Roger Goodell, Saints players tour New Orleans' criminal justice system

burningmetal · 09-12-2018, 08:39 AM

This is further proof of how shallow this whole "racial injustice" claim is. We always hear about black people being "over represented" in the prison system, and yet nothing is provided to show how this is a justice system problem, as opposed to a black crime problem.

And then in the first few sentences of this article, I see the ignorance dripping from their words. Oh, this poor disabled man accused of cocaine possession. How DARE they look past his unenviable circumstances, and hold him accountable for his cocaine possession.

And the shackles... ohhh the shackles. How dare they put this man in shackles that somehow remind a man who is alive 150 years after slavery ended, of the aforementioned slavery that he surprisingly remembers. Yes, they put those shackles on ALL people, but it only makes us sad when a black person is wearing them. When I think of equality, I picture the scales of justice leaning entirely to the left, where all of the black liberals are. After all, equality means "revenge" on the white man, right?

If the sarcasm wasn't obvious to anyone.... Here's your sign.

spkb25 · 09-12-2018, 09:07 AM

Originally Posted by burningmetal

This is further proof of how shallow this whole "racial injustice" claim is. We always hear about black people being "over represented" in the prison system, and yet nothing is provided to show how this is a justice system problem, as opposed to a black crime problem.

And then in the first few sentences of this article, I see the ignorance dripping from their words. Oh, this poor disabled man accused of cocaine possession. How DARE they look past his unenviable circumstances, and hold him accountable for his cocaine possession.

And the shackles... ohhh the shackles. How dare they put this man in shackles that somehow remind a man who is alive 150 years after slavery ended, of the aforementioned slavery that he surprisingly remembers. Yes, they put those shackles on ALL people, but it only makes us sad when a black person is wearing them. When I think of equality, I picture the scales of justice leaning entirely to the left, where all of the black liberals are. After all, equality means "revenge" on the white man, right?

If the sarcasm wasn't obvious to anyone.... Here's your sign.

I do believe we should treat possession different than distribution, but with that said, how many, of any race, would flip these ideas on their head as soon as an individual released on a possession charge got behind a vehicle, impaired, and proceeded to kill a mother and her two children in an accident. Their first question would be- why was he on the street to commit this crime and not behind bars if they knew he has this potential. Their lawyer would then sue.

Some of those people would support this until it impacted them.

The Dude · 09-16-2018, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by burningmetal

This is further proof of how shallow this whole "racial injustice" claim is. We always hear about black people being "over represented" in the prison system, and yet nothing is provided to show how this is a justice system problem, as opposed to a black crime problem.

And then in the first few sentences of this article, I see the ignorance dripping from their words. Oh, this poor disabled man accused of cocaine possession. How DARE they look past his unenviable circumstances, and hold him accountable for his cocaine possession.

And the shackles... ohhh the shackles. How dare they put this man in shackles that somehow remind a man who is alive 150 years after slavery ended, of the aforementioned slavery that he surprisingly remembers. Yes, they put those shackles on ALL people, but it only makes us sad when a black person is wearing them. When I think of equality, I picture the scales of justice leaning entirely to the left, where all of the black liberals are. After all, equality means "revenge" on the white man, right?

If the sarcasm wasn't obvious to anyone.... Here's your sign.

I haven’t replied until now because of that first paragraph.
The media is fueling the racial divide by continuing to structure their stories like this. Hey at least they were all shackled. Could you imagine what would happen if the 8 black guys were in for violent crimes and shackled while the two others were picket up on a bench warrant for traffic violations and unshackled?

Pretty soon jail is going to be outlawed because of its parallels to slavery.

09-12-2018, 08:39 AM	#1
burningmetal 1000 Posts + Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 3,923 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Roger Goodell, Saints players tour New Orleans' criminal justice system This is further proof of how shallow this whole "racial injustice" claim is. We always hear about black people being "over represented" in the prison system, and yet nothing is provided to show how this is a justice system problem, as opposed to a black crime problem. And then in the first few sentences of this article, I see the ignorance dripping from their words. Oh, this poor disabled man accused of cocaine possession. How DARE they look past his unenviable circumstances, and hold him accountable for his cocaine possession. And the shackles... ohhh the shackles. How dare they put this man in shackles that somehow remind a man who is alive 150 years after slavery ended, of the aforementioned slavery that he surprisingly remembers. Yes, they put those shackles on ALL people, but it only makes us sad when a black person is wearing them. When I think of equality, I picture the scales of justice leaning entirely to the left, where all of the black liberals are. After all, equality means "revenge" on the white man, right? If the sarcasm wasn't obvious to anyone.... Here's your sign. jnormand, Rugby Saint II, frydaddy and 1 others like this.
	If I had a nickel for every time I heard that, the NFL would fine and suspend me.

09-12-2018, 09:07 AM	#2
spkb25 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 13,145	Re: Roger Goodell, Saints players tour New Orleans' criminal justice system Originally Posted by burningmetal This is further proof of how shallow this whole "racial injustice" claim is. We always hear about black people being "over represented" in the prison system, and yet nothing is provided to show how this is a justice system problem, as opposed to a black crime problem. And then in the first few sentences of this article, I see the ignorance dripping from their words. Oh, this poor disabled man accused of cocaine possession. How DARE they look past his unenviable circumstances, and hold him accountable for his cocaine possession. And the shackles... ohhh the shackles. How dare they put this man in shackles that somehow remind a man who is alive 150 years after slavery ended, of the aforementioned slavery that he surprisingly remembers. Yes, they put those shackles on ALL people, but it only makes us sad when a black person is wearing them. When I think of equality, I picture the scales of justice leaning entirely to the left, where all of the black liberals are. After all, equality means "revenge" on the white man, right? If the sarcasm wasn't obvious to anyone.... Here's your sign. I do believe we should treat possession different than distribution, but with that said, how many, of any race, would flip these ideas on their head as soon as an individual released on a possession charge got behind a vehicle, impaired, and proceeded to kill a mother and her two children in an accident. Their first question would be- why was he on the street to commit this crime and not behind bars if they knew he has this potential. Their lawyer would then sue. Some of those people would support this until it impacted them. jnormand, Rugby Saint II and frydaddy like this.

09-16-2018, 11:47 AM	#3
The Dude 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 9,060	Re: Roger Goodell, Saints players tour New Orleans' criminal justice system Originally Posted by burningmetal This is further proof of how shallow this whole "racial injustice" claim is. We always hear about black people being "over represented" in the prison system, and yet nothing is provided to show how this is a justice system problem, as opposed to a black crime problem. And then in the first few sentences of this article, I see the ignorance dripping from their words. Oh, this poor disabled man accused of cocaine possession. How DARE they look past his unenviable circumstances, and hold him accountable for his cocaine possession. And the shackles... ohhh the shackles. How dare they put this man in shackles that somehow remind a man who is alive 150 years after slavery ended, of the aforementioned slavery that he surprisingly remembers. Yes, they put those shackles on ALL people, but it only makes us sad when a black person is wearing them. When I think of equality, I picture the scales of justice leaning entirely to the left, where all of the black liberals are. After all, equality means "revenge" on the white man, right? If the sarcasm wasn't obvious to anyone.... Here's your sign. I haven’t replied until now because of that first paragraph. The media is fueling the racial divide by continuing to structure their stories like this. Hey at least they were all shackled. Could you imagine what would happen if the 8 black guys were in for violent crimes and shackled while the two others were picket up on a bench warrant for traffic violations and unshackled? Pretty soon jail is going to be outlawed because of its parallels to slavery.
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