My heart is bursting. On the eve of my first child's birth, my dad - who's been in prison nearly my entire life - was granted clemency. He never intended harm, yet his crime devastated many families. My heart breaks for the families that can never get their loved ones back.
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Replying to @chesaboudin
That last sentence seems so misplaced and disingenuous
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Replying to @R10candle @chesaboudin
Give the guy a break. He's spent a lifetime thinking about this crime. To suggest he's not both happy that his father is out, but mindful of those who were killed, is entirely unfair. I can't imagine even trying to craft a statement that captures all of that.
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his parents were domestic terrorists that killed policemen. (not just your "run of the mill" criminal) He was let out last minute by a disgraced Mayor. Now Chesa is celebrating it - what about the family of the fallen police officers? Bet their heart is not bursting!
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Certainly fair to ask, "What about the families of the officers and the guard?" But that raises a broader question: what is the appropriate punishment for certain crimes, and for this particular crime? Is 40 years enough? In any case, I think Chesa is the wrong target here.
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Replying to @ThereRamp @mikeellis1 and
This also wasn’t your run-of-the-mill bank robbery. They stole $1.6M (worth ~$15M when accounting for inflation)!
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Replying to @charles_140 @ThereRamp and
Do you know how much banks have stolen from the middle class since 2008? Perpetrators of class violence are absolved and forgotten by the framing of our “free market”. Our local and federal representatives are funded by these same institutions. Individualism is the death of us.
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Replying to @DeelyMichael @ThereRamp and
I’m not sympathizing with the bank lol… I’m trying to add context to the scale of this crime.
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Replying to @charles_140 @ThereRamp and
Same here. The general audience will agree that it is a serious offense. But the every day violence of banks as an institution, as a political corrupter, and through their own theft of the working poor is generally shrugged off. No accountability for large scale crime.
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Right Right Right!
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