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From the article: > On the evening of June 9, 1990 — a month before Patton turned 18 — Patton and a Klan leader took a semi-automatic TEC-9 pistol and drove to
by illumin8 6y ago
From the article:
> On the evening of June 9, 1990 — a month before Patton turned 18 — Patton and a Klan leader took a semi-automatic TEC-9 pistol and drove to a synagogue in a Nashville suburb. With Patton at the wheel, the Ku Klux Klan member fired onto the synagogue, destroying a street-facing window and spraying bullets and shattered glass near the building’s administrative offices, which were next to that of the congregation’s rabbi. No one was struck or killed in the shooting. Afterward, Patton hid on the grounds of a white supremacist paramilitary training camp under construction before fleeing the state with the help of a second Klan member.
Now, imagine that this same story had happened, but the young man 1 month from his 18th birthday was black. He would have been tried as an adult and put in jail for a long time. The justice system has a long and storied history of going easy on white supremacist hate crimes.
- itronitron 6y agoReminds me of this article from ten years ago >> https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nicolasmedinamora/did-the-fbi-transform-this-teenager-into-a-terrorist https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nicolasmedinamora/did-t...
- CryptoPunk 6y ago>>He would have been tried as an adult and put in jail for a long time. Do you have evidence for this allegation of systemic racism?
- ShamelessC 6y agoWhile I'm having trouble picking any sides on this topic, surely you're being sarcastic about this, right?
- CryptoPunk 6y agoThat's an odd reaction for someone not picking a side. If there is evidence of systemic racism in the criminal justice system, that needs to be brought to light, and fixing the problem needs to be made the highest political priority. I believe there is absolutely no evidence of this at all.