Nah fuck a year. People younger than her have been thrown in jail for lesser crimes for longer.
yes and people get stoned to death for adultery in some countries. this is not a good argument for harsh sentencing.
The country has been doing the "oh no not this poor white person! Let's be lenient on them and push for prison reform" shtick for decades and you know what the end result is? Our current disparity where white lawbreakers are treated with kiddie gloves and black lawbreakers are fed to the for profit prison system. Because that empathy for the misguided white criminal isn't extended to black America at all.
Not disputing that.
The only way for meaningful change in this country for anything is simply put, is a sizeable chunk of white America being directly impacted by things designed to hurt black America. The very foundation of the country is built on keeping black America suppressed and down so the only way to change is for white America to be subjected to that very same thing en masse, anything else just keeps the status quo going
Perhaps. I'm not sure I agree that's the only way. I think whatever helps close the economic gap between white and black America would be the best thing but maybe I'm wrong.
I still think decades locked up is insane for this crime. Especially for a 22y old. I just don't see how it improves society for anyone. But going by this and other threads about crime here on here on Era I'm yet again left to conclude that most Americans are incapable of viewing crime and rehabilitation outside of their vindictive and simplistic good vs evil - and sadly often malicious - lens.
1 year for taking part in an insurrection that aimed to destroy a democracy and undo an election (probably killing politicians), and killed 5 people? And 22 is old enough to be responsible for your actions. Why would she deserve any kind of clemency?
Except from their point of view they are trying to save democracy. Yes that's insane. And yes these people are despicable racists, but they were also manipulated, taken advantage of and egged on by Trump, republicans, media and so on. I don't have any sympathy for a single one of them but to me most of the blame is on the republican representatives, lawmakers and pundits who legitimized Trumps fraud claims. I think it would be fair to send
them to jail for a decade or two.
