Haroon Siddique sums up the problem with the Just Stop Oil sentencing:
'Individual comparisons, while also imperfect, can also pose questions. Can it be right that protesters who forced closure of a motorway will be locked away for so long, when in March a woman was given a six-month suspended sentence for causing death by careless/inconsiderate driving?'
And if you think this is just 'whataboutism' then you've missed the point about property & life in law!
#politics
https://www.theguardian.com/law/article/2024/jul/19/just-stop-oil-jail-terms-questions-harsh-treatment-protesters
Emeritus Prof Christopher May /
npub12p…zzvxn
2024-07-20 07:58:05
Author Public Key
npub12pw99cs5a6j6r56yafxt355j8h38hhw6fh3zwunhj99m3gv3nfds7zzvxnPublished at
2024-07-20 07:58:05Event JSON
{
"id": "26816f651d5d083429e1ae74f007cec24c92b9fa8fac6c5fa0f658422ab7a434",
"pubkey": "505c52e214eea5a1d344ea4cb8d2923de27bddda4de2277277914bb8a1919a5b",
"created_at": 1721462285,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"proxy",
"https://zirk.us/@ChrisMayLA6/112817752337109802",
"web"
],
[
"t",
"politics"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://zirk.us/users/ChrisMayLA6/statuses/112817752337109802",
"activitypub"
],
[
"L",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"l",
"pink.momostr.activitypub:https://zirk.us/users/ChrisMayLA6/statuses/112817752337109802",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"-"
]
],
"content": "Haroon Siddique sums up the problem with the Just Stop Oil sentencing:\n\n'Individual comparisons, while also imperfect, can also pose questions. Can it be right that protesters who forced closure of a motorway will be locked away for so long, when in March a woman was given a six-month suspended sentence for causing death by careless/inconsiderate driving?'\n\nAnd if you think this is just 'whataboutism' then you've missed the point about property \u0026 life in law!\n\n#politics \nhttps://www.theguardian.com/law/article/2024/jul/19/just-stop-oil-jail-terms-questions-harsh-treatment-protesters",
"sig": "bcbe2391cd8923bdfea332589457c21cf719736dbe082070a82dded2cc05c472657addf8fd4f9d923541afae8c92d31b41b9da61a2eaa4ad7ce7a7e36f38ca82"
}