Subj : Re: Cashless Bail
To   : Aaron Thomas
From : Jeff Thiele
Date : Sun Jun 12 2022 17:47:35

On 12 Jun 2022, Aaron Thomas said the following...
 AT>  JT> So you're saying that the majority of the people who benefit from
 AT>  JT> cashless bail are black, by which you mean that most criminals are
 AT>  JT> black? And that doesn't sound racist to you?
 AT> No, the Democrat assemblywoman's talking point is that "cashless
 AT> bail/bail reform is for racial equity." She's the one who deserves these
 AT> questions, not me.

Equity: justice according to natural law or right; specifically: freedom from
bias or favoritism

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/equity

If black people are statistically poorer than white people, but cash bail
amounts do not take a person's financial situation into account, then there
is a lack of equity based on race.

Jeff.

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