Proof Of Systematic Racism

Question 1

Judicial sentencing

Answer 1

2017 study by the u.s. sentencing commission that showed that black men get sentences 20% longer than white men for the same crimes. This is controlled for in terms of age and criminal histories

2014 study of Manhattan criminal cases found that blacks were 20% more likely to be offered plea deals with jail time- Washington post

Innocent blacks are 3.5x more likely to be falsely convicted of sexual assault -WAP

80% of prosecutors are White men according to the women’s donor network

Question 2

Death penalty

Answer 2

According to a 2000 federal study, white murderers were 50% more likely to be offered plea deals that avoided the death penalty -WAPO

80% of people on death row are for crimes against whites(yet we’re like Half or slightly more of the murder victims)- amnesty international 2003

A 2014 study of 33 years worth of murder concluded that jurors are 4 and a half times more likely to give blacks the death penalty over whites. Adjusts for number of victims and brutality of crimes- deathpenaltyinfo.org

Question 3

Drugs

Answer 3

According to he national registry of exoneration blacks are 12x more likely to be wrongfully convicted of drug crimes and 5x more likely to go to prison for possession of drugs

Blacks are 12% of drug users and 29% of arrests-NAACP

Question 4

Profiling by police

Answer 4

2020 study of 95 million traffic stops, showed that blacks and Latinos were more likely to get pulled over and searched for contraband than whites. Even though whites are more likely to have contraband. The discrepancy disappears at night- WAPO

A study on the 8 largest police agencies in California showed this ^too(including the contraband) not sure about the night discrepancy disappearance tho, and it just was blacks and whites -u.s. news and world report

The book “suspect citizens” confirms profiling in being pulled over and less contraband too

2013 justice department study said we’re 3x more likely to be searched and 30% more likely to be pulled over

We’re 2x as likely to be arrested for misdemeanor as opposed to whites, 2018 Boston university

Question 5

Use of force by police

Answer 5

According to fryer blacks are 53% more likely to have non lethal force used against them. Now for compliance, compliant blacks are 21% more likely to have force used against them. Even though there’s no nationwide database tracking police use of force, fryer did the work