Reply #6: Folks, this is a real dead end [View All]

[markus]

I can't tell you how many hours I spent aruging with my wife when she worked for a victim's rights group, or how much I loathe proscutors.

But, at the end of the day, we need to attack the racism in society and the economic conditions that create the deluge or criminal defendants.

Sticking up for them after they've stuck up the liquor store is the No. 1 way to lose elections.

We need to be about creating communities where sticking up the liquor store isn't a viable career option, and where the liquor store isn't the community business institution with the most money.

Yes, we need to combat the racism in our justice system. Yes, we need to preserve our constitutional rights. But this is a losing issue as couched in this thread