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Multiple Life Sentences for Minor in Police Shooting He did not Participate in. (lemmy.world)

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https://www.change.org/p/district-attorney-cj-robinson-free-lakeith-smith

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[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world -4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think the biggest issue is not that he doesn't deserve jail, he does. But if this exact crime had involved white teens, he would have gotten a few years tops

[–] SirDerpy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

class, not race

[–] Wes4Humanity@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago

Oh no... Class divide is whether it happened at all or gets swept under the rug... Race divide is how harsh the sentence is, but no one's making anything disappear

[–] AnxiousOtter@lemmy.world -3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

And what, by overwhelming majority, is the race of the wealthy class of America?

[–] Cypher@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What difference does that make to millions of the same race who are living in poverty?

[–] AnxiousOtter@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I don't understand your question. OP was implying the justice system is classist and classist only.

This is false. It's both classist and racist. 9/10 times a poor black man will get a harsher sentence than a poor white man. Both will get harsher punishments than a rich man. Ergo, the justice system is both classist and racist.

[–] SirDerpy@lemmy.world -3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's OK. We'll lead.

[–] AnxiousOtter@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ah, there it is.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Jeez it only took one comment to go from "hello, fellow leftists" to "DER SICH ALS TRÄGER SEINES BESTEN BLUTES FÜHLEND. UND DIESES WISSEND ZUR FÜHRUNG DER NATION ERHOBEN HAT UND ENTSCHLOSSEN IST. DIESE FÜHRUNG ZU BEHALTEN, WAHRZUNEHMEN UND NICHT MEHR ABZUGEBEN."