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

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:
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  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.

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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

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.
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   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.