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This is the party of law and order, personal responsibility, moral authority? Poor people, especially people of color, who commit crimes out of desperation are due no mercy, but mercy abounds for the rich and powerful whose crimes stem not from need but sheer greed. America. https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1341902225044623361
This man served 36 years -- THIRTY-SIX YEARS -- for stealing $50. https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-spent-36-years-prison-stealing-50-bakery/story?id=65264675
This man served 24 years of a LIFE SENTENCE for stealing hedge clippers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/19/life-sentence-prison-reentry-bryant/
This man served 35 years for stealing a television. https://www.deseret.com/2005/5/29/19894849/man-released-after-35-years-in-n-c-prison-for-stealing-tv
This man in prison since 1982 for stealing $9. https://www.blackenterprise.com/alabama-man-serving-life-sentence-stealing-9-dollars/
Read up on the Black Codes passed after the end of slavery to criminalize Black Americans and incarcerate them for petty crimes to ensure an exploitable labor force and to maintain the caste system. Read "Slavery By Another Name." Read something, please.
