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Matt Taibbi wrote an interesting book that talks about this. Here's a link if you're interested, he actually talks about this example between the HSBC (the bank that channeled money for the Sinaloa cartel) and minor drug offenders.
Anyone read The Divide:American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap? Just started it, and its getting me all pissed about the late-00's financial crisis again.
I swear every 6 months or so, I read something that gets me all fired up on this topic.
I read a book that included a chapter about this. Holy shit, was it infuriating. Thanks for sharing, def wanna check it out.
you're kidding, right? read this book. check out this excerpt:
> And this is part of the disorderly conduct statute here in New York, but this is one of these offenses that people get roped in for. It’s part of what a city councilman in another city called an "epidemic of false arrests," basically these new stats-based police strategies. The whole idea is to rope in as many people as you can, see how many of them have guns or warrants, and then basically throw back the innocent ones. But the problem is they don’t throw back everybody. They end up sweeping up a lot of innocent people and charging them with really pointless crimes.
long story short, people get ticketed or arrested for "breaking" laws that they didn't really break. and once the prosecutor realizes they were wrong, they offer a plea. here's the catch, when people take a deal, this is basically the prosecutor admitting that the police either falsified or exaggerated a charge. if the person actually committed the crime, then it would be easy to get a guilty verdict.
do yourself a favor and read up on the subject. your original comment is very uneducated.
That is pretty much exactly the point of Matt Taibbi's recent book The Divide
He also has direct oversight of the AG's office, which should have been responsible for prosecuting the culprits of the 2008 crash.
More on this failure in a book by the author of OP's post.
Have a read of this book: https://www.amazon.com/Divide-American-Injustice-Age-Wealth/dp/081299342X
This sort of shit is exactly what we need to be nipping in the bud before things get too out of hand.
Yo I want in on this because I like fun
Read this
http://www.amazon.com/The-Divide-American-Injustice-Wealth/dp/081299342X
They may not all be pregnant, but black people in many areas are getting beat down and tossed in jail for no real reason in stunning numbers. Dare to resist in any way and you're liable to end up dead.
Nevermind Clinton, I think the numbers and the effort has been very similar under Obama.
I only read about it in a chapter in this book, but the process is ongoing and very, very large.
ok here is a good book by leftist Matt Taibbi: https://www.amazon.com/Divide-American-Injustice-Age-Wealth/dp/081299342X it’s highly critical of obama’s brutal immigration policy
>Are they killing people in mass numbers in detention centers? If so, proof?
no that isn’t what the words I said mean
>Why does the "progressive" left shut down any bipartisan action instead of working on a solution?
Because bipartisan action is always just more brutal nationalistic violence against innocent people. The point is to fight against evil, not make it work smoother.
>Can you show any sources or facts on subjects that matter?
It’s not clear what sources you want, or that sources will change your opinions. You are after all a violent nationalist zealot.
>You subjects that provide resolution to a problem instead of placing false blame and calling everyone nazis that doesn't agree with your fantasy world.
You aren’t resolving a problem, you are the problem. And you aren’t even able to think critically about it.
>My stem background proves I have more common sense in a pubic hair than a whiney baby from the Chapo trap house with no logical facts.
That is what STEM people tend to believe about themselves. But really you just don’t know how to think critically about political/moral/historical issues.
wanna read about it? This and some other stuff is in this book
Matt taibbi just wrote a book about this if you're interested in the concept.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Divide-American-Injustice-Wealth/dp/081299342X
It's a good book, worth the time.
The Divide by Matt Taibbi - it's super infuriating and super interesting, doesn't play favorites to either party, just policies that are choking society ad contributing to making the richest richer!
https://www.amazon.com/Divide-American-Injustice-Age-Wealth/dp/081299342X
This still comes back to peoples' perceptions of "someone getting something for nothing" and a type of jealousy that is rampant on the low end of the scale (supposed handouts) as much or more than it is at the high end of the scale (tax breaks, subsidies, etc).
We're going as far as to criminalize poverty, ffs. With cities playing games with its homeless, pawning them off on each other, destroying property and whatnot.
Matt Taibbi, covers examples of how America Has A 'Profound Hatred Of The Weak And The Poor' in his book:
The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap
which alludes to the larger problem:
What's the Matter with Kansas?
People voting against their interests because they see themselves as temporarily embarrassed future millionaires rather than a couple pay checks away from potentially serious trouble.
While I'm sure you may have your own stories, I have stories that jive with Taibbi, specifically about judges.
This supposed self-righteous notion about "dependency" has us performing counter-productive actions such as the above, such as drug testing for people receiving aid (yet no drug testing for wall street, that seems a bit curious).
I think the "double-edged" sword is that as a people we expect that if you aren't already in a hole, we'll create one for you just to make sure you're "poor enough" which has nothing to do with dependency at all, but our own misconceptions and prejudices, that will cause the system to be less efficient than it could be back once again...
..gasp...
...it may seem like someone is getting something for nothing and we somehow must put a stop to it, even when there are people who get something for nothing every day to the tune of billions, and that's were okay with.
Prejudice and ignorance is the double-edged sword that cuts everyone that gets in its way.
there is a new book talking about that very subject http://www.amazon.com/Divide-American-Injustice-Age-Wealth/dp/081299342X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1397163858&sr=1-1&keywords=devide i have not yet read it but i intend to. i have heard the author speak on the book and it seems like a good read.
You are so right - it is the illusion of a democracy - our very own Matt Taibbi NYT best seller is all about this;
[Griftopia, The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap] (http://www.amazon.com/The-Divide-American-Injustice-Wealth/dp/081299342X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1404573129&sr=8-1&keywords=Griftopia%2C+The+Divide%3A+American+Injustice+in+the+Age+of+the+Wealth+Gap)
Arrest Quotas. If you want more insight into it, Matt Taibbi's book The Divide, is a great short read.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Divide-American-Injustice-Wealth/dp/081299342X
Yes, when it involves very rich people or people who work in or own large banks. What's the saying: The easiest way to rob a bank is to own one?
Here are two books which should look good in your paper:
http://www.amazon.com/Divide-American-Injustice-Age-Wealth/dp/081299342X/ref=la_B001JRUQ4S_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1411418868&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.com/Liberty-Justice-Some-Equality-Powerful/dp/1250013836/ref=sr_1_sc_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1411418918&sr=1-2-spell&keywords=glenn+greendwald
Both books deal with how prosecutions these days are not being done if you are rich enough and powerful enough. My favorite statistic is the number of bankers that liberal Ronald Reagan's DOJ put in jail during the S and L crisis of the 80s' (thouands? 1,800?) versus Barak's prosecution of NOBODY, basically, in the large banks. And, worse, DOJ admitting, yeah, we're not prosecuting them. HSBC money launders for Al Queda and drug lords. No problem. Civil or criminal fine is enough. No jailtime for anyone.
DOJ had a press conference and Holder admitted, yeah, we're not going to prosecute big banks because they're too big, we'd worry about the impact. Huh what? That's something truly new and worthy of your attention. More sources:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/06/eric-holder-banks-too-big_n_2821741.html
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/gangster-bankers-too-big-to-jail-20130214