US Anti-Police Protests and Riots Thread II

[Borderlands of Rojava]

https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/blm-protesters-in-utah-face-criminal-mischief-charges-with-potential-life-sentence/

BLM protesters are looking at life sentences.

Facing life for throwing paint on a sign? Is this the United States of Singapore?

[Loben III]

https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/blm-protesters-in-utah-face-criminal-mischief-charges-with-potential-life-sentence/

BLM protesters are looking at life sentences.

Facing life for throwing paint on a sign? Is this the United States of Singapore?

what sign was it?

[Greed and Death]

Facing life for throwing paint on a sign? Is this the United States of Singapore?

what sign was it?

Back the blue.

[Loben III]

what sign was it?

Back the blue.

vandalism at the least tbh.

[Greed and Death]

Back the blue.

vandalism at the least tbh.

In actuality it was the Prosecutor's office. If you wanted the book thrown at you for vandalism this is how to get it.

[Loben III]

vandalism at the least tbh.

In actuality it was the Prosecutor's office. If you wanted the book thrown at you for vandalism this is how to get it.

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

[Nuroblav]

https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/blm-protesters-in-utah-face-criminal-mischief-charges-with-potential-life-sentence/

BLM protesters are looking at life sentences.

That page seems to be blocked where I am

[Vassenor]

Life in prison for throwing paint. Totally proportional and not at all authoritarian.

[Loben III]

Life in prison for throwing paint. Totally proportional and not at all authoritarian.

at a prosecutors office.

[Vassenor]

Life in prison for throwing paint. Totally proportional and not at all authoritarian.

at a prosecutors office.

And?

[Loben III]

at a prosecutors office.

And?

annoying the prosecutor is a real good way to get the book thrown at you.

[Vassenor]

And?

And the maximum sentence that can be imposed for vandalism is a $10000 fine and/or up to 15 years inside.
annoying the prosecutor is a real good way to get the book thrown at you.

[Loben III]

And the maximum sentence that can be imposed for vandalism is a $10000 fine and/or up to 15 years inside.
annoying the prosecutor is a real good way to get the book thrown at you.

15 years sounds reasonable to the prosecutor.

[Cordel One]

And?

annoying the prosecutor is a real good way to get the book thrown at you.

That doesn't justify it at all, it just proves prosecutors are too powerful.

[Loben III]

annoying the prosecutor is a real good way to get the book thrown at you.

That doesn't justify it at all, it just proves prosecutors are too powerful.

and?

[Cordel One]

That doesn't justify it at all, it just proves prosecutors are too powerful.

and?

There is no and.

[Loben III]

and?

There is no and.

how are they too powerful?

that they have the power to charge people?

[Vassenor]

There is no and.

how are they too powerful?

that they have the power to charge people?

That they can be completely vindictive in defiance of the law with impunity.

[Loben III]

how are they too powerful?

that they have the power to charge people?

That they can be completely vindictive in defiance of the law with impunity.

Prosecutors have to be vindictive little cunts, part of the job.

[Cordel One]

There is no and.

how are they too powerful?

that they have the power to charge people?

That would be a "why" question, not an "and".

If you have the power to throw ridiculous sentences at people based on a personal grudge you have too much power.

[Loben III]

how are they too powerful?

that they have the power to charge people?

That would be a "why" question, not an "and".

If you have the power to throw ridiculous sentences at people based on a personal grudge you have too much power.

oh im certain the prosecutor will recuse themselves....

[Cordel One]

That would be a "why" question, not an "and".

If you have the power to throw ridiculous sentences at people based on a personal grudge you have too much power.

oh im certain the prosecutor will recuse themselves....

That kinda proves my point.

[Cannot think of a name]

That they can be completely vindictive in defiance of the law with impunity.

Prosecutors have to be vindictive little cunts, part of the job.

It really isn’t. Thinking it is goes to the core of our current problems.

[Des-Bal]

Life in prison for throwing paint. Totally proportional and not at all authoritarian.

They're almost certainly not getting life. The issue is that criminal mischief over 5,000 is a second degree felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison. When you commit a second degree felony was part of a gang it becomes a first degree felony for which the maximum sentence is life.
If they're smart they'll try to make the case that their group was not a gang.

Under Utah law this would make them a gang.

(1) "Criminal street gang" means an organization, association in fact, or group of three or more persons, whether operated formally or informally:
(a) that is currently in operation; (I'm assuming this is at the time the crime was committed)
(b) that has as one of its primary activities the commission of one or more predicate gang crimes; (Criminal Mischief satisfies)
(c) that has, as a group, an identifying name or identifying sign or symbol, or both; and
(d) whose members, acting individually or in concert with other members, engage in or have engaged in a pattern of criminal gang activity.

C and D going to come down to facts. If you kill this part they're still facing 15 years if the judge imposes the maximum sentence but I don't view it as especially likely and I would be totally shocked if a judge imposed life here.

[Borderlands of Rojava]

And?

annoying the prosecutor is a real good way to get the book thrown at you.

If you push for someone to go to prison for life cause you don't like them, that's some pretty crooked shit for a prosecutor.