alt Hacker News> I don't think you hear it much these days because the punishments are extremely harsh
Civil rights activists, including King, lost their lives for daring to challenge injustice. The penalties are no more severe today than they were then.
> I don't think you hear it much these days because the punishments are extremely harsh
Civil rights activists, including King, lost their lives for daring to challenge injustice. The penalties are no more severe today than they were then.
The incarceration rate today is 4x that what it was in MLK's day. And im willing to bet the monetary punishments are similarly increased, if not even higher.