I think it's time to quit allowing certain problem groups in society to call upon civil rights and due process as a means of circumventing the treatment they justly deserve. If you are an ex-con, when you re-enter society you should be treated officially as a second rate citizen. You had your one shot at being treated equal and you blew it. Now you can be shot, stabbed, punched, frisked, etc by the police the next time you break our laws. Al Sharpton can no longer create excuses for you.
It's time to get tough on the poeple who are milking us dry and corrupting our youth!
PavyRacer calls you a racist for your post and then goes on to say "the biggest problem in America are racist white anglo saxon protestants." The biggest problem America has is hypocrites like Pavyracer and all those like him.
Guess you should be hanged for stealing from a store or a tip jar.
A public hanging for a first offense is probably a little extreme but a strong public flogging or amputation of a finger or 2 is certainly appropriate. RenoCool, if you were in charge (and thank God you're not) what punishment (if any) would you give to the individual who steals from a store or a tip jar?
Countries like Singapore and Malaysia take the correct stance when it comes to dealing with criminals. Punishment is severe and swift and even though the majority of its citizens live in extreme poverty and overcrowding, there is very little crime committed in either country.
The United States of America needs to take a page out of their playbook but as long as there are so many criminal loving left-wing democrats infecting our great country, thats unlikely to happen.

I did not call Buzzy a racist. You are deducing on your own here pal.