I want you all to read these two articles back-to-back

[conuly]

NY Cops Gave Jeffrey Epstein A Pass While Making More Than 7,000 Arrests For Similar Offenses

Jeffrey Epstein's treatment is 'worse' because of his wealth, his lawyers say

Uh-huh.

Comments

[siderea]

Do I gotta?

[conuly]

Not if you can extrapolate from limited data and work out why I might have paired those two articles.

[siderea]

Phew. I'm good then.

[silveradept]

I have a feeling that, for once, the two headlines for the articles are informative enough to make the point. Am I wrong?

[conuly]

Probably not!

No surprises here.

[cactuswatcher]

1. Police giving rich folks a break or so. Well, that never happened before, right?

2. We all have to believe everything defense lawyers say, right?

Re: No surprises here.

[conuly]

I don't blame defense lawyers for doing their jobs, but honestly, what an asinine line that was.

[maureenlycaon_dw]

Not gonna look -- I've seen enough of this case to be bilious for the next few days.

I *have* seen an article about the prison Epstein is in; it's a hellhole. I couldn't feel less sorry for him.

[conuly]

I mean, I want all our jails and prisons to have humane conditions for all prisoners.

[maureenlycaon_dw]

Oh, I agree. This is the first time I've read about a prison being a hellhole and felt anything remotely like pleasure.

But if we're to improve conditions for all prisoners, I'd rather start with those who committed minor offenses or for whom the police concocted bullshit charges. Epstein is at or close to the very end of the list. ;)

[greghousesgf]

oh god