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From: Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Man who caused death of his passenger given reduced sentence
 for being black
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 15:50:31 -0400
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On 2025-04-17 2:47 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
> 
>> An 18 year old who killed one of his passengers when he lost control of
>> his car while driving at ridiculous speeds - and injured the rest of
>> them - has received a reduced sentence simply for being black.
> 
>> https://www.yorkregion.com/news/crime/why-was-race-of-man-who-killed-my-daughter-considered-in-sentencing-mother-asks/article_2be8e4be-27df-500e-b0dc-265a67a6da14.html
> 
>> The mother of the woman killed is trying to understand why the man's
>> skin colour should be a factor in the sentence given his flagrant
>> carelessness in operating the car. So am I.
> 
>> A group lobbying for different treatment of black offenders says the
>> fact that blacks are over-represented in prisons is sufficient
>> justification for reducing the sentence.
> 
> Being sentenced to prison is a representation issue? I thought it was a
> matter of justice, taking into account the seriousness of the crime.

So did I. Unfortunately, the Liberals have been very sympathetic to the 
DEI/woke types, including in the appointment of activist judges. I am 
hoping this changes if the Conservatives form the next federal 
government on April 28 but the Liberals are in serious danger of winning 
a 4th consecutive term so we may be stuck with this nonsense for the 
forseeable future.

The man who committed this crime was hitting speeds of 237 kilometers 
per hour (147 mph) before this accident on roads that presumably had 
lots of black ice due to the temperatures and refused to slow down 
despite his passenger begging him to slow down. I don't see how being 
black while driving like an asshole should reduce his sentence just 
because *other* blacks had gotten into trouble with the law.

-- 
Rhino