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hay rick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-29-09 06:18 PM
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44. Last article that I saw...March.
It was an article in Salon by Glenn Greenwald. Link here: http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/03/28/webb/...

DU discussion on the article here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

The article was more about US incarceration vs. the rest of the world, but it did mention the extraordinary incarceration figures for blacks. Excerpt:

"African-Americans are about 12% of our population; contrary to a lot of thought and rhetoric, their drug use rate in terms of frequent drug use rate is about the same as all other elements of our society, about 14%. But they end up being 37% of those arrested on drug charges, 59% of those convicted, and 74% of those sentenced to prison by the numbers that have been provided by us. . . ."
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  -The Gates affair. The day the outrage died. hay rick  Jul-28-09 09:57 PM   #0 
  - She's having a press conference tomorrow. n/t  EFerrari   Jul-28-09 10:04 PM   #1 
  - Who is having a press conference tomorrow? n/t  Spazito   Jul-28-09 10:32 PM   #9 
     - Whalen is having a press conference tomorrow.  EFerrari   Jul-29-09 12:21 AM   #18 
        - Thanks! That should be very interesting! n/t  Spazito   Jul-29-09 10:13 AM   #25 
  - It's not over. John Stewart just covered it thoroughly, and don't  babylonsister   Jul-28-09 10:12 PM   #2 
  - It stopped being fun for certain people when the cop lied.  BlooInBloo   Jul-28-09 10:13 PM   #3 
  - Exactly.  hay rick   Jul-28-09 10:15 PM   #4 
  - It is actually still funny.  MUAD_DIB   Jul-28-09 10:20 PM   #5 
  - Not only DU.  Hassin Bin Sober   Jul-28-09 10:45 PM   #11 
     - I have been accused of being a police apologist simply because  MUAD_DIB   Jul-28-09 11:09 PM   #16 
     - There was more than enough data. Law abiding citizen arrested in own home.  TheKentuckian   Jul-29-09 01:44 AM   #21 
        - You're right. The clincher for me was hearing that freeper Congressman  EFerrari   Jul-29-09 01:47 AM   #22 
        - Damn right. And all of the rofl smilies in the world by the apologists won't change that fact.  Number23   Jul-29-09 02:40 AM   #24 
        - Until the information changed on Monday...  MUAD_DIB   Jul-29-09 03:27 PM   #27 
        - From what I read of the threads, agree with you --  defendandprotect   Jul-29-09 03:55 PM   #31 
     - Well, maybe something  Cha   Jul-29-09 08:45 PM   #56 
  - Oh they got the cops side of the story out allright.  Solomon   Jul-28-09 10:23 PM   #6 
  - On Laura Flanders' show today, a lady named irene Monroe,  EFerrari   Jul-29-09 12:30 AM   #19 
     - nuh-UH!  BlooInBloo   Jul-29-09 01:53 AM   #23 
     - "Jim Crow" . . .  defendandprotect   Jul-29-09 05:11 PM   #33 
        - I think Crowley is going to wind up applying at BlackWater  EFerrari   Jul-29-09 06:04 PM   #42 
           - Really hope you're right . . .  defendandprotect   Jul-29-09 09:41 PM   #60 
  - wow... great point!  fascisthunter   Jul-29-09 06:33 PM   #48 
  - you need to explain more how the meida is propping up that world view  hfojvt   Jul-28-09 10:23 PM   #7 
  - They stayed on the Gates story too long.  hay rick   Jul-28-09 11:01 PM   #15 
     - it's hard to tell if you are explaining your own theories  hfojvt   Jul-29-09 12:41 AM   #20 
     - Black incarceration rates are -- and all prisoner numbers -- are atrocious -- !!!  defendandprotect   Jul-29-09 05:13 PM   #34 
     - Last article that I saw...March.  hay rick   Jul-29-09 06:18 PM   #44 
        - Just scanned the thread/article quickly . . . but  defendandprotect   Jul-29-09 09:34 PM   #57 
     - This story is iconographic in ways I haven't figured out even after all these days.  EFerrari   Jul-29-09 06:07 PM   #43 
        - The story may be interesting, but it's hardly significant.  hay rick   Jul-29-09 07:57 PM   #53 
        - Okay. That Gates knew Obama is not serendipitous.  EFerrari   Jul-29-09 08:34 PM   #54 
        - I thought this was of huge significance .. . however. . ..  defendandprotect   Jul-29-09 09:38 PM   #58 
  - I've been on vacation and just saw The Daily Show - have they sucked this bad on this  Pirate Smile   Jul-28-09 10:27 PM   #8 
  - Yes, they have. I have to disagree with Jon on this I don't know why he's being so  SemiCharmedQuark   Jul-28-09 10:40 PM   #10 
  - It seems to be all about Obama needing to apologize to the Cop and making fun of Gates.  Pirate Smile   Jul-28-09 10:59 PM   #14 
  - Did you see Colbert on it?  SemiCharmedQuark   Jul-28-09 10:58 PM   #13 
  - No, but I have it taped so I'll check it out tomorrow. Too tired tonight. I was getting sleepy kids  Pirate Smile   Jul-28-09 11:11 PM   # 
  - Whoops. My second dupe of the night. I could blame it on the cat pushing and pulling on  Pirate Smile   Jul-28-09 11:11 PM   #17 
  - Really . . . I didn't see it yet . . .  defendandprotect   Jul-29-09 05:14 PM   #35 
  - Are you kidding? After the meeting on Thurs. at the WH the media will be having video orgasms again.  MichiganVote   Jul-28-09 10:47 PM   #12 
  - Seriously? The only reason there was outrage is because there was a WH angle.  xultar   Jul-29-09 10:17 AM   #26 
  - Well, it was national news before Obama was asked about it... that's why it made it to his level  ShamelessHussy   Jul-29-09 03:49 PM   #29 
  - "The news"(tm) = manufactured product. 95% fluff, press releases,spin & covert ops in  Hannah Bell   Jul-29-09 03:43 PM   #28 
  - Guess they're not calling for an APOLOGY from Cambridge Police + Crowley, eh...?????  defendandprotect   Jul-29-09 03:52 PM   #30 
  - You must be new to America. Welcome.  BlooInBloo   Jul-29-09 09:40 PM   #59 
     - Still crazy after all these years --  defendandprotect   Jul-29-09 09:45 PM   #61 
  - a guy brought it up on ed schultz today...ed cut him off to go to a break...  dysfunctional press   Jul-29-09 03:56 PM   #32 
  - In response to #18---I think this whole thing has just been  1corona4u   Jul-29-09 05:28 PM   #36 
  - you don't seemed to be well-informed  noiretextatique   Jul-29-09 05:39 PM   #37 
  - No, I just read the story on Yahoo....  1corona4u   Jul-29-09 05:49 PM   #38 
     - do you get that the officer probably lied?  noiretextatique   Jul-29-09 06:00 PM   #40 
     - He made up a whole converstion in his report. She never said black.  EFerrari   Jul-29-09 06:01 PM   #41 
  - The witness never saw the race of the two men and never described it..  Fumesucker   Jul-29-09 05:55 PM   #39 
     - Ok, I get that, but what I am outraged over is...  1corona4u   Jul-29-09 06:21 PM   #45 
        - Gates publicly thanks her for calling in a possible burglary.  EFerrari   Jul-29-09 06:25 PM   #47 
        - You were pretty quick to jump on people based on an erroneous assumption..  Fumesucker   Jul-29-09 06:35 PM   #49 
           - I would describe Obama as black if  1corona4u   Jul-29-09 07:16 PM   #50 
              - Um, you shouldn't say a suspect is black unless you see that?  EFerrari   Jul-29-09 08:38 PM   #55 
  - The outrage isn't dead yet.  MADem   Jul-29-09 06:22 PM   #46 
  - Certain facts overtook the right-wing media's ability to use the story.  Orsino   Jul-29-09 07:27 PM   #51 
     - Right wing... scads of DUers.... whatever.  BlooInBloo   Jul-29-09 07:29 PM   #52 
 

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