Re: How to approach the troops?

[MARIPOWER716@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 4/7/2003 1:46:56 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
furuhashi.1@xxxxxxx writes:

> Mr. Beck said that the 12 percent of black men in their 20's >and  early 30's 
> in jail or prison was "a very dramatic >number, very  significant." That is 
> just the rate on a given >day, Mr. Beck said. Over the course 
> of a lifetime, the rates are much higher, he said. The >Bureau of Justice 
> Statistics has calculated that 28 percent >of black men will be sent to jail 
> or prison in their lifetime.
> 
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/07/national/07PRIS.html>   *****
> 
> This is a crime against humanity, which adds to the urgency >of  building an 
> anti-imperialist pole and prioritizing work >in communities of color.  It's 
> also a gigantic obstacle in >front of us,  too -- young black men who could 
> have been >taking over the  streets  are locked up already!!!
> -- 
> Yoshie



Does this not really mean discovering the language and means to deal with how 
people think things out in the "white community." How will work in our 
communities stop us from being put in jail? If we had the critical mass to 
prevent our jailing I swear to you 30-40 percent ( my figures ) of us would not 
put ourselves in jail. 

For the same offense, blacks tend to be convicted at a rate up to 70% greater 
than their white counterparts. From traffic violations to murder. 

The figure would be higher if we were totally excluded from the justice system. 
Black jurors are less like to convict a felon than white jurors. 

I believe you are approaching the question of the unity of the working class 
from the wrong end of the stick. 

Damn.  


Melvin P.