The problem to me is the rich and connected get preferential treatment from the justice system regardless of ones ethnicity. A wealthy person can afford a great defense team a poor person cannot. Poverty knows no skin color as I can personally attest to from my childhood.
When I was in the military, it was drilled into our heads that there was no skin color. We were all green and that was the end of that discussion. When we were on duty, that was the law. In these new days of a woke military, I fear for their lives in an actual combat situation. Without unity and colorblindness, cohesiveness will break down and people will needlessly due.
These are just my opinions and experiences, as an old man in reflection. I do not expect younger people to think like me as they have grown up in a different world than I did. We were raised to respect other peoples opinions that we may have disagreements with, and I am that person.
Thanks for the responce, I think you make some really good points. I think the main difference is socioeconomic. Many people of color in the United States come into contact with law enforcement precisely because they're poor. However, the American courts will exploit both black-and-white alike.
Law enforcement will exploit the poor because they can not defend themselves-- legally in most cases.
The courts will criminalize this demographic so the system can receive more public money. The more society fails the more money the courts receive. Unfortunately, this is a conflict of interest that cannot be resolved. The sure way to resolve this is to end all plea bargains. Then we could collapse the system in a controlled fashion
The more I think about your idea, the more it makes sense. It would do away with much of the fuckery that goes on in our court system by removing their options for sleaze and graft.
Well said. I had never thought of eliminating the plea bargain and will have to consider that possible solution. I will comment on that after giving it some thought.
I think if you look closely at the budgets. Eliminating the plea bargain would collapse the system. Or if everyone demanded a trial by jury. That would also collapse the gravy train of money going into the system in general.
The problem to me is the rich and connected get preferential treatment from the justice system regardless of ones ethnicity. A wealthy person can afford a great defense team a poor person cannot. Poverty knows no skin color as I can personally attest to from my childhood.
When I was in the military, it was drilled into our heads that there was no skin color. We were all green and that was the end of that discussion. When we were on duty, that was the law. In these new days of a woke military, I fear for their lives in an actual combat situation. Without unity and colorblindness, cohesiveness will break down and people will needlessly due.
These are just my opinions and experiences, as an old man in reflection. I do not expect younger people to think like me as they have grown up in a different world than I did. We were raised to respect other peoples opinions that we may have disagreements with, and I am that person.
Thanks for the responce, I think you make some really good points. I think the main difference is socioeconomic. Many people of color in the United States come into contact with law enforcement precisely because they're poor. However, the American courts will exploit both black-and-white alike.
Law enforcement will exploit the poor because they can not defend themselves-- legally in most cases.
The courts will criminalize this demographic so the system can receive more public money. The more society fails the more money the courts receive. Unfortunately, this is a conflict of interest that cannot be resolved. The sure way to resolve this is to end all plea bargains. Then we could collapse the system in a controlled fashion
The more I think about your idea, the more it makes sense. It would do away with much of the fuckery that goes on in our court system by removing their options for sleaze and graft.
Well said. I had never thought of eliminating the plea bargain and will have to consider that possible solution. I will comment on that after giving it some thought.
I think if you look closely at the budgets. Eliminating the plea bargain would collapse the system. Or if everyone demanded a trial by jury. That would also collapse the gravy train of money going into the system in general.
I like your thinking here.