Justice Department Details Wide Pattern of Abuses by Mississippi Police Force

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I'm shocked! Next you'll tell me it's against minorities or something.

making one arrest for every four residents over the past two years.

For non-Americans this is truely shocking. You act like it's nothing new.

Edit: Mississippi has an incarceration rate that is 15 times as high as Germany's. Lexington's rate is 10 times higher than Mississippi's. For one arrest that happens in Germany, 150 people get arrested over there.

Sources: [1] [2] [3]

I think people are responding the way they are because this isn't new. We already know.