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Florida judge asked if Black defendant had ever ‘chopped cotton’ as he mulled community service sentence, report says (www.independent.co.uk)
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[–] DarthPub@retrofed.com 14 points 3 hours ago

Fuck that shit. These assholes have power only because we give it to them. Fuck racist authorities.

[–] shawn@thagoat.org 10 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Jfc Florida is a shit hole

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 3 points 1 hour ago

There are reasons everyone's racist grandparents go there to retire. It's not just the warm weather for their creaky bones.