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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
That explains why the govt collects metadata on you and me and buys military hardware for suburban police forces?
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I think that's about local cops wanting toys and not being subject to any oversight.
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That explains why we jail people of all colors for ludicrous periods of time for non-violent crimes?
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I think public support for harsh sentences is driven a lot by race. When a lot of white people envision a criminal in the abstract, they picture a black person.
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That explains why fed sentences are based not on egregiousness of crime so much as amount of dollars stolen?
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Federal sentencing guidelines aim to take discretion away from judges and to give it to prosecutors, out of a desire to be tough on crime. What you say is part of that.
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I totally agree with what you said, but it’s one piece of a much bigger push toward a police/security state.
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Sure.
