This article talks about Obama's stand that our incarceration rate for young black men is inherently racist. The paragraph below interested me, since I am beginning to wonder if Obama is concerned at all with telling the truth.
Last July, Obama said that "more young black men languish in prison than attend colleges and universities." Actually, there are more than twice as many black men ages 18 to 24 in college as there are in jail. Last September he said, "We have a system that locks away too many young, first-time, nonviolent offenders for the better part of their lives." But Heather Mac Donald of the Manhattan Institute, writing in the institute's City Journal, notes that from 1999 to 2004, violent offenders accounted for all of the increase in the prison population. Furthermore, Mac Donald cites data indicating that:
"In the overwhelming majority of cases, prison remains a lifetime achievement award for persistence in criminal offending. Absent recidivism or a violent crime, the criminal-justice system will do everything it can to keep you out of the state or federal slammer."
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So I wonder, does he think we are too stupid to fact check his statements or is he (or his staff) too lazy to fact check them?
Click on the title to read the article.
---Katie
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