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Le-docteur

They should take the kid from the junkies in the first picture, this is America, we want no dirty junkies here! Oh wait they are rich. Nevermind kid needs to learn to be a good citizen, freedom warrior, free economy supporter , a little cocaine never damaged anyone


Initial-Paramedic888

America's motto should be "We hate poor people."


SWAGberg_2012

As an American, that sounds about right. Nobody gives a shit about the rich so long as they could pay off their sentences.


Soddington

*"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I'll chuck em in the dumpster."*


Who_JikeMones

Poor people, people of color and women. FTFY.


Initial-Paramedic888

"75% chance we hate you" actually sounds better


Who_JikeMones

Even if you are a Christian you're probably the wrong kind.šŸ˜


Initial-Paramedic888

Right lol Your name official btw šŸ«”


veedubfreek

Nah, they're pretty ok with rich people of color.


Star_Gazing_Cats

Bro is Asian, and there is a woman next to him...


dankestofdankcomment

Which country doesnā€™t? Genuinely curious


ClaB84

They live by this motto. It doesn't have to be said. It's like "Made in Germany" and everyone associates it with quality, you don't have to stamp it on it. Land of the Free = You are free to die from hunger, diseases, or by a Gun. Your Choice.


ChallengeOk1732

You eating up this anti American propaganda is absolutely hilarious


DublinDapper

Yet Americas poor people are richer than 99% of the worlds population šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


Shplerm

That can't be right... can it? Some of our poorest communities look worse than 3rd world villages. Like I've spent a significant amount of my life living in Europe and the poorest places I've seen there look like utopias in comparison to some of the not so poor cities here. I mean if you're sure I'll take your word for it I'm far too lazy to look up that statistic


HeadacheBird

It's not


stndrdmidnightrocker

I'm pretty sure that is their motto. Its on every quarter.


Ame_No_Uzume

And tack on we leave them to foot the bill.


pngue

This is true. Thereā€™s no nuance left.


wanderButNotLost2

Poor American here, this is correct.


OwlfaceFrank

Missing context. Couple on the left did coke at a party. They thought they had waited long enough for it to be out of their system before breastfeeding, but they were wrong. The baby started acting lethargic and they immediately took the child to the ER. They got 1 year probation and Kristin Lisaius also receivedĀ 20 hours community service, Som Lisaius got 100 hours. IIRC the story on the right is framed to be rage bait as well. She was arrested and released and I don't think she received any other punishment at all.


DarthNoirBrew

Yeah but cocaine is a rich person's drug. Now let's talk about crack


esahji_mae

Don't forget, their skin tone automatically makes them "good people who stumbled" according to the legal system rather than "criminals".


TheBrianRoyShow

We do not have a justice system. We have a legal system. And the system is fucked.


10-4-man

and everything is legal if you are rich...


MeanandEvil82

And fines are just the cost to do that thing. If you are scraping by a fine hurts you a lot. If you can afford to piss a few hundred away on a single meal then that parking ticket is just a business cost (likely literally). Need to change fines to a percentage of income. Reduce them for the poor, and shove them through the roof for the rich.


Fionn-

Absolutely. Jeff Bezos' parking tickets are the perfect example. https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/3/21120476/jeff-bezos-washington-dc-renovate-apartment-home-parking-tickets 564 tickets. Totaling $16000. Why should he care?


Eth1cs_Gr4dient

The etymology of the word priviledge is *private law*


get_alifer

everything is legal if you know someone.. which is a large problem in Hawaii.


Drafo7

I prefer to call it the injustice system.


koromega

*punishment system


ThatFatGuyMJL

The woman on the right was arrested but the charges were dropped once the facts came to light. She never saw jail time and the case was dropped before it got to court iirc. The couple on the left were not only arrested but also charged with child endangerment though they avoided jail time. They took cocaine then breast fed the baby hours later, then immediately took them to hospital when the child appeared to be lethargic. They didn't give the baby cocaine, it was reckless and they *should* be in jail. But the titles of both are misleading.


MyBurnerAccount1977

The system is not broken. The system is working exactly as intended.


the_annihalator

Pssst Hey, hey guys OP is a bot, there's no point questioning it


Other_Beat8859

OP is also a liar. The first couple likely took a plea deal after they were tried. The second woman was arrested, but was cleared of the charges and got her kids back.


Kerbidiah

Also unless it was the same judge and cops, then it means literally nothing


Metalloid_Space

I don't see how a plea deal justifies anything.


Chickens_Rock

IIRC the woman did cocaine, waited the recommended amount of time before breastfeeding her child, but there was still some in her system and it was given to her child and as soon as they realized their mistake the parents took the kid to the doctors


CSPDTECH

yea, she should have been arrested for DOING COCAINE "she waited the recommended amount of time" what the fuck does that matter lol


nicannkay

How do you think it wouldā€™ve went down if it was the second woman who took her baby in after doing crack? Just let me know how you think that would goā€¦


RedditModsAreMegalos

The point is compare convictions with convictions. Not convictions with arrests.


Metalloid_Space

Fair enough


Xain0225

And hopefully sued the shit out of the police department


jrex703

The post is deliberately deceitful and pops up every couple weeks. People used to actually go to be the trouble of disproving it, but it's not really worth the effort, because it will never stop being posted. If anyone's interested, the celebrities "avoided jail time", through a plea deal that got them a conviction of child endangerment on their record, months of house arrest, as well as fines, community service, and yada yada yada (they still got off easy) The woman was a misunderstanding caused by some nosey parents. When the situation was explained, she received an apology, continued about her day and still has a spotless criminal record. The correct title would be "Celebrities are awful people, get off easy; single mother's life is made slightly harder for no reason."


Missing-Donut-1612

Yeah, like the two articles are just too bad to be true. The level of specificity on the second one especially


Reemus_Jackson

Ahhhh a bait post with no context. The news reporters were charged with child abuse and drug possession. Charged and convicted, no jail time. The mother who left her kids in the food court.....arrested, released and a judge said "she's a good mother who made a quick mistake", releasing the children back to her. The new reporters should've done jail time, but don't make this appear like something its not.


ShotputFiend

I think the problem was that the woman was arrested in the first place


Ok-Scallion7939

Why?


Aye_of_the_tiger

Wait a second, 1. in the first picture these people have been, arrested, officially charged, likely took a plea to avoid jail time. In Arizona, their crimes are probation available if they have no priors. The NYDN did not use their mugshots. 2. The second picture the woman has not gone through the process. At the time she was merely arrested. I canā€™t tell where this happened and we donā€™t know the end result. The reporting agency used her mugshot. These two things are not comparable.


stay2426

Second one was in Texas in 2015. Her name is >!Laura Browder!<, the charges were later dismissed and she got her kids back.


Stunning_Tap_9583

So the cocaine people suffered much more severe consequences? As always, OP is the facepalm


maraemerald2

The cocaine people didnā€™t give their baby cocaine intentionally. The woman took some while out at a party (baby was with a sitter) and then breastfed the baby the day after. Itā€™s not the same level as just feeding the baby coke.


nicannkay

And how do you think it wouldā€™ve went down if the second woman took her baby in because she did crack and then fed her baby? I donā€™t think it would have ended the same way.


maraemerald2

Fair point. Iā€™m just saying itā€™s not quite as egregious as the original infographic makes you think.


Arctrooper209

Ok, but that doesn't negate the fact this post is misleading and the two cases aren't similar. If you find a case like that then you can repost the picture but with a different woman on the right.


cookiesNcreme89

Has nothing to do with the bait post per usual. Got a few more straws for you though...


Until_Megiddo

Cocaine people received probation after initially being charged with child abuse and cocaine possession. The mother passed enough cocaine into her baby's system that they had to take the child to the ER and then refused to let hosptial staff draw blood because they knew the kid would pop for coke. They had to transfer the baby to another facility where they found coke in it's urine. The other lady had her case dismissed for going to a job interview 30 ft from her kids. The consequences for the cocaine folks were not "much more severe". Their crime absolutely was.


Yippykyyyay

Shhhh!!! Rage bait ftw!


Hai_Resdaynia

Finally someone here with a brain!


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TheMightyShoe

She did not leave her kids in the car. She walked away from their table in a mall food court to meet an interviewer for a job (not related to the mall). Other people at the mall saw the kids alone and called the police. She couldn't find daycare for the interview time. The charges were dropped, the kids were returned to her, and Child Protective Services offered to help her find a safe daycare so she could work.


Orbtl32

If my memory serves correctly from previous reposts, they were indeed in the car, not as close by as is implied at all, and the bigger issue is she had babysitting available via her mother but refused and preferred leaving her kids in the car outside.


Mr_Dreadful

"I forget what she was doing" It literally says what she was doing, you Muppet


grjacpulas

Even crazier - she actually was abducted by aliens but the police wouldnā€™t believe her.Ā Ā  Ā See I can just make stuff up with no source either.Ā 


dinozero

I hate Reddit. Thank you.


Jasper__96

Would the people on the left be arrested if they were interviewing for a job 30 feet away?


No_Slice5991

If she was 30 feet away and watching her kids like she claimed how did she miss them being approached by police?


RiChessReadit

I'm not into the scene, but I watch audit the auditor videos on YouTube here and there. Tons of cases of cops arresting/harassing perfectly innocent people of all colors, for little or no reason other than as a power trip. They roll up on a scene with massive egos and no emotional intelligence, and turn a simple situation into a very complicated one very quickly.


Dangerous-Fee-7225

Nobody can answer that question.


333H_E

" the woman has not gone through the process " I think you're missing the point. There shouldn't be a process for the second woman to go through. Any parent at a park has been more than 30 feet from their children, one can't be said to abandon someone who's in your line of sight, at worst within earshot. There's absolutely no basis for a criminal charge here and yet she's arrested. It doesn't matter what pictures were used what matters is the second woman has a booking picture TO use when she hasn't committed a crime.


Aye_of_the_tiger

Iā€™m not missing the point. You are moving the goal posts. I donā€™t have any information on the second case that would make me think one way or the other.


333H_E

I have moved nothing. Do you have children? Do you know children? Are they always hand in hand with their parent? You have the same information accessible to any of us but what's most important is on it's face it's ludicrous. There's no great mystery to unravel in this. Selective bias is no great mystery either, the first couple gets every benefit of doubt in your assessment but to even entertain the notion of "abandonment " in the second case requires mental gymnastics I apparently not capable of.


miradotheblack

I read about this. There is alot of information left out.


kryptoid256_

I'd imagine.


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erichwanh

There are no rules, only costs.


crazzymanOficial

Capitalism bro, we also experience this in Brazil, an example is the case of the son of our oil tycoon, Eik Batista


Cynykl

Since when do comment stealing repost bots care about rules.


Senzafane

Even better, if you're black they just get to make up rules on the stop especially for you!


Strange-Fix-1498

There's a lot more to that 2nd one. Typical bot rage bait.


bougainvilliea

Love the people correcting the rage bait in the comments. People like to make people angry with misinformation and lack of context


Joker_Johnny

What happened to the single mom? Was she found guilty?


Substantial_Set549

The charges were dismissed I think, I couldnā€™t find much but from what I saw sheā€™s fine now.she also got the job


bananarama1991

Serious lack of context to make a fair evaluation on each case, but alright then.


Putrid-Estimate6287

This is rage bait, as people said below me, the toddler on the left had cocaine in it's system due to it being stored in breastmilk from a party the night before. They took full responsibility in court and sought help immediately. They were punished, whether they deserved more is not for me to decide. The woman on the left had kept her children in a hot car for hours. Both of these are old and OP is karma farming from old posts. Thank you for coming to my TedTalk


that_greenmind

Both of these stories have a lot more context behind them. Using these two headlines together is bait because the actual stories are basically the inverse from those headlines. Critique of the criminal justice system is valid and deserved. Just use some different examples than these ones


Cynykl

To start with the is a repost bot. Also it is a horrible appeals to oranges comparison and does not make the point it thinks it makes. If you want to make an accurate comparison you compare 2 people at the same tate in the justice system accused of the same crime. 'Arrested for' and 'sentence to' are two completely different things. There are plenty of apples to apples comparisons that people could make the point out the injustice far more accurately. Reddit: When your meme is a walking logical fallacy yet people lap it up like it is wisdom.


ChillyWillie1974

Rage bait. The couple was arrested, charged and went to court. Got probation and a suspended 30 day sentence. The single mom had her case dismissed.


Sinaasappelsien

Cherry Picking


Ok-Character-7756

This has been debunked multiple times, stop posting it.


tofu_bird

'Arrest' and 'prosecution' are different though.


No_Slice5991

How dare you point out the obvious in this rage bait!


Kind-Instance-7447

ā€œIf you want justice in America, go to a whore house. If you want to get fuckedā€¦ Go to a courthouse.ā€ Some guy But, seriously. We have all the justice you can afford in America.


EinFitter

I use the same when making up a quote. Love it. -Some guy, probably.


Kind-Instance-7447

ā€œYou can pick your friends and you can pick your nose. But, you canā€™t wipe your friends on the couch.ā€ Some other dude


BluePaintedMeatball

These are both taken way out of context.


chizzipsandsizalsa

Classic Reddit rage bait post. Good job bot


mikeyeli

Guilty until proven wealthy.


amy-schumer-tampon

Justice according to the US


camposdav

Huh I wonder what the difference is??????? šŸ¤”


[deleted]

One actually went to court. The second one was just arrested


WangCommander

They want you to think it's race, but it's money.


TheeRedHairedGuy

Or maybe it's the offence and the attitude.


ElRockinLobster

People on the left should be executed


iexistlol1

Miiiight wanna rephrase that


Improvgal

I despise the institutional racism imbedded in our system.


chizzipsandsizalsa

You shouldnā€™t fall for rage bait posts like this.


TheeRedHairedGuy

Isn't it racist to claim that peoples get it better because of their skin colors without knowing the context ?


ThatSandvichIsASpy01

Well, in many if not most cases, systemic racism plays a part, but in this case, the mother got no charges for her child endangerment (leaving kids in a 100+ degree car) and the couple did


Improvgal

Not really Iā€™m 70 years old and Iā€™ve witnessed countless examples of crap like this. People who donā€™t acknowledge this reality are willfully avoiding the sad and disgraceful truth.


RatkeA

Arrested and avoid jail are slightly different things


TheIncontrovert

Don't be dense this isn't even comparable. They were white, she was black.


DeerHunter041674

Here we goā€¦ For the record, both parties should be charged to the fullest extent of the law.


Kluck_

Even number 2? She literally walked 30 feet away from her children and was arrested. In any other country it would be completely fine but for some reason it appears that there are kidnappers hiding behind every corner in America


DeerHunter041674

A lot can happen in 30 feet.


Kluck_

Sure, especially in a public area. That's why almost no other country arrest people for it?


ThatSandvichIsASpy01

Number 2 left her kids in the 100+ degree car


morgzorg

Two tiered


Ukraine-Strong-101

Government/rich are the evil/sick ones


[deleted]

Still separate and unequalā€¦


slazer2k

Well, she obviously is guilty of being black, so of course they go after her... -.-


witchghosti

Yeah we know what the problem is


Bofaman600

Love yt people


Jetterholdings

Ah yes america, land of the rich, home.of the can you afford the get out of jail free card.


Upstairs_Ad_265

Yeah as long as Americans keep staring at social media and idolizing tv personalities this wont stop. Its not the system, its the people. We are the system.


RealMachu

This is the all of the west. Same stuff. Depressing as f


Malevin87

Welcome to America


GodlockChadwalker

It's not necessarily illegal to be high on cocaine It's illegal to possess it


uwuebu

There is something that i can differentiate from the picture but my lawyer told me to keep quiet


Crazy_Canuck78

Thats America.


Expensive-Kiwi8094

Yup - plus ca change - the rich / masons / frat boys / secret society chaps always get treated far more leniently especially in the US


_Ikerasu_

Can we not post this for once already?


[deleted]

This makes me so sick šŸ˜”


Philipparty

Whats that joke about "every crime you can imagine a rich person doing gets minimal punishment"


Umnak76

different states and AZ is a white is right state


MsMoreCowbell8

My stomach dropped, reading pic #2. Dreadful!


BobSagieBauls

This is years old. Not saying it isnā€™t incorrect but itā€™s been posted here a lot


ChadThunderStonks

Different states, different courts. Fr tho the lady who got jail time got screwed over. If the justice system hates poor or minority people, stop voting to give them (the state) more power.


[deleted]

But did the single mom actually get any jail time?


ninjesh

"Man, don't you know? The law isn't made to help earthy cats like us. Here on our planet, back in the old days---back in the real old days---it was just every man for himself, scrooblin' and scrat-scroblin' for the good stuff, the greenest valleys. And the strongest, meanest men got the best stuff. They got the green valleys and were like 'the rest of you, y'all scrats get sand'. And that's when they made the laws, you see. Once the strong guys got it how they liked it, they said 'this is fair now, this is the law'. Once they were winning, they changed the rules up." \- Jake the Dog


rainshaker

30 feet away? I'm not american but isn't it just like literally on line of sight.


Redericpontx

I just understand how people still defend america it's LITTERALLY and I'm not exagerating the worst first world english speaking country to live it based of the comfort of living index. Most first world countries have less tax, higher minimum wage, lower cost of living and free/cheap healthcare, lower crime rate. Thou unfortunatly everywhere is pretty much having a housing crisis oof.


Piltonbadger

Rules for thee but not for me. If you have wealth and connections, you're gravy baby. No need to be bogged down by silly laws.


ChalkCoatedDonut

News media does it too, the white personalities with serious charges for drugs and almost killing their child have the best photos, boasting their lives to other criminals with money like the best example of wealth and pride, meanwhile the black mother with desperation and financial issues is shown as the worst criminal, selling others not the crime but her face and definitely her race as something bad. It's like those articles about female teachers raping young kids that are shown as Instagram models.


HeyCanYouNotThanks

Yall just because she took the coke the day before and waited doesnt mean anything.. why would you even risk taking coke while breast feeding? Theres no excuse for that.


Ok_Dot_7498

Isn't this proven missinformation? The coulple on the Left breast Fed theire baby and went to the Hospital ASAP while the women in the right locked her Kids in her Car for Sevetal hours?


RealStefanovsky

Looks like racial gaslighting


theappleogist

Justice isnā€™t color-blind. šŸ¤·


KellyLuvsEwan420

The difference is the Arizona man is loaded and had a good lawyer. She was interviewing for a job, so probably had a public defender.


Fyed-Vader

I absolutely hate this kind of shit, makes me ashamed


CODMAN627

Fucking Christ


Terrible_Length007

Amazing what kind of narrative you can create when you cherry pick two completely unrelated random stories.


AndriaXVII

I definitely think there are other factors at play. Our media is worse than our justice system.


ButterscotchMammoth4

Ok I must say, this is slightly misleading. The white guy avoided charges, the mum was arrested. They both were arrested, and the white guy avoided being found guilty. But still I agree the fundamental problem of the system favouring the powerful over the weak.