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Bobisadrummer t1_j37zj7e wrote

Reply to comment by Proof-Variation7005 in Providence man sentenced to 40 years for shooting a police officer by Meatball_Grinder

Good for you, I’m glad you’ve had a sheltered life.

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_j388tqb wrote

You know what? I have. I've enjoyed a fuckton of privilege that this kid didn't. But there's a fucking ocean of difference between product of your environment and starting a shootout on a Friday afternoon.

Also, who the fuck is mistaking these guys for anything other than cops? If anyone saw these two guys in hospital scrubs and they'd look like a couple of cops who dressed up as Doctors for Halloween.

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Bobisadrummer t1_j38d9f7 wrote

Why are you profiling?

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_j38jbtp wrote

I dunno, why are you arguing in bad faith? The entire premise that these cops wearing body cameras were being mistaken for a gang threat is so far divorced for reality, I'm not even sure why I've wasted my time acknowledging it.

Even if that were plausible (and it isn't), what's the point? 40 years is too steep for the kid who turned Laundromax into the O.K. Corral?

I think a person could make a better case, based on his rap sheet, that he personally had prior interactions with these 2 cops than him mistaking them for random gang members.

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Bobisadrummer t1_j38kzho wrote

It’s funny how you try to say something is divorced from reality, yet you’re the one who has zero experience in the kind of world he lives in. You’re damn right 40 years is too steep. They wanted to give him life. You know why prosecutors do that? They intentionally over charge to pressure people into pleading into lesser charges. This justice system is a sham. It’s always been like that specially for people of color. Maybe he should have become a cop instead. At least then he’d have gotten a paid vacation.

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