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Post by K+1 on May 16, 2014 12:10:56 GMT 2
The Florida State Attorney now wants to put Marissa Alexander in jail for 60 YEARS. Something is very wrong with the justice system in Florida.
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May 16, 2014 13:00:57 GMT 2
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Post by wadenewb on May 16, 2014 13:00:57 GMT 2
I wonder if race and sex had anything to do with that discrepancy...
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Post by K+1 on May 16, 2014 13:27:44 GMT 2
Maybe. You think? These issues of the american "justice" system are insane. Stupid arrests, long-winded high profile cases. It seems to be some kind of running gag. And it's not funny.
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May 16, 2014 14:52:00 GMT 2
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Post by wadenewb on May 16, 2014 14:52:00 GMT 2
I would think so. American justice is racist inherently by practice.
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Post by ash451 on Jun 8, 2014 22:27:46 GMT 2
What's sad is that these systematic acts of "justice", seem to be operating completely detached from any sence of higher cognition and empathy. I saw two cases over the weekend, one in which a police officer visited a woman's home looking for her boyfriend (who had been evading the authorities). Her young son had started filming the scene with his phone, apparently as he idolized the police and wanted to be one when he grew up. The officer broke his leg, and flicked the mother's nipple multiple times (apparently after her breast was exposed struggling with him). In another case, at a school parent's meeting, one parent was being quite vocal about a controversial book being taught at the school. Whoever was in charge seemed determined to silence his views, (invoking an apparent 2 minute rule and trying to frame his assertions as disrespectful). As soon as he mentioned the first amendment, a police officer present removed him from the discussion and placed him under arrest. Links will be provided below. www.nydailynews.com/new-york/cops-break-kid-leg-sexually-abuse-mom-article-1.1602489countercurrentnews.com/2014/05/cop-arrests-father-at-school-board-meeting-after-first-amendment-reference/I think it's pertinent to note the complete lack of sensitivity and consciousness in these actions, i use further examples from the US, as it bears noting that these failures of the current imperial democratic law are prevalent in the so called first-world, even as on our own soil, workers are gunned down and our destitute are being persecuted for the negligence of our governments. The police and judiciary seem to act blindly and by some dark rote, doling out justice by the form, apprehending inhuman criminals, asserting egotistical and bestial dominance, and not looking into the eyes of people, brothers, sisters. This is a system indifferent to ideals and values of humanity, devoid of compassion, slave to elitism and the supremacy of ruling classes. I am trying to stave off disillusionment, it is hard to believe in the inherent goodness of people, beyond the valiance of the hearts i see in a few, and to believe that we may face behemoths ... That's where that crazy eager optimism comes in.
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Post by lena01 on Aug 28, 2017 15:57:30 GMT 2
Justice is the legal or philosophical theory by which fairness is administered. The concept of justice differs in every culture. An early theory of justice was set out by the Ancient Greek philosopher Plato in his work The Republic. Advocates of divine command theory argue that justice issues from God. In the 17th century, theorists like John Locke argued for the theory of natural law. Thinkers in the social contract tradition argued that justice is derived from the mutual agreement of everyone concerned. In the 19th century, utilitarian thinkers including John Stuart Mill argued that justice is what has the best consequences. Theories of distributive justice concern what is distributed, between whom they are to be distributed, and what is the proper distribution. Egalitarians argued that justice can only exist within the coordinates of equality. John Rawls used a social contract argument to show that justice, and especially distributive justice, is a form of fairness. Property rights theorists (like Robert Nozick) take a deontological view of distributive justice and argue that property rights-based justice maximizes the overall wealth of an economic system. Theories of retributive justice are concerned with punishment for wrongdoing. Restorative justice (also sometimes called "reparative justice") is an approach to justice that focuses on restoring what is good, and necessarily focuses on the needs of victims and offenders.
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