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You want to see the system change? Get the police to start arresting middle-class white people who can afford bail and lawyers on these trivial charges. If it s
by beat 11y ago
You want to see the system change? Get the police to start arresting middle-class white people who can afford bail and lawyers on these trivial charges. If it started impacting people who weren't already poor, there'd be change, pronto.
- nickff 11y agoUnfortunately, the middle class people charged under the current system either do not have enough money to defend against the charges, or would bankrupt their families by doing so. Only the rich can afford to defend in the current system, the poor and middle classes are forced to settle and serve jail time, (though all are subject to the very real possibilty of a false conviction followed by a very long sentence anyway,) as is indicated by the >90% settlement rate of criminal cases.
- LordKano 11y agoWhat they lack in financial means, they have in social connections. If 20% of upper and middle-class white America was subjected to the same kind of treatment by law enforcement as poor whites and minorities, there would be an uproar. The phones would ring off of the hooks at DA's and Police Chiefs' offices until things changed.