You do realize, this is a classic Jim Crow technique to surpress votes from those you don’t want to vote. For exampl, you could make it a felony to be late for a rent but then the county only choses to prosecute people of color, but gives “grace” to white tenants.
They also chose crimes that can be pinned on black people whether or not they did them.
For example, drugs. Want to take out a black person that’s “causing trouble?” Just arrest them and conveniently find drugs in their house. Maybe the person really knows that you planted them, but who’s the white judge going to believe? The black man or the white police officer? The black man is now a convicted felon, behind bars. Even if he’s released, he still can’t vote anymore.
Repeat a few dozen more times and you can stop black people from “causing trouble” just with the constant threat of arrest hanging over their heads.
You do realize, this is a classic Jim Crow technique to surpress votes from those you don’t want to vote. For exampl, you could make it a felony to be late for a rent but then the county only choses to prosecute people of color, but gives “grace” to white tenants.
See also: the war on drugs
They also chose crimes that can be pinned on black people whether or not they did them.
For example, drugs. Want to take out a black person that’s “causing trouble?” Just arrest them and conveniently find drugs in their house. Maybe the person really knows that you planted them, but who’s the white judge going to believe? The black man or the white police officer? The black man is now a convicted felon, behind bars. Even if he’s released, he still can’t vote anymore.
Repeat a few dozen more times and you can stop black people from “causing trouble” just with the constant threat of arrest hanging over their heads.
I’m guessing they do realize it, hence the fervent support of the practice.
You might need to dumb it down a bit further 😅