"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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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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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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Is this crime worse than rape? Worse than murder? 35 years for property destruction is insanely excessive by any standard. This take is pretty cavalier.
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You set a car on fire — itself functionally a 15-20 gallon gasoline bomb — and you cannot know what the outcome is going to be for anyone who wanders into the area or lives/sleeps nearby. I cannot believe how little some people seem to care.
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