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I'm 100% behind changing the laws and punishing the overzealous prosecutor. Don't get me wrong. But I'd like to see the millions of poor black kids whose lives
by drcube 14y ago
I'm 100% behind changing the laws and punishing the overzealous prosecutor. Don't get me wrong.
But I'd like to see the millions of poor black kids whose lives are destroyed by the justice system every day get this kind of response, and not just when it's a handsome rich white kid like Aaron.
- illuminate 14y agoIt's easier to take on a specific cause than address every systemic ill at once. "But I'd like to see the millions of poor black kids whose lives are destroyed by the justice system every day get this kind of response" People are taking on the war on drugs, what else is clear-cut and concise enough to address? "Poverty" and "racism" are wayyyyyyyyyyy too complex for anyone to easily identify around it, and the conditions and systems built around both are evasive enough for politicians and lawmakers to blame the systems on "a few bad eggs".
- drcube 14y agoSure. I agree, it's a hard problem. Doesn't mean it shouldn't get attention.
- illuminate 14y agoGetting attention doesn't always identify easily addressable factors, there's a lot to un-knot. Granted, I don't think the slactivism and internet petitionry is going to do a heck of a lot with Aaron's case either.