Seriously! White dude who rapes a woman with witnesses gets 3 months and probation and this guy who alledgely stole a cell phone and was identified by his skin tone gets 19 years?!

Okay but can we also talk about him getting a mandatory sentence of 19 years for stealing a cell phone? Like in what world is that a proportional punishment?

Except that the vast majority of prisoners are eventually released back into communities, even more traumatized from the violence of imprisonment, and with fewer support systems or opportunities to turn themselves around. “Removal” in this case doesn’t make us safer, it just kicks the can down the road.

lol you sound triggered, maybe reconsider your stance on trigger warnings? They could save you from a lot of future emotional turmoil.

Take every rape allegation seriously and investigate it to your full capability. Do not automatically believe every allegation. This is why. Well this and 100+ years of American race relations.

True. But then we also have “liberals” who believe unsourced claims made by intelligence agencies, cheer on the imprisonment of whistleblowers, and support drone strikes.

as a feminist liberal

Good for Obama if he does this for Manning. This will certainly take away some bad karma from the more shameful parts of his legacy.

soooooooooo states rights until they’re doing something we don’t like?

“Like, literally just now. We stopped!”