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Racial and Power Disparities in Court
- The justice center reflects racial and power disparities: most judges and attorneys are white, while most defendants and victims are black.
- People politely ignore these disparities in close spaces like elevators, but the imbalance is stark and unfair.
Ordinary Cases Reveal Justice System
- The murder case in Season 1 was extraordinary but unrepresentative of everyday criminal justice.
- To understand the system, one must observe ordinary cases in typical locations like Cleveland over a year.
Bar Fight Led to Felony Charge
- Anna, a small white woman, was slapped repeatedly on the butt at a bar and then got into a chaotic fight defending herself.
- She accidentally punched a police officer who intervened, resulting in her arrest and felony assault charge.