https://archive.is/p7EIz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7fgB0m_y2I

  • Speaker [e/em/eir]
    hexbear
    68
    1 month ago

    One minute to murder, 3 years to convict, one day to pardon. Very cool legal system.

    • DragonBallZinn [he/him]
      hexbear
      5
      edit-2
      1 month ago

      I always wonder if /pol/ is smugly laughing that they can always get away with it, or are they secretly jealous that even your average suburban shlubby democrat dad will always be seen as more of a "dangerous subversive" than they can ever dream of?

  • buttwater [they/them]
    hexbear
    57
    edit-2
    1 month ago

    This is the guy who killed the person pushing their disabled black partner in a wheelchair, right?

    Yep

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    • RyanGosling [none/use name]
      hexbear
      22
      edit-2
      1 month ago

      You’d think all the gun rights people would be outraged that a man exercising his rights to carry a firearm was killed for no discernible reason, and the murderer is now rewarded for it.

      • Assian_Candor [comrade/them]
        hexbear
        12
        edit-2
        1 month ago

        Lol

        us-foreign-policy

        frothingfash "Everyone should have the right to bear arms to defend themselves from a tyrranical government"

        malcolm-checks

        wojak-nooo not like that!!!

  • Wertheimer [any]
    hexbear
    31
    1 month ago

    Well, it's official. Murder is legal in the state of Texas.

  • iridaniotter [she/her, they/them]
    hexbear
    30
    edit-2
    1 month ago

    Love to live in a country where the only way to convict a few white supremacists is through months of nationwide uprisings, the deaths of even more martyrs, and the arrests of thousands. agony-yehaw

    • DragonBallZinn [he/him]
      hexbear
      7
      1 month ago

      A white guy neo-nazi could do another 9/11, brag about it in court with the smuggest grin on his face, literally have his defense be "I did it for teh lulz", and the general public will screech about how "Is ThIs WhErE oUr CoUnTrY iS cOmInG tO!?!?" if he so much as gets a slap on the wrist.

      • iridaniotter [she/her, they/them]
        hexbear
        7
        edit-2
        1 month ago

        No, I don't think so. For Americans, killing a protestor or two is good. A lynching here and there is fine. A mass shooting is generally denounced, but has some supporters. But ten billion dollars in property damage?! porky-scared-flipped

  • culpritus [any]
    hexbear
    28
    1 month ago

    liberty-weeping

    why did you shoot this pardoned white man dead in broad daylight?!?!

    freedom-hater

    I feared for my life because he is a convicted murderer.

  • Awoo [she/her]
    hexbear
    20
    1 month ago

    This will continue to escalate until tit for tat responses occur that make them think twice about it in future, but I don't think any group exists that is radical enough to carry out that kind of action right now.

      • Awoo [she/her]
        hexbear
        10
        1 month ago

        This is a solid example of how far the left is from being prepared to properly fight its corner. In a scenario where the left was more developed and prepared for this the guy would get shot by some extreme radical maoist fringe group operating in the mountains and none of the ruling class would ever consider doing this again.

  • @Blursty@lemmygrad.ml
    hexbear
    10
    1 month ago

    What is this "Governor Pardon" thing? It's like something out of the bible. Do other countries have people running for elections on the promise of legally overturning justice or is it just the USA?

    • @PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml
      hexbear
      10
      1 month ago

      Most countries does have the institution of pardon, though usually reserved for the head of state only (and also usually with multi-tier legal procedure leading to it) as remains of the old royal pardon tradition. It is used pretty rarily though.

  • DragonBallZinn [he/him]
    hexbear
    7
    1 month ago

    "Freeze peach! Freeze peach!"

    "Hey, someone should minecraft you, your opinions are too unpopular!"