Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2016 8:33:05 GMT -5
Jun 22, 2016 8:01:03 GMT -5 @notwantingtoperv said:
Before Miranda, cops hassled the usual suspects. They targeted bad guys, put them under hot lights, beat them with phone-books. The bad guys KNEW they were scumbags--they heard it on the news and read it in the papers and believed it. Jun 22, 2016 8:01:03 GMT -5 @notwantingtoperv said:
Cops hassle anyone and everyone now. Don't be out after 11 p.m. Don't drive while being Black (DWB). If I were an american black, I would be thrilled that the cops were cleaning up my neighbourhood. Juliani-era NYC was no picnic, but now it's a lot better than some other contemporary crapholes.
What they do need to do though, in my opinion, is to decriminalize user doses of drugs, and get crack users and potheads treatment, and not jailtime. The judge should sentence these knuckleheads to re-examinating their life choices, not to put them behind bars in what in essense is a college for criminals.
I agree. Pot, c'mon? Jail time, even if dealing? That state can get a shitload of money from you for that. Shit, DUI will net states more than a thousand in meetings alone. That's a helleva fee...and that's without a victim!
Murderers can get out of prison in 10 years with parole. 10 years? You done killed someone! I saw something where ol' boy was in jail for 80 years no parole for armed robbery. Yeah, he indexed people with a pistol, but he didn't kill anyone.
I'm not considered Black (though I'm more black than say, Obama), and I understand both ways. American black folks always get hassled. And yes, they do commit more than their share of the violent crimes per capita. Black folks won't admit it, but it's accurate.
Giuliani was called a fascist by many on the left, including some high profile celebs becasue he threw out the perverts and the jack-off booths and the peep shows. Of course they all kissed his ass after 9/11, calling him a "...father figure who comforted us". GTFO.
Giuliani was doing it Old School. He was takin' care of the criminal element(s). Notice the Jack-off booths are back in NYC.