WPVI Inside Story June 22, 2024
Prisoners. Think about that. Africanamericans and latinos make up 30 of our population. They make up 60 of our inmates. Weve also locked up more and more nonviolent drug offenders than ever before for longer than ever before. [ applause ] and that is the real reason our prison population. Is so high. So, in a nutshell, he said and if you just tick through it that africanamericans and hispanics are unfairly stopped charged, convicted, and overly sentenced compared to similar crimes committed by nonpeople of color. A disproportionate jail term for many of them, which means theyre in longer, almo...