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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 3497840" data-attributes="member: 56035"><a href="https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-crime-of-being-poor-and-black/" target="_blank">The Crime of Being Poor and Black</a>i quoted 2 separate incidents where the cops are lying.NEWARK, N.J.—This is the story of Emmanuel Mervilus, who got locked up for a crime he did not commit, whose life was derailed and nearly destroyed by the experience and who will graduate this spring from Rutgers University. It is a story of being a poor black man in America, with the exception being that most poor black men never get a second chance....Mervilus is 6 feet tall and broad-shouldered and has long, thick dreads. He was never in a gang. He was not a drug dealer. He had a job. He came from a good and loving family. But he was cursed with being black and poor and living in a city, Elizabeth, N.J., where if you are black and poor you are always one step away from being arbitrarily shot or arrested or tossed into jail. This is true in nearly every city in America.When he got to the police station he was charged with having a dozen bags of marijuana. The charge was a lie....“He says there is a warrant for my arrest,” he said. “He says I just jumped two fences and put something under a rock. It was a total lie. I am arrested with another guy for manufacturing and distribution....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 3497840, member: 56035"] [URL='https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-crime-of-being-poor-and-black/']The Crime of Being Poor and Black[/URL] i quoted 2 separate incidents where the cops are lying. NEWARK, N.J.—This is the story of Emmanuel Mervilus, who got locked up for a crime he did not commit, whose life was derailed and nearly destroyed by the experience and who will graduate this spring from Rutgers University. It is a story of being a poor black man in America, with the exception being that most poor black men never get a second chance.... Mervilus is 6 feet tall and broad-shouldered and has long, thick dreads. He was never in a gang. He was not a drug dealer. He had a job. He came from a good and loving family. But he was cursed with being black and poor and living in a city, Elizabeth, N.J., where if you are black and poor you are always one step away from being arbitrarily shot or arrested or tossed into jail. This is true in nearly every city in America. When he got to the police station he was charged with having a dozen bags of marijuana. The charge was a lie.... “He says there is a warrant for my arrest,” he said. “He says I just jumped two fences and put something under a rock. It was a total lie. I am arrested with another guy for manufacturing and distribution.... [/QUOTE]

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