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Black People are Hard to Find in Boulder County, Colorado's most Liberal County, But Not in the Criminal Justice System

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Finding a Black person in Boulder County, Colorado, is like seeing a solar eclipse or a double rainbow. But a recently released study found that finding a Black person caught up in the criminal justice system in the county is a lot more common.

Although Blacks represented only one percent of Boulder County’s overall population in 2018 and 2019, they were five percent of the criminal defendants and seven percent of those sentenced to prison. “In short, we see that the disparities start at the beginning of the system and, in the most serious of sentences, ending in prison, the disparities actually increase,” said Seleeke Flingai, a senior research associate at the Vera Institute
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Black People are Hard to Find in Boulder County, But Not in the Criminal Justice System (msn.com)

Whaaaaaaaat? The party of slavery is racist?


The KKK continues to operate in Colorado today, though it does not enjoy as broad an influence or membership as it once did. The Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization that tracks hate group activity throughout the United States, lists both a statewide KKK as well as a local hub in Grand Junction. While the KKK itself may not be widespread in Colorado today, its ideology and tactics live on in many of the state’s twenty-one hate groups reported in 2017.
Ku Klux Klan in Colorado | Articles | Colorado Encyclopedia
 
Finding a Black person in Boulder County, Colorado, is like seeing a solar eclipse or a double rainbow. But a recently released study found that finding a Black person caught up in the criminal justice system in the county is a lot more common.

Although Blacks represented only one percent of Boulder County’s overall population in 2018 and 2019, they were five percent of the criminal defendants and seven percent of those sentenced to prison. “In short, we see that the disparities start at the beginning of the system and, in the most serious of sentences, ending in prison, the disparities actually increase,” said Seleeke Flingai, a senior research associate at the Vera Institute
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Black People are Hard to Find in Boulder County, But Not in the Criminal Justice System (msn.com)

Whaaaaaaaat? The party of slavery is racist?


The KKK continues to operate in Colorado today, though it does not enjoy as broad an influence or membership as it once did. The Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization that tracks hate group activity throughout the United States, lists both a statewide KKK as well as a local hub in Grand Junction. While the KKK itself may not be widespread in Colorado today, its ideology and tactics live on in many of the state’s twenty-one hate groups reported in 2017.
Ku Klux Klan in Colorado | Articles | Colorado Encyclopedia
I thought Trump let all the black people out of prison.
 

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Finding a Black person in Boulder County, Colorado, is like seeing a solar eclipse or a double rainbow. But a recently released study found that finding a Black person caught up in the criminal justice system in the county is a lot more common.

Although Blacks represented only one percent of Boulder County’s overall population in 2018 and 2019, they were five percent of the criminal defendants and seven percent of those sentenced to prison. “In short, we see that the disparities start at the beginning of the system and, in the most serious of sentences, ending in prison, the disparities actually increase,” said Seleeke Flingai, a senior research associate at the Vera Institute
.
Black People are Hard to Find in Boulder County, But Not in the Criminal Justice System (msn.com)

Whaaaaaaaat? The party of slavery is racist?


The KKK continues to operate in Colorado today, though it does not enjoy as broad an influence or membership as it once did. The Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization that tracks hate group activity throughout the United States, lists both a statewide KKK as well as a local hub in Grand Junction. While the KKK itself may not be widespread in Colorado today, its ideology and tactics live on in many of the state’s twenty-one hate groups reported in 2017.
Ku Klux Klan in Colorado | Articles | Colorado Encyclopedia
Although I've lived here since 1987 I haven't encountered any open racist activities...other than Trump rallies. You can find racists everywhere.

So? Do you have a point or just wanted to take a poke at Colorado?
 
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