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@theteapixie

An argument can be made about mentally ill who pose a danger to themselves or others, and whether they should be confined for treatment against their will. I'm not advocating for or against that.

However, locking up accused people until trial just because they've been charged with something is a non-starter. They haven't been convicted of anything yet! All the government would have to do is charge you with a phony crime, and they can lock you away for years? No thanks.

If someone is out on conditions - bail, parole, whatever form of supervised release - and they violate those conditions, then you may have justification to confine them. It would depend on the circumstances.

But "lock up everyone ever charged before conviction" is autocratic dictator bullshit.

Hey, New Yorkers! Here're some protests you can join, Sat Apr 5 ~
1) Bway/ Wall St, downtown Manhattan 9am = Hands Off Our Social Security!
2) Bryant Park, midtown Manhattan, 1pm = Hands Off/ Fight Back NYC!
3) Tesla Dealership 14th/ Washington, meatpacking district, Manhattan, 3pm = Tesla Takedown!
#USA #fascist #occupied #Russian #state #takeover #PresidentMusk & #OurPutin #destroy #economy #fascism #rules #dictator #authoritarian #attack #rights #ICE #terrorists #jail #innocent #immigrants

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@Jaden3

And remember.

This is everyone's #history.

#Black people are #oppressed when #white people act out the #oppression. Oppression isn't something that just happens to people. My forebears built some hefty #systems of oppression, but these systems still need buy-in to keep going.

In computer systems, we use the word #privilege to describe the level of #access a user has. Whether they can #read a file. Whether they can #update a file.

Our #government is updated by #elections. By #voters. For most of #USA history, Black people did not have update access to government. This is not Black history, this is #USHistory.

When you research Black history, remember this is our shared history.

These are the stories about our #nation. Many of these are like the #family stories that are told in whispers. Bad things that were done by people that we're related to.

When people say that they don't want this taught because it will make their #children feel bad about themselves, they usually mean one of two things:

- /they/ feel bad about this #evil themselves, and they feel the kind of #guilt that they want to hide from. They want their kids to remain #innocent about the evil in the world, especially this kind

or

- they /don't/ feel bad about these #evils and they do /not/ want to be #judged by their children

A 15-year-old went to a Brooklyn parade. The NYPD wrongly accused him of a mass shooting

> In private, police backpedaled almost immediately. After meeting with Lee and his lawyer, they declined to bring charges, then quietly removed his photograph from their X and Instagram accounts. But they have not publicly acknowledged the retraction, ignoring the repeated pleas of Lee and his mother, who say their lives remain threatened by the falsehood.

apnews.com/article/nypd-west-i

#innocent #police #misconduct
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AP News · Teen went to a Brooklyn parade, NYPD wrongly accused him of a mass shootingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ

#Petersburgh town #judge resigns amid #misconduct allegations

#RichardSnyder got out of #juryduty in 2023 by claiming that he couldn’t be impartial because he thought everyone brought before a #court is #guilty.

Snyder acknowledged that #defendants are supposed to be considered #innocent until proven guilty but stated that he still felt that people wouldn’t be in court if they didn’t commit #crimes.

news10.com/news/rensselaer-cou

Missouri court vacates Sandra Hemme murder conviction, blasts attorney general's arguments

“It is incredulous that the Attorney General believes this crime evidence is not independently exculpatory,” the opinion said.

The court also criticized the St. Joseph Police Department.
“We are left with the same unmistakable impression” possessed by Horsman that the police, “ignored and buried evidence coming into its possession.”

kcur.org/news/2024-10-22/misso

KCUR · Missouri court vacates Sandra Hemme murder conviction, blasts attorney general's argumentsBy Sam Zeff