5 Wildly Destructive Myths About Crime and Race

[Brewman_Jax]

http://www.alternet.org/rights/155273/5_..._and_race/

The five myths are:
1. Black-on-black crime is uniquely bad.
2. Violent crime is on the rise.
3. Justice is applied equally.
4. Black kids have behavioral problems.
5. Crime is prevalent in the black community.

The above and other myths are too often used as "proof" that "those people" are prone to crime and need to be locked up behind bars. The chart in the article has the myths and the reality of the claims.

[jaxx]

The myths the rightwing wants to keep alive. Sickening.