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> [“As the historian David Krugler explains, “African Americans were not so much rioting as fighting back, counterattacking, repelling violence; above all, resisting.”79”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-forman-jr-2/as-the-historian-david-krugler-explains-african-americans-were-not-so/)

[James Forman Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-forman-jr-2/)

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## More by James Forman Jr

> [“As the tough-on-crime movement gathered force, those who had been arrested or convicted rarely participated in debates over criminal justice policy, in D.C. or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-forman-jr-2/as-the-tough-on-crime-movement-gathered-force-those-who-had-been/)

[James Forman Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-forman-jr-2/)

> [“As the historian David Krugler explains, “African Americans were not so much rioting as fighting back, counterattacking, repelling violence; above all, resisting.”79”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-forman-jr-2/as-the-historian-david-krugler-explains-african-americans-were-not-so/)

[James Forman Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-forman-jr-2/)

> [“But when they are carrying out investigatory or pretext stops, they are much more likely to stop black and other minority drivers: blacks are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-forman-jr-2/but-when-they-are-carrying-out-investigatory-or-pretext-stops-they/)

[James Forman Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-forman-jr-2/)

> [“Keeping blacks subjugated required that they be unarmed. Alabama’s law was typical: “Any freedman, mulatto, or free person of color in this state” was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-forman-jr-2/keeping-blacks-subjugated-required-that-they-be-unarmed-alabama-s-law/)

[James Forman Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-forman-jr-2/)

> [“During his first year in office, Congress did just that, passing legislation that changed the formulas governing eligibility and payouts for certain means-tested entitlements.7…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-forman-jr-2/during-his-first-year-in-office-congress-did-just-that-passing/)

[James Forman Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-forman-jr-2/)

> [“Fowler, Hines, and the rest of the city’s black clergymen claimed that the majority of D.C.’s citizens shared their opposition to Clarke’s bill.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-forman-jr-2/fowler-hines-and-the-rest-of-the-city-s-black-clergymen-claimed-that/)

[James Forman Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-forman-jr-2/)

> [“Understanding African American attitudes and actions on matters of crime and punishment requires that we pay careful attention to another topic that is often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-forman-jr-2/understanding-african-american-attitudes-and-actions-on-matters-of/)

[James Forman Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-forman-jr-2/)

> [“by the year 2000, the lifetime risk of incarceration for black high school dropouts was ten times higher than it was for African Americans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-forman-jr-2/by-the-year-2000-the-lifetime-risk-of-incarceration-for-black-high/)

[James Forman Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-forman-jr-2/)

> [“No: it was blacks who killed marijuana decriminalization in D.C.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-forman-jr-2/no-it-was-blacks-who-killed-marijuana-decriminalization-in-d-c/)

[James Forman Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-forman-jr-2/)

> [“Most of all, the fight against crack helped to enshrine the notion that police must be warriors, aggressive and armored, working ghetto corners as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-forman-jr-2/most-of-all-the-fight-against-crack-helped-to-enshrine-the-notion/)

[James Forman Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-forman-jr-2/)

> [“But class divisions influence criminal justice debates in black communities in less obvious ways as well: they explain, for example, why black elected officials…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-forman-jr-2/but-class-divisions-influence-criminal-justice-debates-in-black/)

[James Forman Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-forman-jr-2/)

> [“(At PDS, we often lamented that there were never waiting lists for prison—just for alternatives to prison.) But”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-forman-jr-2/at-pds-we-often-lamented-that-there-were-never-waiting-lists-for/)

[James Forman Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-forman-jr-2/)

> [“Donald Trump, whose signature contribution to political debate had been his relentless propagation of the lie that Barack Obama is not an American citizen,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-forman-jr-2/donald-trump-whose-signature-contribution-to-political-debate-had/)

[James Forman Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-forman-jr-2/)

> [“The condescension was rooted in class. Those who fought for the hiring of black police occupied one stratum of black society; those who actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-forman-jr-2/the-condescension-was-rooted-in-class-those-who-fought-for-the-hiring/)

[James Forman Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-forman-jr-2/)

> [“gun crime: it wasn’t equally distributed throughout black America. Rather, it was concentrated among the poorest blacks, who were forced into living conditions that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-forman-jr-2/gun-crime-it-wasn-t-equally-distributed-throughout-black-america/)

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