> The person could easily believe our penal system is too strict. Vs the over the top thought that they are against any and all penal systems. The point is, co

> The person could easily believe our penal system is too strict. Vs the over the top thought that they are against any and all penal systems. The point is, complaining about society's treatment towards criminals as being a form of inequality is nonsensical. There's no such thing as a penal system that doesn't create inequality between criminals and non-criminals. Even the most basic form of punishment, imprisonment and fines, is a form of inequality: criminals have to make payments or are subject to imprisonment that non-criminals are not subjected to. So yes, to object to society treating criminals different from non-criminals is objecting to any and all penal systems. At least any that discriminates between criminals and non-criminals, and I fail to see how such a system can exist. > I doubt the cops being racist against blacks would change all that much just because they see their criminal history. Or, they see how many blacks don't have criminal histories and leave them be instead of just assuming they have criminal histories and stopping them. In general the less information people have, the more they lean on stereotypes.