However it does not, especially in the Criminal Justice System. ... Racist interests trying to create causality between the Civil Rights Movement and an increase in crime is yet another early example of the issue of race being inextricably linked to crime and thus the Criminal Justice System. ... African Americans are arrested for drug offenses at rates 2 to 11 times higher than the rate for whites - according to a May 2009 report on disparity in drug arrests by Human Rights Watch. ... Media has a big influence in how people perceive African Americans and other minority groups. ... Aggressiv...

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