Um...it also depends, for the moment in this country, on the "race" of the perceived victim(s) and their political affiliation, of course. If Penny had been a "black" truck driver who never served in the military or Neely "white," no one would have heard a damn thing about that case outside that subway car. As it was, Alvin Bragg, the "black" DA overseeing a revolving door in Manhattan and who ran his election campaign on "getting" Trump for SOMETHING, was determined to "look tough on crime" for once, had the Penny/Neely case fell into his lap like a Godsend.
Too bad this jury didn't buy his version like they bought the "crimes" that Trump has been convicted of, and that now may well just...vanish. Not that his conviction would have withstood appeal, but there you have it.
This was just a repeat of the Zimmerman/Martin case, where a "white Hispanic" killed a "black" man. Change the "race" of one or the other and the "crime" isn't even charged.
To your point, perception is everything. But so is the presentation. We are often "presented" with predigested "facts," especially interpretations of the law, that are simply wrong. Neither Penny, nor Zimmerman, nor Trump committed crimes, yet the perceptions based on the twisted applications and interpretations of the law find them guilty in some public minds.
Think OJ, then imagine if he'd been "white" and his alleged victims "Asiatic." Would there have even been a low-speed chase? Would anyone have heard of it beyond LA county?
Now there's this poor shlemiel in New York, shot by some fortunately "foreign-sounding" named shmuck who thought the Unabomber was right. By the time Bragg gets done with him, he'll be a poster child for Antifa.
I see what you say here as a further refinement of what I said. I didn't delve into all the whys and wherefores of why some people perceive things one way, and others perceive differently. But I have been saying for years that it largely comes down to what media they choose to follow.
I think perhaps we are turning a corner. The 'influencers' have become absurd to the point where even blind followers are questioning. In my experience, once a reasonable amount of doubt sets in, the whole charade will collapse. So, I keep introducing the doubt.
I see it morphing into something else, something even more destructive, like "toxic reasonableness" where actually applying reason and logic become "threatening" to "marginalized populations."
Never underestimate the power of zealots in groups.
What I find most interesting is the setting
An unsafe subway
A mentally ill homeless person “unsupervised”
No security people on the subway
A bystander takes action ie becomes “the law”
So many societal breakdowns here
Do you want to ride on the subway now?
Um...it also depends, for the moment in this country, on the "race" of the perceived victim(s) and their political affiliation, of course. If Penny had been a "black" truck driver who never served in the military or Neely "white," no one would have heard a damn thing about that case outside that subway car. As it was, Alvin Bragg, the "black" DA overseeing a revolving door in Manhattan and who ran his election campaign on "getting" Trump for SOMETHING, was determined to "look tough on crime" for once, had the Penny/Neely case fell into his lap like a Godsend.
Too bad this jury didn't buy his version like they bought the "crimes" that Trump has been convicted of, and that now may well just...vanish. Not that his conviction would have withstood appeal, but there you have it.
This was just a repeat of the Zimmerman/Martin case, where a "white Hispanic" killed a "black" man. Change the "race" of one or the other and the "crime" isn't even charged.
To your point, perception is everything. But so is the presentation. We are often "presented" with predigested "facts," especially interpretations of the law, that are simply wrong. Neither Penny, nor Zimmerman, nor Trump committed crimes, yet the perceptions based on the twisted applications and interpretations of the law find them guilty in some public minds.
Think OJ, then imagine if he'd been "white" and his alleged victims "Asiatic." Would there have even been a low-speed chase? Would anyone have heard of it beyond LA county?
Now there's this poor shlemiel in New York, shot by some fortunately "foreign-sounding" named shmuck who thought the Unabomber was right. By the time Bragg gets done with him, he'll be a poster child for Antifa.
Let the mostly peaceful riots begin....
I see what you say here as a further refinement of what I said. I didn't delve into all the whys and wherefores of why some people perceive things one way, and others perceive differently. But I have been saying for years that it largely comes down to what media they choose to follow.
I think perhaps we are turning a corner. The 'influencers' have become absurd to the point where even blind followers are questioning. In my experience, once a reasonable amount of doubt sets in, the whole charade will collapse. So, I keep introducing the doubt.
I see it morphing into something else, something even more destructive, like "toxic reasonableness" where actually applying reason and logic become "threatening" to "marginalized populations."
Never underestimate the power of zealots in groups.