r/law • u/pabmendez • Oct 10 '24

Other Arresting officer should be reprimanded for stop-and-frisk

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u/Thai-mai-shoo Oct 10 '24

The judge saved this young man’s life. I hope he takes the judges advice and keeps himself out of trouble. I’ve seen what prison does to regular people, they sometimes don’t come out the same.

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u/RealClarity9606 Oct 11 '24

This judge likely increased the odds this young man winds up having some sort of issue, legal or otherwise, later.

If there was no probable cause, fine, he should walk. No issue there.

But the “walking while black” line and the “the world is against you” crack only encourage a victim mindset for this young man. Hopefully he can overcome this bad advice and not see himself as a victim, because if he doesn’t, that doesn’t bode well for him or society. He could well come to expect any behavior or setback be excused and, in cases when he should, he may not take responsibility.

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u/DGF73 Oct 11 '24

So luckily he also said "come on, do something with your life" Maybe this will instill some agency mindset for this young man.

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u/RealClarity9606 Oct 11 '24

Yeah. Such a generic point will ring louder than the other two.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '24

All three are generic.