• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    White guy avi

    🙄

    Was waiting in line to contest a ticket for dismal at one of the tiny micro-cities inside Houston. Kid you not, it was just a bunch of white folks walking out no-contest and another line of AAs getting filed up to actually try their cases.

    I’m sure this was a coincidence. Also, the sheriff looking interchangeable with the Sheriff Rosco from Dukes of Hazzard, a pure coincidence.

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      18 hours ago

      Yeah this looks like a written appeal so not sure what race has to do with it. Also this is a parking fine, not a moving violation, which it sounds like you’re describing

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        18 hours ago

        If the appeal has a name on it then there could still be bias. Somewhat related: I heard job applications still got biased reviews with names redacted because the contents were culturally specific enough.

      • Its perfectly clear, i can Rephrase it in midwest english:

        I was at the courthouse in my neighborhood to try to get a ticket dismissed. You wouldn’t believe it, but there were a bunch of white people getting dismissed easily while African Americans all had court dates set to have trials.
        Surely this was a coincidence, especially with a town sherreif who looks like a good ol boy with a gun. Certainly coincidence.

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          No contest isn’t a dismissal. It’s just means that you are not pleading guilty, but are accepting the courts ruling.

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      15 hours ago

      That might be true. But it’s important to note that we want the world to be more kind to everyone, and not universally unforgiving.