Couple gets prison time for racist threats at child’s birthday party

[Kosh]

I don't know how to feel about this.

I mean, on one hand, these are pieces of scum and the rest of society shouldn't have to deal with them.  So in that sense, prison is exactly where they belong.

On the other hand, I still really hate our prison system and I really don't like the idea of anyone going in there, especially when they're probably just going to come out worse.

Either way, I don't know if actual racists have been really bold or if people have just been doing a better job of recording them, but I've seen a lot of stunts like this lately.  I kinda wonder, if things like this keep happening, will people finally start to admit that the US has some serious racial issues to deal with?

They've been emboldened.  The racist asswipes have always been there hiding in the weeds, but now they feel it's their time to shine since President Bannon and his lackey Trump are in power.  Given what they did, I would say that they wont come out any worse.

I agree with you that out prison/judicial system is a complete pile of steaming crap.  I worry about the non-violent offenders.  For them the potential is there to learn violent behavior.  They probably have to in order to survive incarceration.