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Tennessee man jailed 37 days for Trump meme wins settlement after lawsuit

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Re: Tennessee man jailed 37 days for Trump meme wins settlement after lawsuit

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Post by ceejayoz »

ikeboy wrote: post #9

The path to solving a culture that overincarcerates is not by incarcerating those involved in perpetuating that culture. We need to tame the impulse to throw people in jail for doing things we dislike, not just point it at different targets. I see several comments saying that criminal charges should be brought over this. That is not the way.

We have overincarceration and underincarceration simultaneously.

Some who are in jail should not be. Some who aren't in jail should be. If I locked you up for a month over a meme, I'd go to jail for years.

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Post by wccrawford »

ceejayoz wrote: post #4
laidoffamazon wrote: post #2

I’ll be honest this seems low for what he’s been through.

I would voluntarily go to jail for 37 days for that amount. I think it's a shame this doesn't come with criminal charges, though. False imprisonment? Kidnapping?

I wouldn't, but that does really put some perspective on it.

His trouble isn't just from the time in jail, though. It's from all the Trump supporters who harass him as well. Previously, and in the future.

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Post by lotsofpulp »

ceejayoz wrote: post #4
laidoffamazon wrote: post #2

I’ll be honest this seems low for what he’s been through.

I would voluntarily go to jail for 37 days for that amount. I think it's a shame this doesn't come with criminal charges, though. False imprisonment? Kidnapping?

Would you live through the stress of a legal case with unknown legal costs and unknown incarceration time for that amount of money?

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Post by ceejayoz »

lotsofpulp wrote: post #13
ceejayoz wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would voluntarily go to jail for 37 days for that amount. I think it's a shame this doesn't come with criminal charges, though. False imprisonment? Kidnapping?

Would you live through the stress of a legal case with unknown legal costs and unknown incarceration time for that amount of money?

No. I'm just saying said amount seems fair from the monetary side of this case's specifics.

(And let's face it, the outcome here was guaranteed, and the inevitable settlement was always gonna include attorney fees or be done pro-bono.)

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Post by BoggleOhYeah »

ikeboy wrote: post #9

The path to solving a culture that overincarcerates is not by incarcerating those involved in perpetuating that culture. We need to tame the impulse to throw people in jail for doing things we dislike, not just point it at different targets. I see several comments saying that criminal charges should be brought over this. That is not the way.

Sure. Let’s start pushing back against over-incarceration by not punishing people that knowingly did something wrong and flies in the face of the country’s supposed values.

Makes sense.

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Post by archonis »

ikeboy wrote: post #9

The path to solving a culture that overincarcerates is not by incarcerating those involved in perpetuating that culture. We need to tame the impulse to throw people in jail for doing things we dislike, not just point it at different targets. I see several comments saying that criminal charges should be brought over this. That is not the way.

If you don't hold people accountable for removing the liberty of others without just cause, those who abuse their power will continue to run rampant.

Re: Tennessee man jailed 37 days for Trump meme wins settlement after lawsuit

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Post by whycome »

ceejayoz wrote: post #4
laidoffamazon wrote: post #2

I’ll be honest this seems low for what he’s been through.

I would voluntarily go to jail for 37 days for that amount. I think it's a shame this doesn't come with criminal charges, though. False imprisonment? Kidnapping?

He wasn’t jailed for 37 days. He was jailed indefinitely. Every day he didn’t know if things would get worse. He didn’t know how long he was staying. He was already in the absurd scenario for being jailed for a meme so anything was possible at that point. He happened to get out after 37 days.

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Post by selectodude »

adrr wrote: post #6
josefritzishere wrote: post #5

A judgement isn't enough. Those behind the warrant should be in prison, and fined personally. The tax payers of Tennessee shouldn't have to foot the bill for their malfeasance.

Imagine if he said "we need a patriot to bail out the guy who killed charlie kirk" like Charlie kirk said about the guy who tried to murder Paul Pelosi and was at Nancy Pelosi's house to torture her.

Sometimes I feel like I live in an alternative reality because I very clearly remember thousands of people saying shit like that.
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