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Re:Parts for stolen Hyundais and Kias are so scarce the cars... by Arainach on Monday May 01, 2023 @02:11AM (#35769560)
>If these were white kids we'd publicly shame them, crack down on the worst offenders, and figure out a program to help the rest back on track. They're black so we don't, and this is somehow less racist. I do not understand it.

Would we? This is merely grand theft auto, not rape or murder, so why would we treat them worse than Brock Turner or Kyle Rittenhouse? If they were white, why not give them a book deal?

Re:Parts for stolen Hyundais and Kias are so scarce the cars... by defen on Monday May 01, 2023 @03:14AM (#35769918)
Kyle Rittenhouse didn't commit any crimes. Brock Turner received public vitriol commensurate with his crimes; I think a better comparison would be with the hockey player who pushed an empty wheelchair down some stairs. It's indefensible but at the end of the day not the kind of thing that warrants an Internet Week of Hate. Certainly less bad than hundreds of acts of grand theft auto.
Re:Parts for stolen Hyundais and Kias are so scarce the cars... by Broken_Hippo on Monday May 01, 2023 @03:25AM (#35769979)
It's indefensible but at the end of the day not the kind of thing that warrants an Internet Week of Hate.

I'm sorry, but what? Brock Turner was convicted of sexual assault.

He served 3 months, and likely gave someone else a lifetime of hurt because he couldn't control his sexual urges to the point he was willing to have sex with an unconscious person.

He served 3 months. after being rich enough to post bail and hire decent lawyers.

But somehow, he doesn't deserve hate and this is less bad than grand theft auto?

Re:Parts for stolen Hyundais and Kias are so scarce the cars... by neurobama on Monday May 01, 2023 @03:31AM (#35770016)
>He served 3 months. after being rich enough to post bail and hire decent lawyers.

This became national news and the judge involved was recalled:

https://harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-132/california-judge-...

We'll all know Brock Turner's name and his crime for the rest of our lives. I believe this is an exception that proves the rule.

Re:Parts for stolen Hyundais and Kias are so scarce the cars... by defen on Monday May 01, 2023 @02:21PM (#35776947)
I said that Brock Turner got the amount of hate he deserved; I was talking about the guy who pushed an empty wheelchair down the stairs.
Re:Parts for stolen Hyundais and Kias are so scarce the cars... by Arainach on Monday May 01, 2023 @10:39AM (#35773387)
Kyle Rittenhouse was not convicted by a Jury, something very different.

The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was toothless primarily because of its Jury trial clause, which guaranteed that no one violating civil rights would ever be convicted by a jury of their white peers.

It's not "self defense" when you arm yourself and drive yourself intentionally into an are trying to create and/or find trouble.

Re:Parts for stolen Hyundais and Kias are so scarce the cars... by neurobama on Monday May 01, 2023 @06:12PM (#35779922)
>It's not "self defense" when you arm yourself and drive yourself intentionally into an are trying to create and/or find trouble.

This is a defamatory lie in contravention of all evidence, such as the multiple camera angles which captured the attacks on Kyle and subsequent self-defense shooting, as well his own statements and actions prior to the event and those of eyewitnesses. All of this was exhaustively examined at trial. Your ignorance of the facts is no excuse for defamation.

Re:Parts for stolen Hyundais and Kias are so scarce the cars... by neurobama on Monday May 01, 2023 @03:19AM (#35769938)
What are you trying to show here? Both white kids in your example were charged and publicly shamed. As we ultimately learned, only one of them deserved it.