Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: BTR1701 Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: [OT] Man who caused death of his passenger given reduced sentence for being black Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 21:00:52 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 57 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=fixed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 23:00:53 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="08673bd3f7d1bb1298d0a41b2de688f8"; logging-data="1405943"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18uWrAvGeyLY8Wn66XIFy+u" User-Agent: Usenapp/0.92.2/l for MacOS Cancel-Lock: sha1:/RtzJNSn4Urr5wbFh35If2TAwvI= Bytes: 3560 On Apr 17, 2025 at 1:58:33 PM PDT, "moviePig" wrote: > On 4/17/2025 4:21 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >> On Apr 17, 2025 at 1:11:16 PM PDT, "moviePig" wrote: >> >>> On 4/17/2025 3:50 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >>>> On Apr 17, 2025 at 11:47:35 AM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Rhino wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> An 18 year old who killed one of his passengers when he lost control of >>>>>> his car while driving at ridiculous speeds - and injured the rest of >>>>>> them - has received a reduced sentence simply for being black. >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> https://www.yorkregion.com/news/crime/why-was-race-of-man-who-killed-my-daughter-considered-in-sentencing-mother-asks/article_2be8e4be-27df-500e-b0dc-265a67a6da14.html >>>>> >>>>>> The mother of the woman killed is trying to understand why the man's >>>>>> skin colour should be a factor in the sentence given his flagrant >>>>>> carelessness in operating the car. So am I. >>>>> >>>>>> A group lobbying for different treatment of black offenders says the >>>>>> fact that blacks are over-represented in prisons is sufficient >>>>>> justification for reducing the sentence. >>>>> >>>>> Being sentenced to prison is a representation issue? I thought it was a >>>>> matter of justice, taking into account the seriousness of the crime. >>>> >>>> "blacks are over-represented in prisons" >>>> >>>> Maybe they're over-represented in prisons because they commit an outsized >>>> percentage of the crimes. >>>> >>>> But you're raaaaaciiist if you notice that. >>>> >>> Maybe they're over-represented because they're more likely to be given >>> prison sentences. >> >> Nope. FBI stats disprove that little dodge. >> >> For example, blacks-- who are 19% of the population-- commit over 50% of the >> murders in America. >> >> And that's just one crime where they're wildly over-represented as >> perpetrators. > > You think blacks *aren't* historically more likely to be handed a prison > sentence? Afaics, your little "FBI stats" example doesn't address that. It *does* address that they're committing way more crimes in the first place. Maybe stop doing that and you don't have to worry about getting a longer prison sentence than whitey.