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To: MeanWestTexan
Hardly, I ended up in Allston, MA (Boston) jail for 12+ hours on a case of looking vaguely (very tall, big, beard) like the guy who robbed a taxi.

I suppose this has happened to you over and over because "it's very easy" for that to happen? I doubt it.

64 posted on 02/12/2007 11:40:54 AM PST by isthisnickcool (I own your children! ---RICK PERRY)
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To: isthisnickcool

A black male in the United States has about a 1 in 3 chance of going to prison during his lifetime. For a Hispanic male, it's 1 in 6; for a white male, 1 in 17.

That's prison, mind you, not merely jail, like I was stuck in for a night.

Jail rates --- for everything from traffic tickets to MIP to being a material witness --- is much higher --- I do not recall the numbers but far in excess of 50% --- I think 75% --- of U.S. males will have been in jail at least once in their lives.

So, yes, that qualifies as "very easy."

While you don't apparently care about these people, 95 percent of all inmates are eventually released. Upon release, male prisoner rape survivors bring with them a lot of baggage that makes them much more likely to be violent upon release.

So, if nothing else, care to protect your own ass.


149 posted on 02/12/2007 12:05:41 PM PST by MeanWestTexan (Kol Hakavod Lezahal)
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