MeanwhileOnReddit

TruthTeller

This meme is going around everywhere and is full of lies. Mods banned a lawyer for telling the truth on reddit.

RasputinsDong

I saw this somewhere else and just knew it had to be bullshit. NOBODY gets 5 years for possession of weed, even if you have a lot on you in a less than friendly state. I figured there had to be something else to the story they're not telling you, and OF COURSE there is. One of the big reasons I got off facebook forever ago is bullshit like this.

Humpty

Another great example of how lies propagate on Saidit:

Self-described lawyer doesn't mention the part where first-time possession of marijuana for personal use is a misdemeanor in Alabama, but the cop decided - based on nothing - that the marijuana in the car was for more than just personal use, which is a felony, and the prosecutors have continued with that line of thinking ever since.
Self-described lawyer doesn't mention the part where Worsley is mentally disabled and not able to make decisions for himself without a guardian present, which he did not have when, faced with jail time or a plea deal, he signed the plea deal.
Self-described lawyer doesn't mention the part where Worsley, having returned to his home state, later became homeless and had no money to pay either the court costs in Alabama or the renewal fee for the card he needed to legally possess the medicine he needs.
Self-described lawyer, having thus left all of this out, paints a pretty picture of a man who only has himself to blame for now facing a five year prison sentence that, however you want to slice and dice it, is still ultimately the consequence of a simple marijuana possession arrest.

Because this is what happens all across this nation, every single day, more often to black men than anyone else: an arrest for something minor leads to an impossible choice to either rot in prison until your court date - which you simply can't afford to do - or accept a lesser charge so you can get on with your life, and ends up ballooning into a felony prison sentence over bullshit like simply not having enough money to pay up when the court says you must pay up. Added bonus in this case: not having enough money to renew the card you're required to have in order to legally possess your medicine - a requirement that doesn't exist for any other medicine.

It's absolute bullshit and OP's post is frankly no better than the original one. The only difference is the original one is missing out information so that it can vilify the white dude and self-described lawyer's response is missing out information so that he can vilify the black dude.

72ndGender

Black man sentenced to 45 days for forcible rape if 14 year old girl. Why wasn't this viral when it happened?

sudd3nclar1ty

User banned too. Can't have anyone disputing the narrative.

TruthTeller

I do think he never shold have gotten arrested for weed, so then never would have gotten probation for it and never would have violated that probation. I wouldn't ban that lawyer tho I would calmly discuss it with him and disagree.

RedEyedWarrior

"Excuse me, Sweaty, but I'm trying to push a narrative here!" - Reddit mods.

Blended_Scotch

The same shitty mods dictating the same shitty content

lmaonope333

Brock Turner deserved more than six months in prison

4832992718349

Thanks for the info.

Enables me to friend smart commenters and browse that way rather than to subscribe to "subreddits". His comments are still up on his user page.

https://www.reddit.com/user/dekachin6?count=25&after=t1_fy3pfu4

piss

I can't stand images like this where it is two unrelated, unfounded claims/cases that are supposed to be juxtaposed and telling of a deeper point that people spread to push agendas. It feels like I see them constantly all over the internet. Simplistic comparisons like that that remove all context or often even just plain fact are for morons, regardless of it is representing something you agree with or disagree with. I find it really aggravating when I see people use things like that to make a point and immediately lose all respect for anything they are saying. Nothing is black white and not everything is related just because you put them next to each other on a meme.

PencilPusher55

Bruh amerikkka racist af tho....

cisheteroscum

Reddit is just an apologetic propaganda arm of the establishment at this point. There is no factual discourse allowed at all unless it's explicitly anti-white, pro-degeneracy, and doesn't hurt the corporate bottom line

Canardyyy

Reddit is the new Facebook.

Dr_Bukkake

Because nobody checks for facts anymore, they are constantly looking to be upset so when presented a situation like this which obviously doesn’t makes sense they fly off the handle and claim injustice instead of taking a minute to look into the cases. It’s like the video from a few weeks ago of the white woman in the parking lot pointing a gun at some black chicks, that’s literally how the video started and nobody took a second to ask how this situation happened. People were calling for this lady’s job and looking to ruin her life for what they perceived was racism. Next day the full video comes out and shows the woman was justified in her actions and it was actually the black chicks who were racist and escalated the situation but that was it, the story was dropped and everyone moved on to the next “injustice.”

autumnspruce

I think the meme is still justified. If weed had been legal to begin with, Worsley wouldn't have gotten probation, so then he wouldn't have had any problems with violating probation or not showing up to court, and he wouldn't have ended up in jail for 5 years. So his sentence is still ultimately unjust as it derives from an unjust law (prohibition of weed) that shouldn't have been there to begin with.

ExBootlicker

This is how reddit mods and admins create a circle jerk where nobody is free to question the narrative of the 'innocent black man being kept down by the white man'

It is still bullshit for anybody to serve any time for a victimless crime...

Tortoise

I mean, any amount of time is bullshit for weed, but even still, to claim he got 5 years for possession is hot bullshit.

Shadow_Death

You were banned from r/Politics? Shocker... that's a cesspool of hate for anyone who doesn't think like them. I feel like they're the same people who post all the misinformation to Facebook.

mongre

Gotta read it till the end to get the punchline haha.

JasonCarswell

For more on this story: /s/Marijuana/comments/5gqq/veteran_living_a_nightmare_created_by_joe_biden/

bagano1

Reddit and other sites subscribe to this bullshit that black people are never guilty of anything. I kind of bought into this until I started working in the hood and knew liberal media was full of shit.

And yes, no surprise he was banned. It's really high time for Congress to destroy these dot-coms and put them in their place. They have too much power. Also, many of them are outright scamming people.

RamenNoodlz

You mean memes aren't always true??? My God, what a revelation.

SmallPP

Fucking reddit mods are basically Soviet commissars at this point with how much they seem to hate the objective truth.

Brewdabier

Recidivism, research prison population by race and you will see the numbers and why so many are black. Like that George dude, long criminal record and he had drugs on and in him when he died.