazy to act as though a fair trial (even if you can get one of those, which you probably can't if you're black) somehow provides recourse against arrest. Beyond the time in jail, you might have to spend thousands and thousands on lawyers in order to avoid being punished for a crime you're not guilty of.

I agree. An arrest on its own, even without a conviction or even any charges being laid, can have an enormous negative effect on one's life. Another example is that having been ever arrested, even if not charged or convicted, can bar you from entering the US without going through an expensive, difficult, discretionary process to get a waiver, that then needs to be periodically redone. And it follows you for the rest of your life, it does not expire for example 30 or 50 years after the arrest.

I’ve applied to companies who ask on their application whether you have ever been arrested, regardless of conviction—presumably as a way to disqualify you.

Some countries thats illegal, should be in US.

There are landlords in my area who put in the lease that you can be evicted for just being arrested