IMO, the onus is partially on the media for being so cavalier about protest-related arson. This isn't a "boys will be boys" scenario. Don't set the streets on fire. It's not a joke.
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"Playing with fire" has the connotations it does for a reason. Nobody got hurt? Great. That's not always how it goes when you start throwing incendiary devices at cars, which is why doing so is a serious crime.https://twitter.com/Richard_Spoor/status/1290976662721527809 …
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Do I think 35 years is excessive? Yeah. But truthfully: it's not going to keep me up at night. You share your city with low-income families with little children, people sleeping rough or in their cars. It's not your playground. You don't get to set fires because you're angry.
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35 years is a travesty. No one should be sentenced to 35 years for anything less than premeditated murder. I feel like everyone is leaving that part out whenever they say the obvious thing of "don't throw molotovs."
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I hope these aren't the same people who complain about cancel culture. When the punishment is that excessive we should be able to complain, without getting accused of thinking the crime was totally okay.
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35 years is excessive, but the arson charge should stick, because they did actually do that.
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Leftists show an uncanny ability to suspend their own reasoning faculties when it comes to deciding if an act is defensible (political activism) or indefensible (crime).
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Lawyers are generally given less leeway in court because, as officers of the court, they should know better. 35 years *minimum* is incredibly excessive. Just like most sentences. Which lawyers should know.
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Another problem with the defense “but nobody was hurt” is it absurdly assumes anything is allowed as long as nobody is injured. Obviously the law also protects property and civic order, etc. Permitting the torching of police cars is an express ticket to civilizational collapse.
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