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> especially the government being "on the side of the criminals etc." What would that even mean? I imagine that people would gesture at stories like this: htt

by Natsu 3y ago

> especially the government being "on the side of the criminals etc." What would that even mean? I imagine that people would gesture at stories like this: https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/suspect-in-cherokee-street-shooting-released-after-st-louis-prosecutors-refuse-charges/article_ec0067fe-ef41-11ed-86cc-6f23f36c0547.html https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/suspect... > Police arrested one of two gun-wielding people caught on camera during a double shooting at a crowded holiday celebration this past weekend in south St. Louis, but the 33-year-old woman was released Wednesday afternoon after the prosecutor’s office refused charges against her. > The suspect’s release drew public ire, but Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner’s office declined to further explain.

assimpleaspossi 3y ago
Kim Gardner has resigned. Read that as "forced out".
- Natsu 3y ago
  This seems to have been one of her last acts before leaving.
loeg 3y ago
Oddball stories make the news because of how weird they are, not because they are representative.
- Natsu 3y ago
  So, to start with, I absolutely agree that the news can distort out notions of what is representative or not and it's something I've done my best to notice and account for by looking at broader statistics and trends in the data. In this case, though, it's part of a new phenomenon and there's no lack of examples. Here's Alvin Bragg, talking about no longer charging certain crimes at all: https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/06/us/alvin-bragg-manhattan-district-attorney-crimes-prosecution/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/06/us/alvin-bragg-manhattan-dist... Here's George Gascon doing the same in LA: https://abc7.com/george-gascon-los-angeles-district-attorney-lada-misdemeanor-crimes/8674095/ https://abc7.com/george-gascon-los-angeles-district-attorney... If you prefer specific cases, here are some lawyers who were facing domestic terrorism charges for firebombing a police car. They had already plead guilty. They were given a new, lesser plea deal: https://jonathanturley.org/2022/06/05/new-york-attorneys-accused-of-firebombing-police-car-given-generous-plea-deal/ https://jonathanturley.org/2022/06/05/new-york-attorneys-acc... I can find a lot more individual cases. For example, the Zimminskis who may only have been prosecuted because Binger was called to account for that during trial. They managed to get arrested for multiple other crimes, including a kidnapping, while on bail.

by Natsu 3y ago

assimpleaspossi 3y ago

Kim Gardner has resigned. Read that as "forced out".

Natsu 3y ago
This seems to have been one of her last acts before leaving.

loeg 3y ago

Oddball stories make the news because of how weird they are, not because they are representative.

Natsu 3y ago
So, to start with, I absolutely agree that the news can distort out notions of what is representative or not and it's something I've done my best to notice and account for by looking at broader statistics and trends in the data. In this case, though, it's part of a new phenomenon and there's no lack of examples. Here's Alvin Bragg, talking about no longer charging certain crimes at all: https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/06/us/alvin-bragg-manhattan-district-attorney-crimes-prosecution/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/06/us/alvin-bragg-manhattan-dist... Here's George Gascon doing the same in LA: https://abc7.com/george-gascon-los-angeles-district-attorney-lada-misdemeanor-crimes/8674095/ https://abc7.com/george-gascon-los-angeles-district-attorney... If you prefer specific cases, here are some lawyers who were facing domestic terrorism charges for firebombing a police car. They had already plead guilty. They were given a new, lesser plea deal: https://jonathanturley.org/2022/06/05/new-york-attorneys-accused-of-firebombing-police-car-given-generous-plea-deal/ https://jonathanturley.org/2022/06/05/new-york-attorneys-acc... I can find a lot more individual cases. For example, the Zimminskis who may only have been prosecuted because Binger was called to account for that during trial. They managed to get arrested for multiple other crimes, including a kidnapping, while on bail.