Addressing the nation from Selma, Ala., on Saturday, President Obama
said that while racism may be “no longer endemic,” as it was 50 years
ago, his Justice Department’s report on Ferguson shows that the
“nation’s racial history still casts its long shadow upon us.”
Sorry: The Justice report doesn’t prove disparate treatment, let alone discrimination.
In fact, it looks more like something ginned up to distract from the embarrassing fact that Justice (in another report released the same day) wound up fully validating the findings of the Ferguson grand jury.
Racism is serious, and those engaging in it should be shamed — but we should have real evidence before accusing others of it. And every one of the Justice report’s main claims of evidence of discrimination falls short.
Starting with the primary numerical claim. The report notes on page 4: “Ferguson’s law-enforcement practices overwhelmingly impact African-Americans.
http://nypost.com/2015/03/09/ferguson-fake-out-justice-departments-bogus-report/
Sorry: The Justice report doesn’t prove disparate treatment, let alone discrimination.
In fact, it looks more like something ginned up to distract from the embarrassing fact that Justice (in another report released the same day) wound up fully validating the findings of the Ferguson grand jury.
Racism is serious, and those engaging in it should be shamed — but we should have real evidence before accusing others of it. And every one of the Justice report’s main claims of evidence of discrimination falls short.
Starting with the primary numerical claim. The report notes on page 4: “Ferguson’s law-enforcement practices overwhelmingly impact African-Americans.
http://nypost.com/2015/03/09/ferguson-fake-out-justice-departments-bogus-report/
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