My Grandfather`s Son, by Clarence Thomas: on Crime


As radical, imprisoned blacks were political prisoners

As a criminal-appeals attorney, I would have to argue in favor of keeping blacks in jail. I still thought of most imprisoned blacks as political prisoners. I had no facts to back up this opinion, a reflex response left over from my radical days. Blacks were responsible for almost 80% of violent crimes committed against blacks. This was a bitter pill to swallow. I also grew more wary of unsupported generalizations & conspiracy theories, both of which had become indispensable features of radical argument
Source: My Grandfather's Son: A Memoir by Clarence Thomas, p. 94-95 Oct 1, 2007

In criminal-appeals, saw blacks were not political prisoners

Our office was grossly understaffed. What bothered me more was that as a criminal-appeals attorney, I would have to argue in favor of keeping blacks in jail. I still thought of most imprisoned blacks as political prisoners. I had no facts to back up this opinion, a reflex response left over from my radical days. Blacks were responsible for almost 80 percent of violent crimes committed against blacks, and killed over 90 percent of black murder victims. This was a bitter pill to swallow. I also grew more wary of unsupported generalizations and conspiracy theories, both of which had become indispensable features of radical argument.
Source: My Grandfather's Son: A Memoir by Clarence Thomas, p. 94-95 Oct 1, 2007

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