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[–] 13 points 5 months ago (11 children)

Not exactly - congressional investigations are going on, but processes IRL don't produce results in 22 minutes like on TV. It doesn't work like, "We see you're in the files, welcome to jail."

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  • [–] 22 points 5 months ago* (7 children)

    Dude it's been like a decade since this stuff hit the front page of the news, come the fuck on with the shitty apologism

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago* (6 children)

    Epstein himself was indicted more like 20 years ago. The 22 minute TV show reference was overly sarcastic, but I'm not an apologist for anyone. The justice system is just excruciatingly slow. My belief is that Bonespurs will probably dodge all consequences by having his final Big Mac Attack. With him gone, his coattail riders will probably start backstabbing each other and maybe then we'll see some action.

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  • [–] 20 points 5 months ago*

    This isn't a "justice is slow" problem. This is a "the justice system only serves to punish the poor and powerless" problem.

    The fact of these files is they were in the hands of the FBI and prosecutors 20 years ago. Nothing happened as a result even though there appears to be dozens of individuals capable of being charged with crimes. That's 20 years of incriminating evidence just sitting around collecting dust because it'd be politically inconvenient to pursue charges.

    Justice moves rapidly when a power tripping cop wants to ruin you life. It moves very slowly when a rich pedophile rapes children.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    if some random guy from the streets did the things on the files to someone, how slow would the justice system be then?

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Right? If it were a poor person they'd have zero qualms about putting them in jail while sorting it all out too. There is nothing that can disguise that our 'justice' system exists almost entirely to suppress the poor and enable the rich.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago

    Depends - was it a random guy you caught doing those things or a random guy whose name you found in an email? Somehow people seem to think this should be as slam dunk as catching a bunch of anime bad guys with EVIL stamped on their foreheads.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I prefer a slow justice system that gets the criminals for their crimes than a quick one that drags innocent people into an undeserved situation.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    I would expect someone to report it. Is there any piece of media reporting politics without trying to be political?

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