Posted on 12/29/2014 3:23:26 PM PST by Islander7
Every now and then you come across an article that folks just need to read. This one written by Michael Smith entitled, “Confessions of a Public Defender” and originally posted at American Renaissance on May 9, 2014 is one of those articles.
It is a profound and deeply disturbing piece, which, as we end 2014, we all need to comprehend as we move towards the 50th anniversary of the Great Society initiatives of President Lyndon Baines Johnson.
Smith articulates that which ails the black community — the real discussion we should be having on race, not that of victimhood and the further expansion of the welfare nanny-state.
He begins by saying, “I am a public defender in a large southern metropolitan area. Fewer than ten percent of the people in the area I serve are black but over 90 per cent of my clients are black. The remaining ten percent are mainly Hispanics but there are a few whites.”
“I have no explanation for why this is, but crime has racial patterns. Hispanics usually commit two kinds of crime: sexual assault on children and driving under the influence. Blacks commit many violent crimes but very few sex crimes. The handful of whites I see commit all kinds of crimes. In my many years as a public defender I have represented only three Asians, and one was half black.”
He presents his observations based on his personal experience with black defendants, and his words will no doubt inflame many:
My experience has also taught me that blacks are different by almost any measure to all other people. They cannot reason as well. They cannot communicate as well. They cannot control their impulses as well. They are a threat to all who cross their paths, black and non-black alike.
It will take you only 5 minutes to read this article — and I would bet you’ll read it again. Then ask yourself, is this something you hear Al Sharpton addressing? Or President Obama, Eric Holder, Jeh Johnson or Jesse Jackson?
I’m quite sure the progressive socialist left will criticize me for sharing this article – that’s just who they are – they hate the truth. But if there is a war to be fought, it is for the soul of the inner city and the black community. The facts and observations in this are not shocking to me. They are quite well known, but the manner in which the writer so eloquently presents them is quite commendable.
We cannot begin to “have a conversation about race” until we are willing to honestly address the facts.
As Smith says at the end, “I do know that it is wrong to deceive the public. Whatever solutions we seek should be based on the truth rather than what we would prefer was the truth.”
I used to feel exactly as you do, but I no longer do, for two reasons. The first is that - to me - the desire to be self-supporting is one of the criteria of mental health. I would now classify anyone who simply refuses to be self-supporting as mentally ill. As such, I would provide minimal support for such a person, but bar them from voting on grounds of mental deficiency.
In the alternative, there are those who pursue work which does not allow them to support themselves, mostly in research or the arts, but other areas as well. These people are obviously not mentally deficient, and in fact provide what makes a culture rich and full and who are often extremely talented. As for their voting rights, I would leave them intact.
Also, the cost of the homeless population is so ridiculously higher than what a minimum subsistence support would cost it's not even remotely funny, nor even remotely financially defendable.
Finally, I believe one of the definitions of a genuine civilization is that every singe person has a place to live. Human beings do not live in the wild, they need a place, no matter how humble, of their own to call home. That one single thing would slash mental illness behaviors and crimes and all sorts of problems, as well as establish a bottom line beyond which we, as human beings answerable to God, should refuse to go.
All that being said, if anyone wants more fantasies from my magic wand, just let me know.
NOT MANY PEOPLE LIKE THE TRUTH...
Proof: Obama was elected TWICE...
Most prefer to be told what they want to believe..
NOT what actually “IS”....
bttt
“Quite possibly the most racist article you will ever read”
No, I think this one from American Renaissance will top that one.
http://www.amren.com/news/2014/09/ten-percent-is-not-enough/
Bravo. Those couple of sentences bothered me too. I agree 100%.
American black culture is a toilet...
IF a black can “act white” as far as culture norms goes he/she will do much better (and many do)..
“Acting black” is a “tell”.. and should be marked for suspicion.. will result in degradation..
What is.... “IS”....... What ain’t....... AIN’T...
Or perhaps you merely forgot the </s>
I’ve heard much the same comments by people in the legal profession and cops in private, but never thought I’d ever see it from a liberal in any print format for the public.
Wonder if he could get it printed in the NYT?
My own feeling is that it is useless to try. And yes, I was one of those people who back in the sixties thought black problems would be eliminated by integration and many of the other measures foisted on the country by well-meaning liberals.
I have come to believe the Black Underclass is hopeless. It's members cost the country about one trillion dollars annually in costs of crime and welfare. Year after year since the sixties it is the same story: staggering amounts of crime, children always at the bottom of scholastic achievement, and millions of pregnant teens with grandmothers barely thirty. It is time they are dealt with other measures than benign kindness and ignoring their faults like some people on this forum suggest.
Speaking about not caring for the feelings of others, I saw that at a party in my own house as a newly wed. My husband hosted his employees for a Christmas party. A black man spilt his drink on my dining room rug and the event was too obvious to ignore. Made a big mess and he yelled something obscene.
I went into the kitchen and got a towel to place on the spot and to remove the booze from the wood floor. I tried not to make it a noticeable event. When I stood up the culprit was standing there looking at me and I honestly whispered, “don’t worry about it.” He started laughing and loudly sneered “I could care less.” He really did not care that he ruined his boss’ rug. He was talking loud enough for everyone to hear and feel the disrespect, including his boss.
Soon, he was unemployed, a victim of white racism.
Thanks for posting
Very interesting read. This is the way I would summarize the inner city from what I see looking in and reading other such articles.
Of course, like West says, Obama and his ilk will never fix the problem until they are ready to talk the truth.
I have four close friends that were PD’s at one time in there legal career. Two of them are liberals, one libertarian, one conservative. They would agree with this article 100%
I agree with your post.
Quoting Mr. Smith: “I am a public defender in a large southern metropolitan area. Fewer than ten percent of the people in the area I serve are black but over 90 per cent of my clients are black.”
Is that not where he formed his conclusions ? Isn’t that why he even made the statement ?
He is also dealing with family and friends of accused, as well as black crime victims/witnesses.
Presenting his experience as being confined to some small, distinct, non-representative subset of the black population is absurd.
Rather than use those words out of context, as you did, it would have been honest to include this:
” Fewer than ten percent of the people in the area I serve are black but over 90 per cent of my clients are black. The remaining ten percent are mainly Hispanics but there are a few whites.”
You're right...
You're wrong. Did you go to the jump? Did you read both pieces?
Do we have any historical evidence which shows if this has always been true?
Was it this way a hundred years ago?
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We should have picked our own cotton.
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