Marquette Professor John McAdams might be too busy silencing speech to comment, but two more studies have determined that Wisconsin leads the nation in yet another dubious category. The studies found that African Americans in Wisconsin are 42 times more likely than whites to receive prison terms for drug convictions. The stat is the highest racial disparity in drug sentencing in the nation. The studies also found that the City of Milwaukee has the second-highest racial disparity for drug arrests among all major U.S. cities.
The new national studies largely validate an analysis done by the Wisconsin Sentencing Commission last year. At that time, by “creative” use of numbers, John McAdams was able to crow bar his preconceived notions into the data. It was his confused attempt to belittle what are clear disparities in our criminal justice system. When he finally finishes his crusade against a comedian, McAdams will likely turn his biased analysis back to why these racial disparities are no big deal. While he is in the mood to censor stuff, that would be one presentation that I would like to nominate.
To sign up for this group you can simply click "Join Group". If you have already registered for our site you must first log in. If you have never registered for our site then please enter the requested info in the sign up section. Once you have signed up you will get an email verifying your information. After verification you can simply sign into "My Own Page."
On the "My Own Page" left column you first have your profile which you can edit as you wish. Do this by clicking the arrow,choosing an option on the drop down menu, and clicking "go."
Below that is your own blog. Simply click the arrow on the drop down menu and choose to manage, view, write, or edit a blog posting. If you select "write" click "go" and let the world know what is on your mind! After writing scroll down and choose the catagory that the post belongs in and what group pages that you would like to display your blog posting on.
Below the blog section is the "My News" section. You can use this to sign up for different news feeds that will display on your own page.
At the top of the right hand column is the "My Network" section. Here you can invite friends to sign up for their own page and use this feature as another easy way to communicate with them.
Next is a very neat feature, the Letter Rip. This will allow you to write a letter to the editor of any paper that you choose in only a few easy steps. The great part is you can write one letter and send it to many newspapers. You can also write letters to both your state and federal reps, also in a few simple steps. This feature is important for any letter writing campaign that a group may plan.
The "My Events" section will display events that are happening in your area. You can also use this section to create your own events to share with everyone else in the network.
The "My Groups" section will display links to the groups that you have joined. You can also use this section to join more groups or to create your own!
If you have any problems or questions please let me know.
Cory Liebmann
One Wisconsin Now, INC
cory@ownwisconsinnow.org
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