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Mass incarceration is the result of small, distinct steps, each of whose significance becomes more apparent over time, and only when considered in light of later events.

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Most people that take jobs as police officers are taking them because they're good jobs. Many who go into these jobs are doing it because it's good work.

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We need to hire more black police officers in this country because these are good jobs, and African Americans should have their fair share of good jobs. But we shouldn't do it because we think that's going to change policing. We have to push for police reform in other ways.

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In terms of addressing crime issues in the black community, the dominant political class has historically refused to endorse the full slate of reforms along lines of education, economic security, housing, etc, necessary to address the root causes.

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I clerked for a judge, William Norris, on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals right after law school and then for Justice O'Connor the next year.

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I think I've always had that orientation to try to understand the humanity behind people with whom I disagree.

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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.

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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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There is a certain amount you can learn from reading, but you also need to see and experience things.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Lawyer

Born: Unknown

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