I am empathetic to the situation of crime around the Atlanta University Center (Morehouse, Spelman, Clark-Atlanta). Anyone who has lived in Atlanta for a while and who are familiar with the area knows that the AU Center is in the middle of a serious ghetto. Reports about crimes against students in the area is old news.
The recent series of attacks upon Georgia Tech Students (a majority White school) has triggered a group of students at the AU Center (Black schools) to ask "What about us?".
What few people will likely mention is that the crime around the AUC have reached the point of being "background noise" as compared to those at GA Tech.
Once again the confinement that is present among the Black people who are asking the police to "DO SOMETHING!!!" is the fact that if and when the police strike hard against those who are doing the attacks it will lead to "yet another brother locked up in the Prison Industrial Complex". In addition there is not much difference in the dress between SOME of those who are in college and many of those who live in the community around the school. No doubt that claims of "racial profiling" would be made from the activists within the university community.
The Cost Of The Prevailing Criminal/Social Justice Policies In The Black Community
This is why I argue that the case is drastically different between GA Tech and the AUC regarding crime. Most of the GA Tech attacks have been "Black on White" (one Black guy was robbed at Tech). While the AU Center attacks have all been "Black on Black". In Atlanta there is an overlay force that operates as a "civil rights watchdog" upon all of the authorities in the area. They will be silent in response to the thugs who are attacking innocent people, possibily resorting to the rhetorical statement of "Black people need protection as well". Rest assure, however that when the police do a crack down and define a PROFILE of who is doing the crime.....when they go into action we will hear from the same forces of "social justice" to complain that "too many Black people are being locked up".
They will seek to divert attention away from their contradiction by "Expanding The Police Tape To The Entire Nation". The reason why these young Black males are robbing people is because SOCIETY has shut them out.
While we have young people, Black and White, who have been exposed to the OPPORTUNITY for education and thus they are preparating a future for themselves........SOCIETY has side tracked these undesirable people who have no options but a life of crime. "They are not assaulting people, instead they are CRYING OUT FOR HELP".
It is far easier to run a protest campaign than it is to be in control of a given district and balance the interests of the hard working people in the area and those who have turned to earn their keep as well as honing their skills so they can be more proficient.
At some point the leaders who strongly influence the policies in these communities and in the houses from where these young people come from must be strutnized with regard to the expected outcome and removed if they are not able to produce these conditions.
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INCARCERATING PEOPLE "FOR PROFIT" IS IN A WORD....WRONG!
Even if one does not ask or pretends not to see the rope and the flashing red flag draped around the philosophical question standing solemnly at attention in the middle of the room, it remains apparent that the mere presence of a private “for profit” driven prison business in our country undermines the U.S Constitution and subsequently the credibility of the American criminal justice system. In fact, until all private prisons in America have been abolished and outlawed, “the promise” of fairness and justice at every level of this country’s judicial system will remain unattainable. We must restore the principles and the vacant promise of our judicial system. Our government cannot continue to "job-out" its obligation and neglect its duty to the individuals confined in the correctional and rehabilitation facilities throughout this nation, nor can it ignore the will of the people that it was designed to serve and protect. There is urgent need for the good people of this country to emerge from the shadows of indifference, apathy, cynicism, fear, and those other dark places that we migrate to when we are overwhelmed by frustration and the loss of hope.
My hope is that you will support the National Public Service Council to Abolish Private Prisons (NPSCTAPP) with a show of solidarity by signing "The Single Voice Petition"
http://www.petitiononline.com/gufree2/petition.html
Please visit our website for further information: http://www.npsctapp.blogspot.com
–Ahma Daeus
"Practicing Humanity Without A License"...
Excuse me - HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE INCARCERATED in Private Prisons?
My previous research showed that about 60,000 people across the 50 states are locked up in private prisons.
This is on the base of the 2 million people locked up in total.
I am not biting!!
You seem to always want to put the SYSTEM ON TRIAL.
I ask you to consider the BLACK PEOPLE WHO ARE ASSAULTED AND KILLED, as you practice the "Justice Thurgood Marshall Justice" which causes you to see the ASSAILANT as a VICTIM of the system.
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