The criminal-justice system does treat individual suspects and criminals equally, they concede. But the problem is how society defines crime and criminals. Crime is a social construction...
Reforms can take place at any point where the criminal justice system intervenes in... that the War on Drugs was and is a policy failure that has led to wasted resources, human potential...
Anti-police progressives claim the criminal justice system is racist because blacks are incarcerated at a higher rate than whites. But that ignores the fact that the black crime rate is higher than...
ByRadley Balko · June 10, 2020 ; This article has been updated since its original publication in September 2018. If you know of a study I’ve missed or are aware of a forthcoming study, email me. In 2016, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) gave a powerful speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Scott talked about how he had been repeatedly pulled over by police officers who seemed to be suspicious of a black man driving a nice car. He added that a black senior-level staffer had experienced the same thing and had even downgraded his car in the hope of av ...
The statement from the Ferguson Police Department is calm and matter-of-fact. “We only ask that any groups wishing to assemble in prayer or in protest do so only during daylight hours in an organized and respectful manner. We further ask all those wishing to demonstrate or assemble disperse well before the evening hours to ensure the safety of the participants and the safety of the community.” · It’s the “only” that shocks. We only ask that the First Amendment cease to exist at sunset. You suspend your right to protest, and we’ll a ...
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United Nations report finds a "critical need" to reform the United State's racist criminal justice system.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Friday called the criminal justice system “racist … front to back,” while further hinting at a potential presidential run. “Let’s just start with the hard truth about our criminal justice system,” Warren said at a forum at Dillard University in New Orleans. “It’s racist … I mean all the way. I mean front to back.” · The Massachusetts Democrat, appearing alongside Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Cedric Richmond at the historically black university, faulted a criminal justice system that she said ...
America’s criminal justice system disproportionately hurts people of color, particularly black and Hispanic men. Supporters of criminal-justice reform tend to point to that disparity as a good reason to change the system. But as reforms move from proposals to actual bills, the key question is how to persuade the general public that change is needed. A new study suggests that highlighting racism in the criminal justice system is not the answer, and in fact pushes white voters in the opposite direction. Even when whites believe the current laws ...
Earlier this week, Heather Mac Donald testified on criminal justice and the deincarceration movement before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Her opening statement follows. Chairman Grassley, Ranking Member Leahy, and members of the Committee, my name is Heather Mac Donald. I am honored to address you today regarding the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015. I am the Thomas W. Smith fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, a public policy think tank in New York City. I have written extensively on law enforcement and crimina ...