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  • Trump prosecutor Alvin Bragg vowed to NOT prosecute "low level offenses

    From HangTextDrivers@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 31 10:41:34 2023
    Like all democrats he talks about how "no one is above the law" but then he makes tons of exceptions for criminals he supports.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Bragg

    On January 4, 2022, after three days in office, he announced that his office would no longer prosecute low-level offenses such as fare evasion, resisting arrest, prostitution, and cannabis-related misdemeanors unless accompanied by a felony charge. He
    also decided to seek lesser charges for burglaries and store robberies where the offender "displays a dangerous instrument but does not create a genuine risk of physical harm".[13] On January 20, Bragg disputed what he described was a "legalistic"
    interpretation of his prosecution policy memo and indicated that he supported a zero tolerance policy for violent crimes.[14]

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  • From Dave@21:1/5 to HangTextDrivers on Wed Apr 5 09:14:53 2023
    XPost: uk.politics.misc

    On 23 34, HangTextDrivers wrote:
    Like all democrats he talks about how "no one is above the law" but then he makes tons of exceptions for criminals he supports.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Bragg

    On January 4, 2022, after three days in office, he announced that his office would no longer prosecute low-level offenses such as fare evasion, resisting arrest, prostitution, and cannabis-related misdemeanors unless accompanied by a felony charge. He
    also decided to seek lesser charges for burglaries and store robberies where the offender "displays a dangerous instrument but does not create a genuine risk of physical harm".[13] On January 20, Bragg disputed what he described was a "legalistic"
    interpretation of his prosecution policy memo and indicated that he supported a zero tolerance policy for violent crimes.[14]


    Did Donald Trump pay the right amount of tax? In the UK, that is the
    normal threshold for prosecution, and then it needs to be ridiculously
    blatant. You often get a penalty of 100% of the tax owing plus
    interest, reduced with mitigating factors, like prompt payment.

    Other rules apply to public companies, and often that is not is
    prosecuted unless there was intent to pump a share price. Here fines by regulators are normal. Zealous prosecution of bookkeeping errors
    destroys the economy. Not worth the risk to do anything in business.

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  • From Dave@21:1/5 to Dave on Wed Apr 5 09:42:46 2023
    XPost: uk.politics.misc

    On 23 53, Dave wrote:
    On 23 34, HangTextDrivers wrote:
    Like all democrats he talks about how "no one is above the law" but
    then he makes tons of exceptions for criminals he supports.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Bragg

    On January 4, 2022, after three days in office, he announced that his
    office would no longer prosecute low-level offenses such as fare
    evasion, resisting arrest, prostitution, and cannabis-related
    misdemeanors unless accompanied by a felony charge. He also decided to
    seek lesser charges for burglaries and store robberies where the
    offender "displays a dangerous instrument but does not create a
    genuine risk of physical harm".[13] On January 20, Bragg disputed what
    he described was a "legalistic" interpretation of his prosecution
    policy memo and indicated that he supported a zero tolerance policy
    for violent crimes.[14]


    Did Donald Trump pay the right amount of tax?  In the UK, that is the
    normal threshold for prosecution, and then it needs to be ridiculously blatant.  You often get a penalty of 100% of the tax owing plus
    interest, reduced with mitigating factors, like prompt payment.

    Other rules apply to public companies, and often that is not is
    prosecuted unless there was intent to pump a share price. Here fines by regulators are normal.  Zealous prosecution of bookkeeping errors
    destroys the economy. Not worth the risk to do anything in business.


    What is the conspiracy angle? I have a theory that high level drug
    dealers manage to avoid capture by finding a way to pay their taxes.
    Drug laws are "artificial" and against freedom of the sovereign
    individual to make choices. This freedom does not extend to avoiding
    tax, which has been the rule since civilization started about 12,000
    years ago, not the 110 or so like the drug laws.

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