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as the United
: Kingdom, Germany or France.
: 
: Freeman says that prison is emerging as America's answer to the "reduced
: demand for less-skilled male workers." European countries deal with unem-
: ployable guys by putting them on the dole, he says.
: 
: In this country, we throw them in jail after they commit a crime to survive.

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Factoid: poor black households' telephone usage is dramatically different
from other groups and can be picked out statistically using just the time,
length, and number of calls per telephone.
[ page 61, "The Rise of the Computer State", David Burnham, 1984 ]


    The Los Angelos Police said they kept beating Rodney King while he
    was rolling around in pain on the ground was because he wasn't
    following orders AND they thought he was on PCP. [What???]
    
    "The only thing Rodney King was guilty of was resisting slaughter"
    ---Jimmy Breslin

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July 1st, 1997, News 4 NBC TV NYC: Police Commissioner Bratton says an officer
who shot a black youth dead---in the back---violated no departmental rules
because he thought the youth was going to turn and shoot him. A grand jury
fails to indict the o