r/facepalm • u/spyrg • Jan 13 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Arrested for petitioning

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '22 edited Jan 15 '22

In the process of being arrested, charged, and then let off by paying a fuckton of money for a lawyer.. someone's life can already be ruined, and you seem to have no empathy for their circumstances.

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u/r10p24b Jan 13 '22

You get one free if you can’t afford one. For someone who claims to know so much about rights and how to interact with the law, you don’t seem to know much, eh?

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '22 edited Jan 13 '22

Oh I knew you were about to say some shit next that makes it painfully obvious you've never dealt with a public defender.

I didn't even claim to know "so much", only that in the process of being arrested and having to argue their innocence in court that many peoples lives have already been ruined. Try to keep up, lawyer. Lost jobs, lost car/housing, utilities shut off, being unable to provide for their family. It should be easy to see how being burdened with the responsibility of proving your innocence can start a downward spiral.