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incognito_ginger t1_jbk8q51 wrote

Reply to comment by Asleep_Operation4116 in Genevieve Lhermitte: Belgian mother who killed her five children euthanised by Quirkie

While I agree completely the problem is religion more than the man if it was the justification for doing something horrible. He is a stupid person who may have even felt obligated to do what he did. I can't blame him without also blaming his upbringing and religion. We have a mental health crisis and religion is gas on that fire. Unfortunately it's not easy to solve that problem.

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Nearsighted_Beholder t1_jbk8km9 wrote

Reply to comment by SmokeyBare in Numerous arrests after massive high school brawl that sent officer to hospital by DeathCatforKudi

Not only are they not paid enough, but administrators flat out refuse all disciplinary accountability, even going so far as to countermand teachers when they ask disruptive students to leave or be quiet.

I watched it happen in real-time throughout my career. A student would assault another student (sometimes we are talking felony level assault), they would get taken out of the classroom and the perp would return to the classroom before the victim (who could be out for hours or even days).

Visit any teaching subreddit or online community. It's the same across the board. Administrators are enabling a death spiral in academia.

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NeverComments t1_jbk6ibc wrote

Reply to comment by Saud_k in 11 East Cleveland officers indicted; videos show them beating, kicking suspects, destroying evidence by eastbayted

Usually indicted means the prosecutor brought the evidence and list of potential charges to a grand jury and let them decide instead of filing the charges directly.

Sometimes they're playing politics because prosecutors and PDs have a close working relationship and going to a grand jury is like throwing their hands up and letting a third party take the wheel. Sometimes they go through a grand jury to avoid any appearance of impropriety, or use it as a litmus test for whether the charges could stick with a trial jury. Some federal charges can only be brought through an indictment, per the fifth amendment: No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, and every state has their own rules for state level indictments.

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cthom412 t1_jbk5lhr wrote

Reply to comment by Deranged40 in 11 East Cleveland officers indicted; videos show them beating, kicking suspects, destroying evidence by eastbayted

Exactly. I try not to be an asshole with people learning new things but this is a topic where it’s really tough for me. I’m 29 and entire communities of people have been talking about how corrupt American police are since well before I was born.

I feel like if you didn’t figure this shit out back when Ferguson happened at the latest that you’re part of the problem with this country. It baffles me how people older than me can still be shocked on a regular basis at cops being cops.

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CampNaughtyBadFun t1_jbk0imj wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in 11 East Cleveland officers indicted; videos show them beating, kicking suspects, destroying evidence by eastbayted

What point? That you don't understand the difference between living near someone who does a bad thing and willfully taking a job in a blatantly corrupt system, reaping all the benefits afforded to you from that system, but doing nothing to make it better?

Cause yeah, if that was point then you sure did make it.

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Radiant_Mind33 t1_jbjzvfh wrote

Reply to 11 East Cleveland officers indicted; videos show them beating, kicking suspects, destroying evidence by eastbayted

I'm sure the designated prosecutor bent over backwards trying not to bring charges against these thugs. That' seems to be 90% of what prosecutors do in America. They are either putting out fires the cops start or doing mental gymnastics on how their crimes aren't really crimes.

Cop on camera beats a dudes ass, then admits to it on camera. But guess what, that's not a felony crime according to prosecutors. Conversely, you looked at a cop wrong. THAT IS A FELONY.

The people in charge of law enforcement are total pieces of shit. That's all you need to know.

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