NYC Just Freed 640,000 People From Fear That They May Be Arrested For Minor Offenses

Thorin wrote:

Raggamuffin wrote:

I don't need to - shite is shite.

I suggest you look at what you wipe then from your arse to find out

Raggamuffin wrote:

Thorin wrote:


I suggest you look at what you wipe then from your arse to find out

Thorin wrote:

Tommy Monk wrote:Failing to pay a fine or turn up at court is often viewed as a more serious offence than whatever the fine/court summons may originally have been for... it is seen as sticking 2 fingers up to the rule of law!


Letting those off who dont pay or dont turn up at court is not fair on those who do!


Maybe the authorities should be able to set up deductions straight from wages/benefits, a few $ a week until fully paid...?

So you want to waste even more money over irrelevant acts that are classed as crimes.

Wasting more police time, court time, when we have a high risk of terrorism

Should it be a case that many of these crimes should not be crimes?

So why is Denmark closing prisons Tommy?

Tommy Monk wrote:

Thorin wrote:


So you want to waste even more money over irrelevant acts that are classed as crimes.

Wasting more police time, court time, when we have a high risk of terrorism

Should it be a case that many of these crimes should not be crimes?

So why is Denmark closing prisons Tommy?

The money owed could be used for many good things!

Thorin wrote:

Raggamuffin wrote:

Exactly Tommy. If they've been caught out, they should pay up. Letting them off for ignoring a fine is just giving out the wrong message.

How does someone homeless pay up?

In soup tins?

The problem with you and tommy is you never look at how people turn to crimes.

If this was the 17th and 18th century you would both be calling for children to be hanged for stealing bread.

As that was the social norm then

To help lower crime means helping eradicate poverty and empowering women to have control over their own reproduction systems.

Night all

Tommy Monk wrote:

Thorin wrote:


How does someone homeless pay up?

In soup tins?

The problem with you and tommy is you never look at how people turn to crimes.

If this was the 17th and 18th century you would both be calling for children to be hanged for stealing bread.

As that was the social norm then

To help lower crime means helping eradicate poverty and empowering women to have control over their own reproduction systems.

Night all

The OP is arguing that the people being let off are decent law abiding citizens leading productive lives, who just forgot to pay their fines/court appearances...


Now you try to say they are all homeless who go to soup kitchens!!!???

Tommy Monk wrote:OP - paras 2 & 4...


Can you show where it says they are all homeless and go to soup kitchens!!!??

Tommy Monk wrote:Also... the OP quotes these two...Darcel Clark, the Bronx district attorney...and...Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez...Have a little look at these two people... Why do you think that they would be trying to get 640000 warrants erased...?Could it be that the vast majority of the criminals are black or hispanic by any chance...!?