Paul Butler

“Criminal justice" is what happens after a complicated series of events has gone bad. It is the end result of failure--the failure of a group of people that sometimes includes, but is never limited to, the accused person.”
― Paul Delano Butler, Let's Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice

“He is literally hundreds of times more likely to be on his way to work, school, or the movies than he is to rob, rape, or murder you.”
― Paul Butler, Chokehold: Policing Black Men