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10. 'Merica

Fri Oct 22, 2021, 11:18 AM

Oct 2021

People are thrown in jail for treating animals this way. God, this is maddening.

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Photos inside Rikers Island expose hellish, deadly conditions [View all] WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 OP

Horrific. No one should be treated that way. panader0 Oct 2021 #1

Except DFT, Bannon, etc. RainCaster Oct 2021 #7

This is just ridiculous. Solomon Oct 2021 #2

End cash bail, close Rikers greenjar_01 Oct 2021 #3

Meaning 50 years of "reforms" have got us to these photos. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 #6

Reps should be required to familiarize themselves with conditions pandr32 Oct 2021 #11

Lol at constituency. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 #13

yeah, that's what kicked off the recent attention to the situation fishwax Oct 2021 #19

The picture on twitter is apparently an earlier draft of the letter fishwax Oct 2021 #25

Thanks for clearing things up! SunImp Oct 2021 #28

screenshot showing the 13 Celerity Oct 2021 #29

Absolutely inhumane! Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2021 #5

This is nothing new.. mountain grammy Oct 2021 #8

'Merica Ferrets are Cool Oct 2021 #10

American exceptionalism. Mr. Evil Oct 2021 #12

K&R Solly Mack Oct 2021 #15

This situation is a gross display of mismanagement. Niagara Oct 2021 #17

Not really leftstreet Oct 2021 #26

These manufactured crises are all about breaking labor unions leftstreet Oct 2021 #23