> Contention: Law enforcement in the United States is institutionally 
orrupt,
> aimed primarily against minorities, the lower classes and political
> dissidents.
Lie or Fabrication?
> My initial "evidence":
> (1) In nearly every aspect of law enforcement, minorities and the poor are
> disproportionately affected. Black men are incarcerated at a rate 8 times 
tha
> of white men, even though they are clearly a minority in the general
> population. Blacks are 4 times as likely to be arrested for drugs, even 
thoug
> whites use drugs at the same rate or higher. Seventy percent of black males
> will be arrested and jailed at least once before the age of 35. Blacks are 
10
> times more likely to be shot at by police than whites are. While this does 
no
> suggest that all cops are racists, it shows that there is an 
institutionalize
> racism that permeates the nation's police departments. [Sources: Report of
> National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorder (the Kerner Commission), The
> Sentencing Project (Jan 1991), National Center on Institutions and
> Alternatives, James J. Fyfe (73 J. Crim. L. & Criminology), Killings by
> Chicago
> Police 1969-70: An Empirical Study (46 S. Cal. L. Rev. 284, 311).]
While all of the above information may be true, it begs one question.
All of the statistics above would lead one to believe there is indeed
bias ONLY if whites are involved to the same extent as blacks.  You
stated whites use drugs at the same rate or higher.  Most, if not all
drug felonies are for selling drugs, not merely using drugs.  The
vaunted "needle exchange program" bears that out. So now we must ask
do whites sell drugs at the same or higher rate.
> (2) The FBI, with co-operation of state and local police departments, has
> operated an illegal program nicknamed COINTELPRO, or Counter-Intelligence
> Division, or CID. The target of this program has been primarily black 
ocial
> activists conducting legal political dissent, but many other groups of 
people
> have been targeted also. The scope of this program has included illegal
Perhaps the news media is also biased since the only active targets of
the FBI seems to be white activist groups according to the media.
Waco, Ruby Ridge, Montana Militia, Texas Republic, etc.
> (3) There is widespread dissatisfaction with police activities in poor, 
ethni
> neighborhoods. While the mass media is dominated by pro-police
Of that I have no doubt. Could it be related to the fact that more
crime occurs in poor ethnic neighborhoods?  Or perhaps "gangs" seem
to thrive in that environment and are anti-police?
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