I don’t feel bad for the guy, but I don’t celebrate this sort of vigilante justice, either. Prisoners should be safe from other prisoners. Prison is not meant to be torture, and recidivism is a massive problem in the United States. Chauvin will have 20 years to contemplate his crimes, and treating him and every other prisoner will only reinforce their criminal proclivities.
American prisons ARE meant for torture. Don’t get it twisted.
If they were for rehabilitation or treatment, then we would see to that, societally. But we don’t.
This is a small piece of why our justice system is so absolutely fucked.
American prisons ARE meant for torture. Don’t get it twisted.
naw. not really. Prisons are meant to provide cheap domestic labor to the corporations running them. it’s all profits.
Well both those things can be true.
Never forget, it’s actually legal to enslave prisoners according to the 13th Amendment.
The torture is just a fringe benefit in the cops’ eyes.
That’s a part of it, yes. It’s the slavery loophole in the 13th amendment.
Less of a loophole, more of an intended feature
Loopholes are things intentionally built into structures with the purpose of allowing something through. I find it weird so many people think loopholes aren’t something intentional.
13th amendment
Cheap domestic labor isn’t torture?
i think you’re responding to a normative statement by making a descriptive statement.
for those unaware, here’s a quick explanation from wikipedia: a normative statement is “meant to talk about the world as it should be”, while a descriptive statement is “meant to describe the world as it is”.
If we could read we would be very upset.
the most niche grammar nazi
i wasn’t trying to talk about grammar at all, i was only trying to focus only on the meaning of what was said. but i probably could’ve made my point more clearly, so ill try to do that now.
here’s an “example”: one person says “things should be done this way” and the other person says “well things aren’t being done that way”. these two statements aren’t in opposition to each other. in fact, it’s perfectly possible both people agree with each other. maybe things aren’t being done a certain way, and they should be done differently.
the terms “normative” and “descriptive” might seem overly complicated to someone who hasn’t seen them before (they did the first time i saw them), but i thought i’d use them because they’re useful concepts to keep in mind. they’ve helped me communicate and resolve conflicts in my own life. i’ve been both people in the example above, and it’s helpful to be able to know when it’s happening.
The most based discourse nazi, singlehandedly preventing what could become a 30 comment deep argument where both sides fully misunderstand the other
Lemmy cannot read one word of your comment
Edit I’m fuckin stupid, leaving this comment up as a monument to my illiteracy
Making a comment like this about basic conversation and debate concepts is like driving and saying you can’t read the speed limit signs. Like, maybe you should avoid actively participating altogether until you’re actually able to
Huh? My point was many Lemmy users very commonly reply to someone’s descriptive comment with a normative complaint, and freak out when it’s clarified.
Wow I misread Lemmy as literally, I fuckered that one up bad lmao
i made the same mistake you did the first time i read their comment. your confusion helped me too!
So much this man. Guy was an asshole, but he and everyone else should be safe in prison.
Yeah dude is a piece of shit, but it’s a bit disheartening seeing people cheer on stuff like this.
I agree with your broad sentiment that prisoners should feel safe in prison. However, this specific instance, I call (delayed) karma.
but I don’t celebrate this sort of vigilante justice, either
We don’t know what happened. He might have ran his mouth and found out he wasn’t a protected class anymore.
I don’t think it’s possible to keep humans from harming each other if they want to
That is literally the point of prisons.
In theory, yes, but that should be the point of education and social programs tbh. Even then, restorative justice models don’t rely as heavily on jail/prison. Temporary and maybe permanent removal from a specific environment doesn’t have to require fully sequestering perpetrators from society. Caught early enough, extreme examples of violent individuals can be rehabilitated through house arrest and other programs like anger management, therapy, etc. Saves taxpayer money, reduces recidivism, and victims report much higher satisfaction as they can actually face their perpetrator and be more involved in the process seeking accountability.
In practice, prisons prop up class and racial segregation, perpetuating capitalist agendas.
And you should look into improvised weapons they confiscate from prisoners.
Human creativity gets maxed out when you literally have nothing to do but sit in a cell all day for years. Just because someone is a criminal doesn’t mean they are completely stupid.
I have often wondered how many actual geniuses have been chewed up by the worlds prison systems. If only some of those people had gotten a fair chance in their life to have their skills developed in a healthy environment… It’s depressing to think about, actually.
Maybe Chauvin stabbed himself in a state of “excited delirium.”
The important thing is, the inmate investigated himself and decided that he did nothing wrong.
He was probably making some “furtive movements” just before the incident.
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I would have said that there’s no humor to be had here, but I would have been wrong. Twice in one comment.
Murderer. The proper way to refer to him, mainstream news, is “the murderer Derek Chauvin”. He was convicted of murdering George Floyd.
I don’t know, I like reminding everyone that he was a police officer when this sort of thing comes up.
How about " Convicted Murderer and disgraced police officer Derek Chauvin", that should keep most of us happy.
Disgraced police officer is redundant.
Nah that just drives home how much of a disgrace he is.
Disgraced police officer is redundant.
I’m loving the irony of this being accidentally double posted XD
I hope they leave them both up.
Temporarily embarrassed police officer.
Yep he is a murdering murderer who committed murderous murder against a murderless murderee who was murdered by said murder.
Fyi did you know murderee was a word? I just learned this.
Then should we call his victim “the drug dealer/abuser George Floyd”.
Why would we do that? Especially since neither of those have been proven in a court of law.
Yeah I’m not going to defend my shitty comment at this time
I feel this whole case is everything wrong with the justice system (aside from him actually facing consequences). A corrupt cop with a history of violence gets attacked in an overpopulated and understaffed prison where folks are punished instead of rehabilitated.
Right, none of these things should have happened at all. It’s just a negative feedback loop of incompetence and corruption.
This person spent a career throwing people into this exact system. Eagerly, if my perception of his past behavior after watching his entire trial is at all representative.
Yeah I think people are forgetting this was a cop who actively perpetuated this system. And not even in a “just following orders” sense, he seemed to delight in it.
System works as designed.
Prisons sure cost a lot of money to tax payers. Are you sure they’re understaffed or is the staff just apathetic
Yes to both. Keep in mind “understaffed” means lots of things to lots of people.
That prisons aren’t basically forced schools and therapy is an atrocity, to me, as an example. It changes the entire concept of what prison is about in ways I find unacceptable
I’d rather they were punished and rehabilitated. Both are necessary.
I’m of the opinion that, while the premise is agreeable it simply isn’t possible to rehabilitate police officers.
If someone can be rehabilitated, I believe that implies that they can be unhabilitated. It kinda implies that people aren’t inherently bad / don’t do bad things without something causing them to. If your dog shits inside because you forgot to take it out, do you punish it? If so, congratulations on being consistent, -ly an asshole.
While it’s easy to not sympathize with a person like that, no inmates should be getting stabbed in prison. It’s still wrong. And still a symptom of the bad justice system in the US.
Police shouldn’t kill unarmed people, but here we are.
Yeah, this one guy here got a nice twist of karma. Many others though just get stabbed and raped anyway.
Maybe we should fix both problems, and having a cop get shanked in the shower or whatever could provide some impetus toward that.
How exactly? Violence always breeds more violence.
Because the little cowards don’t like violence against themselves, silly.
And cops who are supposed to protect people shouldn’t be executing people, but here we are. He himself contributed to the problem he’s facing.
Yeah but two wrongs never make a right.
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It can’t be victimless if there is a victim. There’s no reason to think that someone would have wanted to get themseleves stabbed.
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I think you’re not being logical. We have no reason to suspect he stabbed himself.
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are we sure he didn’t overdose? let’s not jump to conclusions here.
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OMG, I was 3 states away from this, can the fentynal poison me from there? I think I need a long term disability pension ASAP.
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I’m sorely tempted to start circulating claims about what Chauvin had in his system at the time.
EDIT - Also, this shit:
Chauvin’s stabbing comes as the federal Bureau of Prisons has faced increased scrutiny in recent years following wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein’s jail suicide in 2019. It’s another example of the agency’s inability to keep even its highest profile prisoners safe after Nassar’s stabbing and “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski’s suicide at a federal medical center in June.
Oh it’s a problem all of a sudden. Can’t imagine why.
Those poor widdle white boys can’t take it!
But who gives a shit if we do it to minorities? Nobody, apparently.
Weird thing to say.
He should have just complied.
Of course this would happen, but yeah, he shouldn’t have been stabbed in prison. I hope that’s obvious to everyone.
Maybe we should reform our prison system so this kind of thing doesn’t happen.
But if people don’t suffer in prison how will you make them afraid of committing crimes? /s
Yeah… because nobody avoided committing a crime because they were afraid of going to prison. /s
I’m confused by your /s. What point are you trying to make?
People avoid committing crimes because they are afraid of going to prison.
Lol. Crazy how these things need to be spelled out for you, but I guess that’s where we are now 🤷
People avoid committing crimes because of their education and morals. If the only thing stopping you from murdering someone is fear of prison you’re a psychopath. Most people are not like you and they don’t want others to suffer. Most criminals commit crimes because of lack of education and opportunities. They don’t care about going to prison because they have nothing outside of it they will lose like a good job or house. Europeans know that and focus on reeducation i.e. giving opportunities to people that commit crimes so that they don’t do it again. Americans also know that isolating criminals from society is not punishment enough so they try to add as much suffering to it as possible. When people suffer in prisons they feel justice was truly served. It’s just one of many examples of how primitive American society is.
Okay you got me!
People don’t avoid committing crimes because they’re afraid of going to prison. I was so wrong. Thank you for enlightening me.
We should never punish criminals. We should only ‘rehabilitate’ them in the most comfortable manner possible. Everyone can be ‘rehabilitated’ and nobody I mean nobody is going to take advantage of lax punishments to commit more crimes!
You’re so wise and definitely not being taken advantage of.
If the only thing stopping you from murdering someone is fear of prison you’re a psychopath.
What about robbery? Lol.
Don’t argue with edgy teenagers, see his last reply, he is either 12 years old or functionally an idiot, Not worth the time nor energy.
That’s called Rational Choice Theory and it’s been disproven a bunch already. People dont think about consequences (generally) before committing a crime.
Sure it has.
It shouldn’t have but I’m not going to cry about it.
Should it have happened? No. Two wrongs don’t make a right, and all that. Prison shouldn’t be dangerous for inmates, no matter what they’ve done.
Am I upset to hear that the personification of “ACAB” got stabbed in prison? Also no.
Yeah it’s one of those weird situational things. He definitely deserves to be in prison, and hard to argue against the stabbability, but when you do one at the same time as the other it seems wrong somehow
Sentence is supposed to be the thing that judge throws at you, and that should be it. The story doesn’t tell whether he was stabbed just for being who he is or whether he pissed somebody off. But it’s easy to imagine it’s the former in this case.
In this thread: vicious assholes
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a sharpened melted toothbrush, is a good guy with a sharpened melted toothbrush.
We should teach our children to use sharpened metal toothbrushes to keep them safe.
I’m just glad he survived. Death is an escape he doesn’t deserve yet. He’s got many more years of “fun” to look forward to.
I hope he was stabbed somewhere where he found out what it was like to not be able to breathe.
I heard he had drugs in his system at the time which justifies the stabbing for some reason
I heard he had a criminal record
I heard he was holding what appeared to be a weapon
(further investigation revealed it was a toothbrush)
Ohh so this is why murderers should go to maximum security instead of medium.
Particularly vicious and unrepentant murderers who killed a man in broad daylight as his gang cheered.
I’m sure he would have been fine if he just complied.
He was injured in an inmate-involved stabbing
