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“You have put all of us through traumatic stuff and you’re getting 38 days for this? You’re not getting years. Just 38 days. So you can just terrorize everyone. It’s giving everyone a pass that Black men don’t matter.”

  • GALM@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    …38 days and a checks notes $1,800 fine??? For destroying lives??? And costing tax payers a $2,000,000 settlement?? The whole system needs to be thrown in the Pacific Ocean.

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      1 year ago

      Almost a dozen men spent two and a half years collectively in prison before their charges were dismissed, according to the lawsuit.

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        1 year ago

        I really don’t get how people can have such little disregard for their actions and how much damage they cause.