18971, RE: Thurgood Marshall Posted by application, Sat Feb-03-01 01:14 PM
> >>What do you think of Thurgood >>Marshall's precedent that it's better >>to let 100 guilty men >>go free then punish one >>innocent? > >I'd prefer 100 guilty men go >free. But that's how >are system is designed. >It predisposes the person to >innocence. >
Who's an idealist now? That's how are system is supposed to work but in reality a black or latino person as guilty as soon as a racist cop pulls him over. Our system is supposed to predispose a person towards innocence, but we are all too intelligent to believe that this is reality.
-Ryan
"Police don't sweep to get the dust out They want your name in the system, I need to mention the death penalty is legal lynchin People listen, they got teenagers up in the line up To fill the new facility they built, they need the crime up Please, the war on drugs is really war on the youth War on the people War on the truth The violent crimes rise, the silent dies as sirens cry through the night People fight for what's left and not what's right"
-Talib Kweli
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