Heather MacDonald believes there is no systemic police racism in the face of overwhelming proof exposing it across the justice system
Heather MacDonald believes there is no systemic police racism in the face of overwhelming proof exposing it across the justice systemWhile it is true that Heather MacDonald, writer of book 'The War Against Cops', denied the existence of systemic racism in policing by saying that "crime and suspect behaviour, not race, determine most police actions" - it is still disputable if this is a valid claim due to an overwhelming number of articles compiling peer-reviewed research and statistical analyses that show a racial and class (most times inextricably tied with race) bias across varying stages of the justice system at large. Non-white (specifically black and hispanic) people are more likely to be arrested, stopped, profiled, used force against for petty and other crimes than their white counterpart committing the same crimes. Radley Badko, of the Washington Post, compiles a database of these reports across American cities and counties. She compiles research in varying stages and a total of 10 areas of the justice system - Policing & profiling; Misdemeanours, petty crimes, drivers licence suspensions; The Drug War; Juries & Jury Selection; The Death Penalty; Prosecutors, discretion & plea bargaining; Judges & Sentencing; School to Prison Pipeline; Bails, Pardons, Gangs & Other issues.
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