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ProppaGanda
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EricPisch
To be fair trump did get 30 years for stealing kids cancer charity money, oh wait ...
FinalBossNostrilSauce
HOW DO WE GET HIM RELEASED?????
imanatheistdebateme
And this is the result of mandatory sentencing guidelines.
GeneralNuclear
Someone get those racist judges out of the court house!
ObscureReferencing
makes sense if you factor in the extra prison time for being in court while black
INeverCheckTheUserNames
We should all send him letters and postcards. 10k cards in the mail would say something...
masta24
Don't be stupid.
Goatjr12
Policing for profit. Got to keep those jails full.
onthe6ball
I suspect there is a lot more to this story.
Azalel
"trash can" sure..
dunewolf
Which was also a gas station -- but apparently all that truth does not fit the proper narratives so it got cut..
ijoinedtoolate
So aside from a handful of cops, who's going to jail for setting dumpster fire we live in today?
AmbroseGudmaker
He should have joined a swim team and raped a girl instead
Mewmus
Is that ALL he did?
ImForcedToMakeMemesAgainstMyWill
OP neglects to mention that he also stole money/gum and started a fire INSIDE the store as well. Also, the store is a GAS STATION.
Mewmus
so basically....his actions had consequences.
SuiSeidel1
LOL. He started multiple fires at a gas station and stole money from the store. F him
Scar1203
https://www.reddit.com/r/ThatsInsane/comments/gwu9vm/joshua_williams_was_18_when_he_was_arrested/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
Scar1203
He tried and failed to burn down a gas station and stole money from it, heavy handed punishment but present the facts properly.
WellThatsRetarded
Something something Brock Turner
HappyPeopleMakeMyAssTwitch
Uncontrolled Fires in crowded metro areas are kind of dangerous. Someone could have easily been killed. Arsonists should go to jail.
MacFarlin1920
I find it is more about who has money than race. We need to get our government back to the 'FOR THE PEOPLE' instead of 'for the rich'.
rcraigsmith9000
If he set the white college student who raped that girl in Cali on fire I could get behind that. But a random act of arson? Come on people!
Munchman347
If he'd been a White boy with a 'promising future' he could have raped a girl behind that trash can and gotten just a few months...
killbillsexwife
Maintain the rage.
MaidAndCorsetGuy
And use it to pressure your local and state governments for greater police accountability and hiring reform.
eddbrowne
www.riverfronttimes.com : "recorded lighting fires inside and outside the store"
partisan98
He set the fires inside a gas station and pleaded guilty to it.
partisan98
https://www.amren.com/news/2014/12/protester-who-advocates-peace-charged-with-setting-fire-at-berkeley-qt/
elsquared
He set fires inside and outside a QuikTrip store. Sentence may be too harsh, but how about not setting fires in the first place?
RenaissanceFaireMan
Bunch of homeless people lighting trashing cans on fire need to be taken in!
MarcUK
Maximum was 20, he got lucky, if you can call 8 years lucky. In the UK it's 8-12 years, double if it was during a riot.
Frederf
How about not X is not a valid respone to X resulted in unjust consequences.
Urgalicity
I hope trashcan was someone's last name, otherwise this is an atrocity.
AtypicalMammal
I gave a lift to a hobo who's been in jail for 6 months for arson in indiana because he made an illegal campfire in the woods to stay warm
AtypicalMammal
in the middle of winter so he wouldn't die. No, nothing burned down.
Ripplingtwinkie
Was he sentenced for arson or something else?
ProppaGanda
Literally sentenced to "make an example" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/josh-williams-ferguson-protests-sentence_n_5732626be4b016f378978451
ioncewBaroness
Am I the only one that feels the Hufflepuff is the same as foxnews?
ProppaGanda
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/portrait-protester-ferguson-missouri
ioncewBaroness
Much appreciated
cenataur
If he'd set fire to a cross, whilst wearing white, he'd have gotten away with it...
CleverUsernameThing
Well as long as it is your cross on your property, there is no crime.
Ensano
Well boys will be boys. You have to let them learn
Undrave
So should Black protesters dress as KKK to confuse the police?
OnlyRandySavage
I think you are on to something
cenataur
TheRealAlpharius
Order = going back to the systematic oppression of black and poor people. We cannot go back. This snowball is rolling downhill.
partisan98
Yup we need to set fire to more gas stations like he did. Also he pleaded guilty to trying to burn it down.
partisan98
https://www.amren.com/news/2014/12/protester-who-advocates-peace-charged-with-setting-fire-at-berkeley-qt/
TheRealAlpharius
Nah, I'd prefer more targeted fire.
RogerTwoThree
The cops are scared shitless of losing this power. That's why they're rioting and blatantly abusing their power in the open now.
LariCheltsy
This. This is class warfare againt the police state. POC have seen it for years, now its out in the open.
drcookieninja
Since the beginning of civilization, there's been a class war. Except only the upper class knew it was happening. Now we're finally seeing
drcookieninja
More of the truth as a society. Though many will still live in blissful ignorance thinking they can join the billionaires. Denial.
kitgunny
Plead guilty to 1st degree arson, and 2nd degree burglary.
ProppaGanda
Poor trash can.
kitgunny
First degree meant his fire threatened an occupied building or structure.
mardukkur
GayCanadianJew
Does 6 years for a teen lighting a trash can on fire sound okay to you? For reference, Brock Turner got 6 months, served 3.
BananaParagon
You mean, Brock Turner, the rapist?
anengineerandacat
Depends on location of said trash can, on the side of the road? No. Next to my house? Yes.
giveintome
He didn't hurt anyone. What are you arguing for? That he could have maybe in an alternate reality hurt someone. This is ridiculous
kitgunny
Brock Turner was a little rich boy prick. But if some guy set my house or business on fire I'd be pissed too. 1st arson is 4-12 years.
FireSpittingVacuumCleaner
I'm also doing business out of a trash can.
GayCanadianJew
Exactly, he was rich and white, so raping a girl got him less time than this man got for lighting a garbage bin on fire. Fuck America.
HelloThisIsYourMotherSpeaking
in fairness, he did also steal a bag of chips /s.... seriously though, US is a FUCKED UP country
karramrod
US citizen here...hit the nail on the head?
TheGiantIdiotTeddyBear
I've been saying that FOR YEARS!
SometimesIpostfood
Most of us have
WhatTheHellIsGoingOnBob
Should have said he was a really really good swimmer.
Bandidodesandwich
I think Somalia is worst with their pirates and sh!t
TheWombatStrikesAgain
Cultural differences. Some cultures worship cows, others worship trash. So much, they even elect it.
apeshigh
All countries are fucked up.... even Sweden ?
euphoricopportunity
Fuck nation-states.
ProppaGanda
Nations are a XIX century invention created to supplant the oppression of the kings with the oppression of the burgeoise
HelloThisIsYourMotherSpeaking
I'm pretty sure in Sweden people don't go to jail for 8 years for lighting a trash can on fire.
thatauzzieguy
I'm pretty sure I had been hearing for a long time previously that it was the best country in the world. Were they wrong?! Confused.
Fleaofpain
Indoctrinated more loke
Scar1203
https://www.reddit.com/r/ThatsInsane/comments/gwu9vm/joshua_williams_was_18_when_he_was_arrested/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
Scar1203
He tried and failed to burn down a gas station and stole money from it, heavy handed punishment but present the facts properly.
York13
awwwww haha thank you. Every imgur post, you have to find 'that' thread buried that actually presents the facts
Scar1203
You're welcome, posted it as a main comment as well but it's buried far too deep to be seen so left it here too.
jensa8272
Yea, like the UK has its shit together...
Cthulhukitten
What about............
HelloThisIsYourMotherSpeaking
I mean, do we have all our shit together? No. Do we have more shit of the together variety than the US? Yes.
Ranier
It's about 1200 times better to live in than the USA.
afterdarkart
getyourp00pinagroup
many countries are seriously fucked up right now. the states’ problems just get more global coverage
thepeeledbanana
I would say its the exact opposite. In fact my wife is from overseas and can't believe the images that we perpetuate to the world.
HelloThisIsYourMotherSpeaking
Oh true. But I used to think America was the shit, and it probably was when I was younger.
TheWombatStrikesAgain
True. But if you're constantly calling yourself the greatest in the world, that makes it extra satisfying for others to see you fail.
thepeeledbanana
Thats very true. The rhetoric makes a big difference. Especially now, acknowledging that there are deficiencies and we are trying to work
thepeeledbanana
On it shows us in a better light imo. Here's to hoping 2021 won't be such a shitshow. I gave up on 2020 a while ago.
LoSnupo
Just if you're not white.
coehl
White people dying because of health insurance bullshit, etc. Worse if you're not white, yes. Absolutely.
stopstopping
it’s fucked if you’re white too. just extra fucked if you’re a PoC.
LoSnupo
That's why i love living so far away :)
RandomInternetAsshole
try being poor and white. It sucks shit
HK47Statement
Nah lots of whites getting shot too. Its less of a race thing than a sociopath and egomaniac thing.
HK47Statement
Not to mention nepotism and fraud have fully compromised our societies ability to function normally. It feels like our military is strong(1
HK47Statement
..but our government and industry leaders have become nothing more or less than a caste firmly above the poor and working classes(3
HK47Statement
The frightening reality is that it will only continue to solidify and eventually we will have a true top and bottom caste.The Untouchables(4