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Re:Senate Unanimously Approves a Bill to Make Juneteenth a P... by Lammy on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @07:16PM (#27522864)
Have you ever heard the term "driving while black"?
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Re:Senate Unanimously Approves a Bill to Make Juneteenth a P... by mattigames on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @07:16PM (#27522857)
Then last time you didn't check very well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdvy14fdjj8

Besides that, slavery its not one a valid punishments in civilized nations.

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Re:Senate Unanimously Approves a Bill to Make Juneteenth a P... by lupire on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @07:44PM (#27523079)
Why not? Slavery seems completely reasonable as a punishment. Many people choose it as an alternate to non-slave prison sentences. ("Community Service.")

It's the brutality and the length of sentence that may make it bad.

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Re:Senate Unanimously Approves a Bill to Make Juneteenth a P... by murat131 on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @07:18PM (#27522880)
When you checked last time did you also check Reagan and the 80s? US prison system is and has been private for years and that makes the entire "pipeline" from streets all the way to prison private.
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