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milton1775 t1_ix09qq0 wrote

Reply to comment by editorgrrl in Active manhunt in New Haven area for man wanted in death of one year old child. by fightingfrenchcat

Its fascinating the amount of attention this subreddit gives to things like Eversource, traffic on the Merrit, pizza, and other unimportant cultural touchstones, but a lunatic murders a 1 yr old child and its pretty much silence.

Cop does something bad...the ACAB crowd is out in force.

But a criminal, with multiple priors does something absolutely heinous and the progressive crowd has nothing to say. In any other thread, a discussion about our soft-on-crime policies or trend towards light sentencing gets shouted down as being too punitive and harmful to the offenders, who are of course victims of the "system."

So given this context, I'd love to hear from some of the romantic progressives about how this guy doesnt deserve to be locked away for life (or worse), or about how this is the fault of the police, or capitalism, or...whatever flavor-of-the-day structural issue of your choosing.

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vin_danger t1_ix0lmje wrote

literally no one is advocating for this asshole to not be severely punished

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yeet41 t1_ix3eldz wrote

It’s crazy too, this guy has a lengthy arrest record and is clearly not fit for society. It’s the same old story lately for all these murders and people arrested after having committed a violent crime lately to show that they have been arrested multiple times before. They should have never have been on the streets and an innocent person suffers.

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Myotherside t1_ix1h1nx wrote

Go touch grass and talk to a real person and not your mental apparitions

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elizabif t1_ix1f1v2 wrote

I would wonder what you think they should say. A lot of the other things you referenced - even Eversource or pizza - is reliable as the weather. You can complain about it, it’s a universal experience, and things could be done about it if we could all work together and agree about it.

This doesn’t seem like a systemic problem, it seems like a one off. If you wanted to avert it the only things I could think about would be faster arraignments and mental health resources because presumably this guy has anger issues at a minimum. It’s just a tragedy and I don’t see a way to politicize it. I’m sure if someone finds an angle it will be politicized - but I’m glad for the family it happened after the election so it won’t be so much.

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