Baraka_Guru

There is a difference between second-class citizen and being given a fair trial, or avoiding trial all together.

But, fair enough. My initial point is that the juxtaposition here doesn't work. The judge didn't go to trial for certain reasons; some of which are related to being a judge, maybe, but as the article implies, the investigators couldn't adequately establish any reason why she would have intentionally brought the gun into the airport. So, she avoided a $1,000 fine. On the other hand, this family man with the fanny pack is going to trial. This is a normal enough circumstance, isn't it? The trial will hopefully find him innocent of malicious intent; hopefully, the worst thing he'll face is a $1,000 fine.

You can't juxtapose the two and say the judge was given special treatment above and beyond this man because the circumstances were different. All I'm saying, really, is that this thread, as it is set up, is a bit of a stretch. I want to see more before I see a real discussion.

I'm willing to believe that there is special treatment for people of privilege, but the way this thread is set up isn't very convincing. I want to see this opened up or we'll all fall into a pit of ignorance.

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