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There are three ways that prosecutors hide and protect bad cops while systemically disadvantaging blacks: plea bargaining, diversion and absence of oversight in traffic court. A short thread on the hows and what-the-hells.
Plea bargaining. Those who support the status quo will tell you that plea bargaining advantages the criminal. It does not. 95% of cases plead guilty. Those who like to believe the system is fair think this evidences how most people arrested are guilty. It does not. 2/
All it shows is how one side with power can systemically bully those without power to continue oppressing. Sometimes, sometimes, people plead guilty because they are guilty and for no other reason. More often than not there are a lot of other reasons why people plead guilty. 3/
