Jarmak posted:

Of there being a disproportionate number of black jurors dismissed? The two biggest but non-exhaustive reasons I suspect off the top of my head are racism of individual actors and the disproportionate amount of black people involved in the criminal justice system. The second doesn't just mean people dismissed because they have criminal records, but also people who have friends and family who are involved in the system, and also that fact that (as the statistics bear out) black people on the jury are more likely to be skeptical of police testimony.

That last bit is kind of interesting because getting rid of someone from the jury who is less likely to find your witnesses credible is kind of the point, but for obvious reasons in this case is completely inappropriate. It does however create incentive for prosecutors who play loose with the rules to try to get rid of black jurors without having any sort of racist motivation behind it.