“It's just a fact that if you're a young African-American man and you do the same thing as a young white man, you are more likely to be arrested, charged, convicted, and incarcerated. So we've got to address the systemic racism in our criminal justice system.” IfsMenFactsYoungJusticeWhiteRacismCriminalsAfrican AmericanAddressesWhite ManArrestedJustice SystemCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice System Author:Hillary Clinton
“We've got to address the systemic racism in our criminal justice system.” JusticeRacismCriminalsAddressesJustice SystemCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice System Author:Hillary Clinton
“We have to face up to systemic racism. We see it in jobs, we see it in education, we see it in housing. But let's be really clear; it's a big part of what we're facing in the criminal justice system.” BigsJobsFacesJusticeClearRacismCriminalsHousingJustice SystemCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice System Author:Hillary Clinton
“One of the ongoing crises in America is institutional racism. We have a very broken criminal justice system. We live in a country where there are more people in jail than any other country on Earth. There are some 2.2 million people currently incarcerated and they are disproportionally African American and Hispanic. Unarmed African Americans have been abused and sometimes killed while in police custody. Clearly these are issues that must be dealt with and changed.” PeopleHas BeensCountrySometimesEarthAmericaJusticeMillionsIssuesChangedBrokenRacismPoliceCrisisCriminalsAfrican AmericanJailOther CountriesOngoingJustice SystemHispanicCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice SystemUnarmedCustodyInstitutional Racism Author:Bernie Sanders
“I worked when I was Congress on a second chance act. We have got to do a better job recognizing and correcting the errors in the system that do reflect on institutional bias in criminal justice. But what - what - what Donald Trump and I are saying is let's not have the reflex of assuming the worst of men and women in law enforcement. We truly do believe that law enforcement is not a force for racism or division in our country.” MenBelieveCountryJusticeChanceWorstRacismMen And WomenAssumingBiasLaw EnforcementSecond ChanceCriminal Justice Author:Mike Pence
“I think that we need to have an honest conversation in this country. This idea that somehow we're beyond sexism, beyond racism is just wrong. And this is where having an honest conversation with white men about their issues and their concerns, and having honest conversations about the experiences that African-Americans are still having, despite who's the president of the United States, in the criminal justice system that we see in sentencing, we see in policing and a lot of these issues.” ThinkingMenCountryPresidentJusticeHonestRacismConcernSexismJustice SystemCriminal Justice Author:Cory Booker
“I think the clearest manifestation for anyone who doubts that racism and classism exist in America, all one need do is take a real serious objective look at our criminal justice system.” ThinkingNeedsLooksRealAmericaJusticeDoubtSeriousRacismCriminalsObjectivesManifestationDeath PenaltyJustice SystemCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice SystemClassism Author:Tim McDonald
“One of the main uses of most criminal justice systems is to minimize the number of people who are not white, by imprisoning innocent males who are neither white nor gay.” RacismWhite SupremacyBlack Lives MatterCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice SystemBlack MenGuilty Until Proven InnocentInnocent Until Proven GuiltyPresumption Of GuiltCriminal Justice Systems Author:Mokokoma Mokhonoana