Possibly seven years in prison, a life derailed, maybe destroyed. (Reply #30)

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Mon May 5, 2014, 10:56 PM

dgauss (825 posts)

30. Possibly seven years in prison, a life derailed, maybe destroyed.

The punitive nature of our culture is extreme and out of balance. We've become desensitized to the destruction of the lives of those without money and power and fearful of holding to account anyone with money, power or status.

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45 replies	Author	Time	Post
Occupy Wall Street Activist Found Guilty of Assaulting Police Officer [View all]	Hissyspit	May 2014	OP
the oligarchy will not tolerate disturbing the placid consumer cash cow.	Evasporque	May 2014	#1
Look at the faces of the NYPD pigs.	Dawson Leery	May 2014	#2
Mayor Goonberg's gestapo	The Wizard	May 2014	#13
Bloomberg needs to go to hell.	Dawson Leery	May 2014	#20
looked like a nutball to me	TorchTheWitch	May 2014	#45
Meanwhile In Nevada - Guns Are The New Elbows	otohara	May 2014	#3
Now if she only had a gun and called herself a patriot...	mikeysnot	May 2014	#4
200 armed militia, ready to kill get	christx30	May 2014	#37
is it fascism yet? n/t	warrprayer	May 2014	#5
It has officially been fascism ever since	TBF	May 2014	#9
It began with weakening	sulphurdunn	May 2014	#19
Well before that...	freebrew	May 2014	#40
This absolutely fucking ridiculous.	Adrahil	May 2014	#6
Despicable....not surprising...but despicable nontheless...	truebrit71	May 2014	#7
K&R...Thanks for posting	red dog 1	May 2014	#8
I'm not surprised	marions ghost	May 2014	#10
More justice! Corruption from sea to shining sea. Ever since they awarded Dubya the presidency.	Enthusiast	May 2014	#11
A Grotesque Mis-Carriage Of Justice, Ma'am	The Magistrate	May 2014	#12
In reading the comments at the link there were several that said things to the effect that, "The	Dustlawyer	May 2014	#14
She never had chance.	Joe Shlabotnik	May 2014	#15
It really is us against them where them is the criminal justice system.	Ed Suspicious	May 2014	#16
Yup, it's full blown Oligarcy in the USA right now!	90-percent	May 2014	#17
Disgusting and simply not credible..not at all. K&R	Jefferson23	May 2014	#18
The brutality of the Republicon / New Dem corporate state on display.	Skeeter Barnes	May 2014	#21
kick for visibility.	navarth	May 2014	#22
Jury rules that police can grope women without punishment. nt	NutmegYankee	May 2014	#23
Outrageous..	2banon	May 2014	#24
Beat a man to death and go on to coach kids	damnedifIknow	May 2014	#25
Member of the .01%?	dotymed	May 2014	#39
They Serve to Protect their Own.	SoapBox	May 2014	#26
Are we "there" yet?	bvar22	May 2014	#27
So were the "more than 30 police officers lining the room..." present throughout the trial...?	Earth_First	May 2014	#28
I do think the jury was intimidated, I would have been..	mountain grammy	May 2014	#29
Possibly seven years in prison, a life derailed, maybe destroyed.	dgauss	May 2014	#30
This is a travesty of justice...armed Bundy Cult Members...	GReedDiamond	May 2014	#31
A woman has a right to defend herself against sexual assault.	Ash_F	May 2014	#32
If citizens were educated about the power of being a juror...	Sylvan1	May 2014	#33
Also, if citizens were educated about their rights as citizens	dotymed	May 2014	#41
Cop-a-feel. New police weapon against peaceful female protesters.	GoneFishin	May 2014	#34
I wonder if there are high powered invisible hands behind this. Occupy made the Wall Street	GoneFishin	May 2014	#35
She elbows a guy in the face,	christx30	May 2014	#36
It's a message to the 99% from the 1%.	CrispyQ	May 2014	#38
Those who doubt Occupy's efficacy need only look at how they were treated	riqster	May 2014	#42
can their be disciplinary action agains this judge? Who do we have to contact?	yurbud	May 2014	#43
k&r for visibility. nt	Electric Monk	May 2014	#44

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