President Trump and the Power to Pardon Blacks because they Matter

   Did we just hear President Trump offer to pardon blacks who have been unfairly treated in our legal system? Is that what we heard, because that's what it sounded like to me.
   This could be quite a sizable offer, depending on what he has in mind. I mean, it has been pointed out that while only 13 percent of the nation is black, blacks make up 37 percent of the prison population. That means there might be room for a high number of pardons.
   Of course, at this point, we aren't even sure pardoning these people is what Trump had in mind -- but it sure seems to be. He was preparing to leave the White House to attend the G-7 Summit in Canada, and he was talking about NFL players who kneel during the National Anthem to protest treatment of blacks by police.
   "I am going to ask them (the NFL players) to recommend to me people that were unfairly treated," Trump said, promising to look at those applications.
   Did Trump just sign on with the Black Lives Matter movement?
    What if the players submit applications for, oh, say, 2,000 people? I mean, where do you draw the line? You ask for applications of those who have been treated unfairly, and only 13 percent of the nation's population is black while 37 percent of the prison population is black. . . .
   How many of them, then, have been treated unfairly? How many are you going to pardon?
   I would guess that if there is a discrepancy in the number of blacks being arrested -- and it certainly seems there is -- then it is not so much a matter of false arrests and false convictions as it is targeting blacks who are guilty and letting whites go when they, too, could be charged.
  With that in mind, there might be few blacks warranting pardons, for even though you are targeting them, they are still guilty.
   Then, again, perhaps a number of them have been given overly stiff sentences, same as Alice Johnson was. Now, then, you have the potential for thousands of sentences being commuted.
   I don't guess this is going to play out in such an interesting fashion, but it could. Trump has already suggested the players submit him names. The cat is out of the bag. Now, when the players submit thousands of names -- should that, by chance, happen -- how do you say you will only go with 10 or 20?