[Summit] Jackson will continue to serve

[Jeffrey Cavanaugh]

We live in a society where many, many things are illegal but laws are
selectively enforced. Many would no doubt be surprised to learn how
frequently they are breaking the law. It puts a lot of power in the hands
of the enforcers of the law (police, executive branch).


On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 1:30 PM Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur <
mmlarthur at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> First, a caveat--what I am about to write is not in any way an
> endorsement of or excuse for Jackson, and while I do believe in due
> process, there are circumstances in which an ongoing political scandal
> imperils a politician's ability to perform the duties of his office, and
> this is likely to be one.
>
> However, I find Michael's question about whether anyone on this list can
> imagine a circumstance in which they might be arrested quite concerning.
> It is this kind of comment which contributes to people's (incorrect)
> assumptions that our neighborhood is a place of overwhelming privilege,
> disconnected from the realities of the rest of the city. By age 23, 49%
> of Black men, 44% of Latino men, and 38% of White men have been
> arrested; the numbers are nearly 1/3 of all people (women have a lower
> risk of arrest than men). Those numbers are even higher if you look at
> those with lower overall educational levels, and of course lifetime risk
> is higher--some estimates suggest that more than half of men will be
> arrested in their lifetimes (Google for more details if you are
> interested).
>
> Just a brief sampling of reasons for arrest among relatives and
> acquaintances of mine: civil disobedience at a political protest,
> arguing with a police officer who is behaving inappropriately,
> possession of marijuana, and a loud drunken argument on New Year's Eve.
> Many arrests of these sorts do not ultimately result in a conviction or
> a criminal record. I suspect a large portion of the neighborhood has
> been guilty of one or all of those offenses at various times in our
> lives. Obviously, few of us can imagine being arrested for political
> corruption, but I would hope that we do not fall victim to the insidious
> traps of assuming that arrest equals guilt or that only "bad people"
> "not like us" get arrested.
> --Mikaila
>
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> Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 13:29:12 -0400
> From: Michael McGlynn<mmcglynn at gmail.com>
> To: Tony Adams<aa44ee at gmail.com>
> Cc: Sandra Lee<sandralee02906 at gmail.com>,
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> Tony, you are tacitly endorsing a very low standard for an elected
> official.
>
> Can anyone on this listserv imagine a scenario where they would be
> arrested. For anything?
>
> --
> Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur
> mmlarthur at gmail.com <mailto:mmlarthur at gmail.com>
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