I Got Myself Arrested So I Could Look Inside the Justice System

Re:I Got Myself Arrested So I Could Look Inside the Justice ... by auctiontheory on Tuesday December 17, 2013 @02:46PM (#6923421)

I have two middle-class white friends who have told me that they were busted by the police for dealing cocaine (when they were young - before I knew them - SoL has expired), had their stash confiscated, and told not to do it again. And let go - scot-free. Two independent incidents.

This small experiment doesn't have a control, but I believe that black drug dealers are given more than a mild verbal rebuke. In NYC, you can't even walk down the street while black.

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Re:I Got Myself Arrested So I Could Look Inside the Justice ... by chimeracoder on Tuesday December 17, 2013 @03:16PM (#6923626)

> In NYC, you can't even walk down the street while black.

Where I used to work, in Chelsea, I used to see a trio of policemen frisking and/or questioning a different young, black man or woman at the entrance to the subway three out of the five days in the week.

Chelsea is a fairly wealthy (and white) neighborhood. Go out to East New York, and you'll see much worse.

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