[Summit] Jackson will continue to serve

[Michael McGlynn]

Mikaila is correct. I thought about adding the obvious *other* ways of
getting arrested, but chose not to include them as not germain to the
discussion. I was thinking of an arrest relative to our employment, but
yes, of course anyone can be arrested at any time and the demographics have
a deep influence on that.

Can we allow that most of the folks on this thread are unlikely to have
been arrested recently, and are unlikely to be in the future barring the
circumstances referred to above?


On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 1:29 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>
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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?
>
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> Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur
> mmlarthur at gmail.com <mailto:mmlarthur at gmail.com>
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Thank You,
Michael McGlynn
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