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DarthYoda

09/01/21 3:40 PM

#18210 RE: DarthYoda #18209

To be honest, I actually could see the old Irish and Italian prohibition era gangsters blaming their arrests on the sheer bigotry of the cops, but only in a totally dishonest way, while grinning. They knew the risks they were taking, even though prohibition was wrong.

Old cop joke from my Dad's childhood...

As a cop is within listening distance, you ask your buddy "Hey, what are pennies made of?", and then your buddy responds with "Dirty Copper!" Oh the innocence back then lol.
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ap17

09/01/21 4:04 PM

#18212 RE: DarthYoda #18209

Exactly, and I spent 9 years driving a limo in Chicago going into the worst of the worst neighborhoods, saw it first hand. Then spend another 19 working DT in Passport.

I'm not onboard with blacks using the 400 year old crutch, the successful ones do NOT! (most likely WHY they're a success)
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SpaceLady

09/01/21 4:07 PM

#18213 RE: DarthYoda #18209

Thank you for this perspective, well stated.
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ANIA77

09/03/21 10:14 AM

#18228 RE: DarthYoda #18209

There is no doubt it is all true that you wrote. We have to admit that the US has a of problems across the board.. crime, over medicated people, dumb people.. you name it.. and unfortunately the way everything is set up here is to just go along with problems because it's all good profit.. it's mind blowing for me that you go to the doctor here and they just keep feeding you meds and no one cares about trying to figure out what causes the illness in a first place.. and try to fix the reason of a problem instead of just treating it.. make people change diet and exercise etc.. because big Pharma would have no profit.. when it comes to crime.. I agree with 'Z' that jail is a big buisness here that lots of folks don't realize it... but somehow there is not much done to try to fix the problem why so many black people end up being tied up in some crime? Equal access to good education is a key from the earliest years. Every kid black or white should have the same good start in life. Meanwhile my kids play tennis 3 times a week, soccer twice, piano classes, Russian school of Math.. we travel a LOT and so on... there is no way black 10 year old kid has the same access to all of it like my kids unfortunately... sure there is going to be handful that are going to be driven and they will break out of the hood but most of them just stuck.. kids are the future and education should be priority to help those kids in a long run.. the good education here in the US is unfortunately limited to rich people that effort to live in good expensive district.