<div dir="ltr"><div>Mikaila is correct. I thought about adding the obvious <i>other</i> 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.<br><br></div>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?<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 1:29 PM, Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mmlarthur@gmail.com" target="_blank">mmlarthur@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
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.<br>
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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).<br>
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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.<br>
--Mikaila<br>
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Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 13:29:12 -0400<br>
From: Michael McGlynn<<a href="mailto:mmcglynn@gmail.com" target="_blank">mmcglynn@gmail.com</a>><br>
To: Tony Adams<<a href="mailto:aa44ee@gmail.com" target="_blank">aa44ee@gmail.com</a>><br>
Cc: Sandra Lee<<a href="mailto:sandralee02906@gmail.com" target="_blank">sandralee02906@gmail.com</a>>,<br>
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Subject: Re: [Summit] Jackson will continue to serve<br>
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Tony, you are tacitly endorsing a very low standard for an elected official.<br>
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Can anyone on this listserv imagine a scenario where they would be<br>
arrested. For anything?<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur<br>
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</font></span></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Thank You,<br>Michael McGlynn<br></div>
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