[–] 1 point 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Proving anything means nothing when lawyers can be thrown at the problem by the richer party until the problem disappears. Its very hard to bring forth a suit when you have very little funds to get it off the ground. Lawyers are far from cheap in the US.

And this is before bringing up that there is no federal price gouging law in the US. And that price gouging is only illegal in certain states with price gouging laws when there is a declared state of emergency or natural disaster. And typically price gouging fines are as low as $100 to $1000 and is a misdemeanor. This is per incident, with several states having a cap within a certain time frame [ie.Alabama with no more than a $25,000 fine per day of there are enough proven instances.]

Price gouging in the US is literally legal short of those specific circumstances. And the penalty is absolutely nothing for these huge chain grocers. So why should we believe that these grocers will act in our best interest?

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  • [–] 27 points 1 month ago*

    The man being looked at and surrounded by police is the murderer of Lauren Giddings. She was a Georgia law student who disappeared June 26th, 2011. This shitbag is her murderer. He was originally giving a news interview about how she was gone and people loved her, only to be informed that police were starting to locate the remains of Lauren Giddings.

    He proceeds to shut down before freaking out in the interview. He was brought in for questioning where he said pretty much nothing for 12 hours. He was also a law student at the same university, so he knew better.

    What the picture got wrong was he didn't win at all. It was still obvious as can be he did it based on the evidence and what was found. After a little bit more investigation they had him dead to rights. He is currently serving a life sentence.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    I implore everyone reading this line about "force-feeding" look into the actual process. It is literally torture. Especially what happens when you're within US detention. Be aware the video is very graphic and disturbing: This article and video featuring Mos Def shows how brutal and horrific being fed against your will is. I can't say with certainty that this is the method being used. I would however be surprised if the methods used were more humane/different from this one.

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