Ohio Court Sentences Black Woman to 18 Months in Prison the Day After Giving White Woman Probation for Same Crime
by Michael Harriot from on (#5N4CA)
While the above headline may seem incendiary, it is important not to draw false equivalencies because all criminal cases are not equal. For example, in this specific story, two women-one Black, one white-were convicted of the exact same crime. However, the two cases are not the same. One is worse than the other.