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Thu. 11/05/09 11:11 AM

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Sick and Tired 1984, you have made some very ignorant statements. Are you suggesting that black people don't pay taxes? Because, just like whites, blacks are required to pay them as well.

Also, how is it that 4 black kids from Detroit would get a slap on the wrist? Have you not been paying attention? Prisons are PACKED disproportionately with blacks and Hispanics, while whites get the slap on the wrist.

I agree that these kids should not face felony charges (I like the suggestion of sending them to the Marines!), but there's not much reason to play a discrimination card here. You'd probably be the first one upset if a black person did the same.

wuttha, Ann Arbor, MI

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