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https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/apr/08/wesley-snipes-released-prison https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/apr/08/wesley-snipes-r...

• cheez 10y ago
  Black guy. Different thing. I've noticed that many of the scapegoats for the flash crash, and other similar things are not white.
  • MustardTiger 10y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
    • cheez 10y ago
      I think you're actually right. I looked up some stats.
• esrauch 10y ago
  A rich celebrity who paid zero taxes only getting 2 years seems to be confirming that white collar crime is largely unpunished, not a counterexample.
• nitwit005 10y ago
  If he'd paid a fine after they caught him, he wouldn't have gone to jail. He very openly refused to pay. He effectively went to jail for refusing to pay a fine.