1 of every 9 black males in his twenties in the United States is either incarcerated or has been incarcerated.
This is from the US department of Justice:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/prisons.htm
Summary findings
On June 30, 2007 —
At midyear 2007 there were
4,618 black male sentenced prisoners per 100,000 black males in the United States, compared to 1,747 Hispanic male sentenced prisoners per 100,000 Hispanic males and
773 white male sentenced prisoners per 100,000 white males.
That means that a black male is SIX times as likely to be in prison or jail than a white male. The outrage from the black community should be focused on that fact and should be trying to do something about that, not crying and trying to extort money every time someone points out the obvious. What Imus said is not politically correct and was a stupid thing to say, but it was based on fact.
BTW, Sharpton and Jessie Jackson can bite me. Same goes for any racist who supports them and uses this type of thing for their own benefit. They are worse than any bigot redneck.