it's sad when you look at the reality of things.
i had a group of about 20 friends when i was a young dumbass doing drugs. only 2 of us ever got busted for pot. one of them had wealthy enough parents to beat the felony drug possession, so it didn't follow him.
now compare that to black me with a group of 20 friends. black me has 8-16 friends carrying drug possession charges with us, since blacks are 4-8 times more likely to be arrested for cannabis. nevermind the lower average SES that often precludes us from hiring a lawyer to beat the felony charge.
http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2013/06/black_in_minnesota_8_times_more_likely_to_be_arrested_for_marijuana_than_whites_study_says.php
nevermind that black me's job application or resume is less likely to even be considered in the first place, much less when black me is 400% or more likely to have a felony drug possession.
http://ideas.repec.org/p/nbr/nberwo/9873.html
black me doesn't even get the same service at a friggin restaurant.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/24/waiter-racism-40-percent-waiters-discriminate-against-black-customers_n_1448861.html
black me has a grandpa who won't shut up about how he wasn't even allowed to vote without being able to recite the constitution word for word. in greek.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws
i could go on and on, but you get the point. wherever desperate situations exist, crime exists. this goes the same for white communities, black communities, asian communities, hispanic communities and so on and so forth. no race is inherently immune to crime, crime occurs in all races and strikes worst in historically persecuted and opportunity-diminished communities.
some people have expressed how these facts make them want to get a gun, but these facts make me want to end the plight that so many face.
that to me is the difference between opposing lines of political thought in the issue.