White people confess their unpunished crimes with #CrimingWhileWhite

Following a Staten Island grand jury's decision Wednesday not to indict a New York police officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner, the hashtag #CrimingWhileWhite trended online, sparking a dialogue about what some say is an unequal U.S. justice system that treats black people more harshly than whites.

Many people who identified themselves as white recounted crimes they claimed to have committed — ones that went without punishment.

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Jason Ross, whose Twitter bio identifies him as a writer for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, started the hashtag on Wednesday shortly after the grand jury's decision was announced. Read more...

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