• tired_n_bored@lemmy.world
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    Got some weed? Be prepared to be SWATted and thrown in jail for years.

    Did you just rape, stole, gave top secret material to our enemies and pushed for a coup? Slap on your wrist and pinky winky promise me not to do that again

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      You could also be killed for it, because the cops fucked up again and got the wrong house and went in guns blazing.

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    I wish he would try selling loose cigarettes on a NYC street. I hear you don’t even get a trial for that, just straight to sentencing.

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      That’s a common misconception. Eric didn’t have any cigarettes on his person. Meaning the fake crime he was executed for wasn’t just minor. It was non existent.

      He had been cited in the past for selling loosies. But there’s no info on whether they used an undercover or ci to offer to buy a cigarette. Using honeypot traps on pedestrians should be illegal.

      • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.world
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        Pantaleo’s partner, Justin D’Amico, admitted that he exaggerated Garner’s charges. D’Amico claimed Garner had been selling 10,000 untaxed cigarettes, which was a felony. However, Garner had fewer than 100 cigarettes in his possession at the time of his death.

        No, he did have cigarettes on him. However, it was not enough to matter, and they killed him anyway because they don’t actually care about the law.

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    3 months ago

    I wonder what the fuck is in the water over there, since half the population is crazy!

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      Honestly? We are just stupid and believe America is the best country in every way, despite all the evidence to the contrary. That, coupled with a Fuck You attitude and racism leads us directly to JD Vance.

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        Cuts to education and removing critical thinking and prep resources from the upbringing of more and more civilians over decades will do that, yep.

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    Yeah, but imagine if he had a bag of weed on him too.

    Oh wait, he’s still rich and white, it wouldn’t have mattered!

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    I feel like the courts hands were tied here. How do you put a man who was just elected to be the next president in prison, or even on probation? Ultimately, the decision was made by the American voters.

    That being said, even if Trump had lost this election, he still probably wouldn’t have done any time in prison, since he still would have been a former president, and that would have been a tricky enough situation.

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      Well you start by arresting him and you end by keeping him in prison until the end of his sentence.

      Seems pretty simple to me.