tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post880768370212048189..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Confronting racism at Austin PD, ↓ TX solitary numbers may be an illusion, driver license suspensions not enhancing collections, Big-D bail reform collapses into confusion, and other storiesGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-88312839501319143732020-02-01T12:11:22.191-06:002020-02-01T12:11:22.191-06:00Grits, here it is. Dallas judge wants to give impl...Grits, here it is. Dallas judge wants to give implicit bias instructions to jurors in civil cases. A pilot study has been given the OK to expand to a larger round 2. https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2020/01/dallas-county-implicit-bias-civil-court-pilot/?ref=mpwGadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075757287807731373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-81714399260191934422020-02-01T09:55:25.213-06:002020-02-01T09:55:25.213-06:00@Rob, if you read the report, the data don't s...@Rob, if you read the report, the data don't support the premise that higher crime rates explain the disparities. E.g., on searches, "The 4% difference in “hit” rates between Black/African Americans and Caucasians would not explain the disparity between how often Caucasians and Black/African Americans are searched (41%)."<br /><br />Similarly, if you think white folks in Austin don't smoke pot at at least the same or higher rates than black or brown people, you've definitely got another think coming.<br /><br />@SMS: thanks for that. TDCJ has been bragging to the Lege about decreased solitary numbers. If it turns out to all be a mirage, there will be some legislators who aren't happy with them.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-58823173077548082622020-02-01T07:21:20.273-06:002020-02-01T07:21:20.273-06:00As for the TDCJ reclassification of Ad Seg, in the...As for the TDCJ reclassification of Ad Seg, in the months leading up to my parole on the Coffield Unit, there was a practice of shifting prisoners with housing restrictions into Ad Seg as "transit overflow" by way of convincing them to drop the restrictions that medical placed on their housing. I was in the Changes class and needed only to complete the course to parole in October of '16 when my number came up and I was "segged" in "transit overflow" for a full week before my teacher was able to get me restored to general population so I could complete the course. I was forced to make up the lost class material which cost me an extra six weeks in prison before parole. My case was not an isolated instance and many more such cases could easily be found by anyone willing to ferret out the information from the morass of TDCJ obfuscation. Steven Michael Seyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07809935502307219692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-16951268235776319182020-02-01T07:18:38.454-06:002020-02-01T07:18:38.454-06:00Where do they think the most crimes are committed?...Where do they think the most crimes are committed? the most drugs deals? the most assaults?<br />So you want the police to pull out of the black areas and not do any enforcement. I'm sure the police would love that but it would create quite a mess in those areas. Police dont look at the driver and say he's black so let's pull him over for being black. That's not a probable cause for a stop and whatever happens you can't get a conviction for that. They have to have been doing something wrong. When I rode with police you could literally drive up and down South Congress from say Riverside to Ben White and pull over cars with no headlight and then find a ton of violations: warrants, drugs, etc. My thought is if you know you are in danger of being arrested, why would you drive around with a headlight out. <br />Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086810161571826407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-52480214394172819762020-01-31T11:37:23.297-06:002020-01-31T11:37:23.297-06:00Don't think I saw it.Don't think I saw it.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-12281754598551674992020-01-31T10:14:02.040-06:002020-01-31T10:14:02.040-06:00Did you also see that other piece from D that I tw...Did you also see that other piece from D that I tweeted about that Dallas judge on civil cases? Was curious for what take you might have on it.Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075757287807731373noreply@blogger.com