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Why Doesn’t Anybody Go to Jail?

Why Doesn’t Anybody Go to Jail?

…except Black folks, brown folks, and poor white folks

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Marlon Weems
Jan 23, 2022
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I recently learned that one of my brothers got arrested a few years ago. He was driving around the streets of Little Rock, Arkansas, and BOOM! the “Blue Light Special.” Since he was driving his friend’s flashy luxury car, he assumed that was the reason for the stop. It wasn’t. The police had a warrant for his arrest. Th…

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