How long ago was that, I have to ask. This thing I'm talking about is fairly recent, was surfacing when my son was just out of high school about 2-3 years back. Hadn't kicked in yet, the proponents of the disparate punishment school of thought were just beginning to make waves. Like the income inequality folks, it centered on keeping things basic and not allowing anything other than the basic factors be considered. Lil' Johhny gets written up for disrupting class and gets detention. Lil' Jamal gets written up for disrupting class and gets suspended. See, Lil' Johnnie got a better deal because he's white. But quite often when you dug into the meat of it, Lil Johnnie three a paper ball at someone in class, while Lil' Jamal tossed a desk across the room. If you just present the basic offense and the punishment, you can make it look pretty bad. Which is what happened.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...4b654bcc9b2_story.html?utm_term=.19ae44c1b771
I can push you in the chest with a finger and that's assault. I hit you with a bat, that's assault too