This is capitalism inaction.

Who would have guessed that continually kicking the problem of stagnant wages down the road for future-America to deal with for thirty/forty years would cause problems? Oh, yeah, I mean apart from everyone except corporate execs and anti-labor politicians. Well now we are living in future-America and the bills are…

Nobody is getting paid properly and hasn’t been for decades. The private sector was also supposed to make sure they always had people working. But they’ve found that producing and delivering just enough for the people in our society willing to pay extra, while also destroying their workforce, will work out.

Hire Truckers? There isn’t a driver shortage because they can’t get around to hiring them, there’s a driver shortage because it pays shit money, it’s a really tough/dirty job, and no one wants to do it.

This is like handing a kid a gun he doesn’t really know how to use and then being surprised when he fucks up and kills someone. Yes, he was being an idiot and killed someone. It’s also true that he had too much power at his disposal, which made the consequences of any mistake much more serious. The truth is every 17…

What officers have anything to do with this? There wasn’t a police chase or anything. Kid was racing, slams into back of woman’s car and kills her. Cops arrive and charge the kid. That’s the end of officer involvement.

Let’s just hope the family wins the civil suit and are multi hundred million dollars richer.

I live in the heart of the city so not many bro-dozers and Chargers just sort of disappear into the regular traffic. I used to joke that if/when I get hit (as a pedestrian) I’ll make sure it’s a Lambo or Ferrari or McLaren since the hood is low for a lay-down and they’re probably well insured. Then along came these…

let me guess where you’re located... The Atlanta area perhaps?

Affluenza is a real condition, and we should throw the book at EVERYONE who has it.

The filthy rich and their spawn are not “able to learn and be a better person.” They have been taught their entire lifetime that us poors are nothing of import. We are disposable. We are trash. They think in terms like “I can kill as many people as I like by poisoning their environment and only pay a small fine,” or,…

No 17 year old should be driving a vehicle with that much power, unless they are at a race track.

Meanwhile cops gun down people with broken taillights. The judge and officers should be hung for this bs. 

I don’t think he was treated too harshly because he was black; I think other cops get treated far too leniently because they are white.

I never get tired of RWNJ self pwnage.

“I went into the bathroom, looked into the mirror, and said “District Attorney” three times, but you didn’t appear! What more could I do?”

Am I supposed to do something other than smile at this prospect? 

We can only hope so.

Gone un-remarked on previous Jalop posts and user comments regarding this hot mess: The civil suits (and there will be plenty) are going to wreck that family for a good long while...

Three things I am pretty sure of: