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It's not easy. I make snap judgments, too, and I start to write people off. And then I start to remind myself of how I'm constantly asking judges not to write people off. And so then I try to resist it.
James Forman, Jr.
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At the end of the day, I think my story is, we need black officers because African-Americans need a fair shot at good jobs in this country, but we cannot expect them and should not expect them to change the nature of policing.
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We rarely have good alternatives to offer to prison - that's our default.
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How come we never use prison, the failure of prison, as a reason not to give more prison? There's never a moment where we say, 'OK, well, prison hasn't worked, so we're not going to try that again.'
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There is a certain amount you can learn from reading, but you also need to see and experience things.
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Actually creating a positive school climate, particularly in schools that are in communities that are themselves not calm and orderly, is hard work.
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