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[BrianSoddingBoru4]

You don’t think the law should apply equally to everyone, then?

Boru

I think the law should default to empathy of those with less, and punish those with the power when those with power abuse it.

A good way to test critical thinking is with a hypothetical, so let’s try that.

Suppose the actors in this case were reversed - George Floyd is a black cop with years of experience who deliberately and callously choked a white suspect - Derek Chauvin - to death. Floyd, after a long trial with intense media coverage, is sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison. All the other facts if the case remain the same. Now:

Would you say Floyd should have gotten the maximum sentence of 40 years for abusing the public trust, or should he have gotten a lesser sentence because of the unarguable injustice of law enforcement?

Please remember that this is a hypothetical and must be answered as asked - you aren’t permitted to add provisos of your own.

Boru