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Cha
(300,933 posts)republianmushroom
(15,646 posts)Irish_Dem
(53,278 posts)would probably sending a lot of time in the ER getting stitched up.
Botany
(71,212 posts)... Court date and of course he was late. Judge Mershan should give him a place to
stay such as the lock up associated with
that court. Tough ass men and women could than make sure he gets to court on-time.
BOSSHOG
(37,918 posts)Hint, Hint Stephen King crank that next novel out.
Blue Owl
(52,447 posts)Now it's all catching up to him, and boy is it a fugly sight to behold....
kwijybo
(252 posts)The Espionage Act case would have seen to that. If I had brought home classified with me when I retired, a locked door wouldn't have stopped them, and I'd have been in handcuffs while they tore all my property apart until they found everything that was missing. Afterward, I'd have been thrown into the nearest federal prison to await trial.
The stuff in NY would have been the icing on the cake, as they threw me into Rikers for violating the gag order, or mouthing off to the judge, or ....
Baitball Blogger
(47,283 posts)This country's system of justice has bent over for him, showing unfair favoritism because it was built into a system that was gamed to favor white conservatives.
cstanleytech
(26,593 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,931 posts)That would surprise me. People love to invoke the injustice of Rikers without dismantling it.
soldierant
(7,435 posts)If he were a black man, however, I'm not sure his life would have been long enough to commit all those crimes in the first place. He would never have gotten to this point.
Upthevibe
(8,480 posts)TBF
(32,755 posts)It's interesting to look up this phrase, originating most likely in ancient Greece. When Lincoln used it in the Gettysburg Address he no doubt meant it to be inclusive. But from my perspective, as a woman who grew up in a low-income family, it has always seemed out of reach. More like "of the rich white men, by the rich white men, and for the rich white men" ..