[lbo-talk] [Fwd: Jena Ignites a Movement: Report from Yesterday's Demonstration in Jena, Louisiana]

joanna 123hop at comcast.net
Wed Sep 26 09:16:56 PDT 2007


John Thornton wrote:


>You apparently don't know what it is like to be a minority who has to
>put up with creeps like Justin Sloan and Justin Barker knowing that not
>only is the school board going to take their side in every conflict
>between you and them but the Police Dept., Prosecutors Office,
>Superintendent, etc. will never actually hear a word you say should such
>a conflict arise. They will see your non-white face and hear nothing but
>static emanating from you. You just don't grasp what it means to NOT be
>able to get help from the authorities.
>
>
The penal code and the justice system is ten times more punitive against blacks than whites. That's just reality in this country.

And I'm not saying this as a result of NPR brainwashing but as a result of having been trained by cops and having hung around them for a while.

Joanna



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