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Man wrongly imprisoned for 31 years awarded $75 for his trouble
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brianjones
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the hell was he supposed to do with 75 dollars
thats just adding insult to injury
thats just adding insult to injury
I'm as liberal as it comes. From SF and Berkeley. But the tone here is just so frustrating. I don't mean to ruffle feathers. And I work in likely the most diverse american profession. I'm just exhausted with the hate and fuel.
Looks like they swerved on his exoneration partly based on his behavior in prison. Fucking sucks because he shouldn't have been in there that long in the first place. My heart weeps for the "dangerously" marginalized of this country.
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I'm exhausted too. But its symptomatic. People have come to expect to worst because the worst is to be expected.Yes Boss! said:
Sho_Nuff82
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"Am I out of touch?
No, it's the DNA who are wrong."
Science can't overcome the feeling of being right, haven't y'all been paying attention?
Then why aren't you pissed at the American justice system?
Exhibit b:
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1327450
Sho_Nuff82
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It's not "hate" to look at incarceration and wrongful conviction records and see a pattern.
It's dreadfully painful to see people acknowledge institutional corruption but then frown at accusations at any individual instance.
sazzy
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Really sorry to hear your feelings are hurt over black and brown people getting angry about the shit they face at the hands of white people.
Would you like to talk about it?
Trojita
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What are you talking about?
WiiredShawn
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I think he thinks we see racism that isn't there but is too "liberal" to just come out and say it.
Randy Monk
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Not outraged, just exhausted
Yet it's GAF posters deserving of this attitude, not the US justice system which continually fucks the black population?
Maybe you're directing this at the wrong target.
Dreams-Visions
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I just...I can't.
I've been out of the country for a few years. I don't even know what I'm coming back to. Is it really that bad in the states? Coming off of such a great 8 years it is so sad to see everybody so angry.
Chuck Norris
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$75 was a lot of money when he went to prison
Now that is a miscarriage of justice. Even upon release the guy's just tossed back out into the world with seemingly no support or anything. These people are subhuman, the ones who allow this to happen. That's a lot of people top to bottom. Urgh, there really is little hope for us right now is there, humans in general. I'd feel sick to my stomach being an American right now, but I'm trapped in the UK until Scotland votes for its independence and the UK is quickly catching up!
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Massive Duck. C.M.
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Be "as liberal as they come" but get disgusted when presented with simple realities brehs
Trojita
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Where have you been? Mars?
Sho_Nuff82
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Welcome back to the states.
I have to ask...what did you think was the state of race relations in the US when you left? In SF even?
People aren't angrier than ever. We have more evidence than before.
Dreams-Visions
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i chuckled if only to keep from getting angry tonight.
You're frustrated with the appalled and outraged tone in here? An innocent man has spent 31 years being brutalized in an inhuman and barbaric prison system. His only recompense is seventy-five piddly ass dollars. For 31 goddamn years.
So sorry that you're exhausted, though.
Prototype Viktor
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It's enough for 40 acres and a mule in 1742
Thinking about it, are we sure that 75$ isn't just what he had when they put him in prison adjusted for inflation?
this is a blame space post
Dreams-Visions
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Can you even imagine 31 years.
Half of this forum would have to imagine their entire life to date, then do it all over again half way. That's how much time was stolen from this man. He shouldn't have to work another day in his life, on the state's dime.
There are not enough apologies that can be made for 31 years. Nothing match the time he's lost and the hardship he's experienced.
But they can try with millions.
A Link to the Past
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What? We literally spent eight years with stories about how Obama was not a natural-born citizen and thus should be impeached and imprisoned. It honestly sounds like you're taking a "racism is dead because we got a black president" angle, because you really seem to be using rose-tinted glasses if you think that the bad did not exist during the Obama admin.
The are two kinds of people who are angry.
The first is the oppressed people, demanding for equality against the injustices they face throughout their life.
The second is the oppressor or the apathy folks, who conveniently dismiss all the systemic racism in place against people who are different from them. This category gets mad when you point out their privileges and how devastating their diet racism is against the oppressed people.
But, the second category are also the majority or at least half of the populations so every time the oppressed folks have to or are expected coddle to them. Meeting midways against their privileges views when equality should be a clear cut right for everyone.
If you see angry people on GAF, the last thing you want to do is to point fingers at the oppressed. Not when Donald Trump is elected and his cabinet is filled with people with hateful history.
The Faceless Master
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y'all responding to the obvious troll derailing the thread.
mission accomplished.
this man needs to get compensation since he didn't get justice for 31 years.
mission accomplished.
this man needs to get compensation since he didn't get justice for 31 years.
AlexFlame116
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31 years......and he gets 75 dollars......31 years that he can NEVER get back....and he only gets 75 dollars....31 FREAKIN YEARS AND HE ONLY GETS 75 DOLLARS?!?! What?! Are their hearts not working or something?! Why?! And they won't even give him 1 million?! Is there a place that we can help or a site???
Mr. Enigma
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Inflation calculator says $75 in 1977 is the equivalent of $299 now.
Mr. Blonde
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He also admitted to the burglary at a parole hearing 28 years later, although it's questionable if he was telling the truth then or merely acting on bad advice, but it is hurting his lawsuit.
Mattakuevan
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One million a year sounds about right. Time to sue the state.
Should be compensated with a $1 million every 1 or 2 years. Too much of his life is removed so he is now screwed in every way. The justice system completely ruined his life.
Royal_Phalanx
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He lost his entire youth and he only gets 75 dollars? WTF
Freeza Under The Shower
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You know, if you compare how extreme fake news and its effects on people have gotten versus how they were 8 years ago, it actually would feel like you came from Mars.
I mean, I frequently, like in this case, have trouble even imagining how you would get to such an obviously inhumane situation to begin with. Or how Fox News is allowed to exist, the original fake news channel.
RoadHazard
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What the fuck.
Monocle
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The average sentence for burglary and rape in the UK is five years?
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