thethighshaveit
thethighshaveit t1_j2ea8p3 wrote
Reply to comment by bobcat7781 in anywhere in/around Baltimore serve drinks in coconuts? by ArthurRiot
Halves? No, that's the wrong way. You just want a hole in the top. The half will slosh all over the place, like trying to drink out of a paper bowl.
thethighshaveit t1_j22lwkw wrote
Reply to comment by jojammin in Stand your ground vs Duty to retreat by LaunderMachine
I'm saying that being up to a jury depends on actually getting in front of a jury. I'm not talking about the squeegee situation in particular but the reality of prosecutorial discretion being used inequitably.
thethighshaveit t1_j1mxiq6 wrote
Reply to comment by Over-East-8570 in Ideas for Christmas Alone? by [deleted]
I am also alone for Christmas. Would love to meet up if y'all are doing something today.
thethighshaveit t1_j0uroc6 wrote
Reply to comment by jojammin in Stand your ground vs Duty to retreat by LaunderMachine
Gee, you can't possibly imagine that might not mean equitable application? Also, prosecutorial discretion has a substantial effect on these cases. If there's inadequate evidence to prove that the individual did NOT act in self-defense, evidence that is hard to document because of the subjectivity of "fear," killers will not even be charged. And that's /if/ the local prosecutor is motivated solely by evidence and not protecting their buddies. Note all the times in recent news when overwhelming public outcry was needed to even charge murderers because the local prosecutor decided there was no crime.
If only research on this were easy to find.
https://efsgv.org/wp-content/uploads/StandYourGround.pdf
https://psychology.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/2017-04/1-s2.0-S0277953615301489-main.pdf
https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/stand-your-ground-laws-and-racial-bias
thethighshaveit t1_j0unr9u wrote
Reply to comment by jojammin in Stand your ground vs Duty to retreat by LaunderMachine
It's cute that you think SYG would be applied equitably.
thethighshaveit t1_j0unjzr wrote
Reply to comment by BaltimoreBadger23 in Stand your ground vs Duty to retreat by LaunderMachine
I moved from a SYG state. It's another excuse to execute Black and Brown people. That's all it is and all it is used for.
thethighshaveit t1_iwm930d wrote
Reply to comment by Apprehensive_Neat418 in Making Baltimore look good on the Internet by perceptron-addict
It's not just poverty, but wealth inequality that creates desperation and breeds violent responses. When it seems (or is) unjust that others have what you know you never will, it's easier to justify antisocial behavior to survive. If, instead, we developed and invested not just money but our own time and humanity in collaborative, humanizing, prosocial solutions, the justification for antisocial behavior would begin to evaporate. Instead, we treat antisocial behavior with antisocial punishment, increasing antisocial behavior.
thethighshaveit t1_iwm86bk wrote
Reply to comment by Lardarius in Making Baltimore look good on the Internet by perceptron-addict
You don't need entrepreneurs to move here, you need to make funding and venues accessible to the entrepreneurs already here. Entrepreneurs aren't some magical other that live elsewhere.
thethighshaveit t1_j2evn74 wrote
Reply to comment by bobcat7781 in anywhere in/around Baltimore serve drinks in coconuts? by ArthurRiot
Perhaps a coco-net?