I figured, before I looked at the article, that Mr. Dixon was black. I guessed that while reading the article, he was going to be accused of being involved wit

I figured, before I looked at the article, that Mr. Dixon was black. I guessed that while reading the article, he was going to be accused of being involved with drugs. The DA in the article did so without proof. The statement is alarming, as it is suggesting that although he didn't do the crime that they convicted him of, he was certainly guilty of something, regardless of the lack of evidence presented. Based on statistics of people in prison by race, the differences in prison sentencing by race, and the amount of actual crime committed by race, I'm assuming that this is not an uncommon occurrence in the United States. "The New Jim Crow" should probably just be required reading at this point.