African american Quote 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…

— James Forman Jr

“But when they are carrying out investigatory or pretext stops, they are much more likely to stop black and other minority drivers: blacks are…

— James Forman Jr

“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…

— James Forman Jr

“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…

— James Forman Jr

“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.”

— James Forman Jr

“Understanding African American attitudes and actions on matters of crime and punishment requires that we pay careful attention to another topic that is often…

— James Forman Jr

“by the year 2000, the lifetime risk of incarceration for black high school dropouts was ten times higher than it was for African Americans…

— James Forman Jr

“No: it was blacks who killed marijuana decriminalization in D.C.”

— James Forman Jr

“Most of all, the fight against crack helped to enshrine the notion that police must be warriors, aggressive and armored, working ghetto corners as…

— James Forman Jr

“But class divisions influence criminal justice debates in black communities in less obvious ways as well: they explain, for example, why black elected officials…

— James Forman Jr

“(At PDS, we often lamented that there were never waiting lists for prison—just for alternatives to prison.) But”

— James Forman Jr

“Donald Trump, whose signature contribution to political debate had been his relentless propagation of the lie that Barack Obama is not an American citizen,…

— James Forman Jr