One thing that I think we should all be worried about is the privatization of prisons. It's growing in size to rival the defense industry, complete with lobbyists and big profits. It's the war on drugs that is the engine driving the prison expansion, so we have to confront the two of them together. The other issue is race. Right now, over 8 out of every 10 African American men will get arrested in their life time, but blacks are no more likely to use drugs than whites.
Police misconduct is very much tied into the war on drugs as well.
Thank you very much Mr. Boyd for taking this time with us. A very enlightening chat. If any of you missed the beginning of this chat, I'll have the transcript up on the CTV talk page in a couple days. I agree that one of the biggest problems with our system now is that not only do you have to suffer through prison, but once you're out, no one in society will touch you. I despise police because in one way or another they are dishonest and abusive.