Almost no white rioters against Blacks faced punishment

Evidence

Judicial responses to the riots also revealed public attitudes: of sixty persons arrested during the 1834 riots, only ten were ever brought to trial and none was ever fined or imprisoned. This remarkable leniency was due, no doubt, to the presence of magistrates like John Binns, and to the benevolent effects of the “Pardenin’ Power.” … The judge came under attack for the impropriety of his remarks, but another newspaper defended him, denouncing Governor Johnston’s “flagrant abuse of the pardoning power.” — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 492

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Black people still face punishment for conduct whites are allowed — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project: A New American Origin…, 852; White authorities ignored violence against Black men in the Jim Crow South — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project: A New American Origin…, 993; Constitutional gains failed to stop white violence against Black people — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project: A New American Origin…, 806 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Black people still face punishment for conduct whites are allowed #corroborates (0.85) — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 852
• White authorities ignored violence against Black men in the Jim Crow South #corroborates (0.82) — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 993
• Black drug and murder defendants receive harsher punishment than White ones #corroborates (0.80)
• Riots were deemed criminal only once Black people drove them #expands (0.78) — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 396
• Constitutional gains failed to stop white violence against Black people #corroborates (0.75) — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 806
• White political violence against Black people has never actually stopped #corroborates (0.72) — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 901