Officials put the wrong man in a mental facility for two years

Re:Officials put the wrong man in a mental facility for two ... by skinnymuch on Friday August 06, 2021 @09:33AM (#28086924)

I don’t believe these were ever that well intentioned. Race and socioeconomic status was not something unseen and unknown to the politicians, voters, and every one else involved.

There’s a reason some one people like Bernie Sanders were against the 1992 crime bill. Which many republicans and democrats were for. To say the people for it were well intentioned when Bernie and others were telling them of the consequences and having already seen the negative consequences up to that point shows these were not unintended and not well intentioned.

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Re:Officials put the wrong man in a mental facility for two ... by philwelch on Friday August 06, 2021 @01:12PM (#28090101)

Race is usually invoked as a thought-terminating cliche these days. It might interest you to know that a lot of black people also supported the crime bill because black communities were among those most victimized by crime.

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Re:Officials put the wrong man in a mental facility for two ... by skinnymuch on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @07:46PM (#28136234)

You have found a new way to spin the classic “only racists talk about race”. Also added in a “usually”.

It can interest me when parts of a [sub]group do something. However it doesn’t have to mean anything too concrete or logical or line up so perfectly and neatly as your last sentence states.

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