letterstomycountry: leftish: So the whole reason we need more prisons built is to house non-violent drug offenders? LTMC: And 80-90% of those so-called drug offenders are Black, despite the fact that all racial groups commit crime at remarkably similar rates, and some studies suggest that Blacks actually use drugs less frequently than whites. Totally not a (racist) police state.

letterstomycountry:

leftish:

So the whole reason we need more prisons built is to house non-violent drug offenders?

LTMC: And 80-90% of those so-called drug offenders are Black, despite the fact that all racial groups commit crime at remarkably similar rates, and some studies suggest that Blacks actually use drugs less frequently than whites.

Totally not a (racist) police state.

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