I would much prefer - if charged with a crime - to be guilty and rich than poor and innocent. We have the best justice system and government money can buy.

What to do about it - another discussion entirely.

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Just look at the number of comments. When I wrote this comment only one person had commented. The vast majority of people just don't care if innocent people are convicted, particularly if they are Black and or poor. Black men in particular are assumed to be guilty when charged by the police. They are judged by juries that are predominately White and who buy into the presumed guilty view. Add to this, the free pass prosecutors and judges get for misconduct and you have a rigged system. Even the Supreme Court is complicit. Remember they said that actual innocence is no reason to grant a new trial, if established procedures are followed.

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Not only is what is being done to these people disgusting, it is also disgusting that this is only the third comment.
I'm a white man.
I truly don't believe that most white people give a damn what is done to most black people whether it's in the "justice" system or anywhere else.

I also wonder whether the average white person understands WHY so many black people feel anger and/or resentment against us.

Beat your dog.
What do you expect your dog to feel in response?

I don't believe anything will truly change till we have the means to punish those in LE who are the true perpetrators here.
There must be a means to punish them both criminally AND financially.
The low life persecutor in the Duke case is a clear example of the common attitude of LE.
Getting rid of him is merely a beginning.

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I saw the Trails of Darryl Hunt and recently with the acquittal of the Bells murderers it makes living in Amerikkka that much riskier as an African American male.

Forget about the Wright/Obama discussion, this is real news.

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More time & Money is spent on covering butts after they've screwed up than on getting it right in the first place. Just arrest someone, throw them in the slammer and move on. The real criminals stay on the streets. So we have record cirme and at the same time record numbers of Americans in jail. It may not be 1 for 1 but it's still way too many. There may be a ray of light. Dallas County TX is cleaning house right now. Thanks, ANNA

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"Convict at all costs" is the motto here in CA also, especially if the defendant is black. Our fair state now surpasses China in the per capita number of people imprisoned. The fastest growing group of prisoners is black woman. The DA's and courts automatically think all black people, male or female are violent and act accordingly. For black defendants it is guilty until proven innocent, not the other way around.
It is disgusting.

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