Black Panther Party: Racism and Police Brutality

I definitely agree with you, Vanessa! I think that if a second priority could be listed, it would likely be #8: "all Blacks freed from jail because they have not had a fair trial". Again, this follows your train of thought in the same vein of discrimination-correction. As social movements and the media have recently brought more to public attention, racial profiling is yet another indication of unfair treatment towards Blacks on the part of the law.

While I do personally have my gripes with freeing all Blacks from jail on the basis of an unfair trial – because not everyone in jail is innocent – I believe that the following rule (which argues for trial by a peer group) would effectively take care of this issue. I believe that while none of the principles of the Black Panther party should be disregarded, priorities should first be placed towards equal and fair treatment. Aspects like restitution in the form of land are meaningless if the law is twisted so that new Black land-owners are vulnerable to unjust arrest immediately thereafter, after all.