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Location: Jonquil City (aka Smyrna) Georgia- by Atlanta
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Originally Posted by cpterp
Yeah, I know right. A young black male staring at a white woman deserves to have his fate decided by a Tennessee mob...or maybe the fate of an innocent Japanese family during WWII...or a Middle Eastern family after Sept. 11...or a homosexual man in rural Arkansas
reminder of why we have a justice system:
1. officials in the system study and know the law evidenced by passing the bar
2. punishment is doled out equally and without bias (theoretically)
3. the accused has the right to plead his/her case on that "soapbox" in front of the "cowardly judge"
Robbing somebody and staring at them are not the same. Staring is not a crime.
LOL so I guess you'd be okay with that type of justice going on here in the states??
I certainly do not want to see mobs of people attacking and setting fire to random criminals. That is very 16th century. These days we have pepper spray and citizens arrest as a civil means of stopping criminal activity. Then we also have due process which includes an unbiased jury or bench trial to determine guilt, retribution, and punishment. I would rather see people like that burnt vicim doing community service and work release. Than being unproductive citizens rotting away and getting more evil in some unkempt prison.
In the united states you can make citizens arrest and hold the person until the police come but I think you would be prosecuted if you decided to torture the offender by setting him or her on fire. The jury will decide on that one.
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Originally Posted by KevK
Robbing somebody and staring at them are not the same. Staring is not a crime.
One of the problems the United States has had for a long time is that we tend to think everyone else has to act according to our sensibilities. The truth of the matter is this: no matter what we think of that little event in Guatemala, we don't have any business judging what goes on there. (We should, however, make an effort to prevent this sort of thing from happening in this country).
Robbing somebody and staring at them are not the same. Staring is not a crime.
It was in the Jim Crow South.
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