What is exceedingly annoying is that I imagine, in part the DA's etc are trying to keep things from exploding and so aimed for what they considered a 'fair middle' ground. Where the ringleader is convicted and none of the other kid's have their lives ruined for a 'stupid mistake'.
That... is completely fucking wrong-headed, socially devastating, and infuriating to a level that I can't accurately quantify.
I'm one of those black folks who, sadly, feels that we have to let a little bit of the fucking stupid people pass unchallenged in the hopes of building a better future... but this?
This was a classic 1950s style lynching and every last one of them needs to be put against the wall and shot as a lesson to the next 10 generations that 'Let's go out and fuck-up (insert derogatory term for person who is different from us', is not an acceptable activity.
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Date: 2011-08-09 01:25 am (UTC)That... is completely fucking wrong-headed, socially devastating, and infuriating to a level that I can't accurately quantify.
I'm one of those black folks who, sadly, feels that we have to let a little bit of the fucking stupid people pass unchallenged in the hopes of building a better future... but this?
This was a classic 1950s style lynching and every last one of them needs to be put against the wall and shot as a lesson to the next 10 generations that 'Let's go out and fuck-up (insert derogatory term for person who is different from us', is not an acceptable activity.