Re: [OT] Man who caused death of his passenger given reduced sentence for being black

On Apr 17, 2025 at 1:58:33 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

On 4/17/2025 4:21 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

 On Apr 17, 2025 at 1:11:16 PM PDT, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
 

 On 4/17/2025 3:50 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

   On Apr 17, 2025 at 11:47:35 AM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com>
   wrote:
  

   Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
 

   An 18 year old who killed one of his passengers when he lost control of
   his car while driving at ridiculous speeds - and injured the rest of
   them - has received a reduced sentence simply for being black.

 

 
 
 
https://www.yorkregion.com/news/crime/why-was-race-of-man-who-killed-my-daughter-considered-in-sentencing-mother-asks/article_2be8e4be-27df-500e-b0dc-265a67a6da14.html

 

   The mother of the woman killed is trying to understand why the man's
   skin colour should be a factor in the sentence given his flagrant
   carelessness in operating the car. So am I.

 

   A group lobbying for different treatment of black offenders says the
   fact that blacks are over-represented in prisons is sufficient
   justification for reducing the sentence.

 
   Being sentenced to prison is a representation issue? I thought it was a
   matter of justice, taking into account the seriousness of the crime.

  
   "blacks are over-represented in prisons"
  
   Maybe they're over-represented in prisons because they commit an outsized
   percentage of the crimes.
  
   But you're raaaaaciiist if you notice that.
 

    Maybe they're over-represented because they're more likely to be given
 prison sentences.

 
 Nope. FBI stats disprove that little dodge.
 
 For example, blacks-- who are 19% of the population-- commit over 50% of the
 murders in America.
 
 And that's just one crime where they're wildly over-represented as
 perpetrators.

 
You think blacks *aren't* historically more likely to be handed a prison
sentence?  Afaics, your little "FBI stats" example doesn't address that.

It *does* address that they're committing way more crimes in the first place.
Maybe stop doing that and you don't have to worry about getting a longer
prison sentence than whitey.